Tungpanyu

Tungpanyu is the closest island to Taiwan Island in the South China Sea archipelago. It is named after the shape of the island is similar to the inverted bucket shaped disc. Tongpan island is famous internationally for its vast columnar basalt landscape, known as "Penghu Yellowstone Park". In any corner of the island, you can feel different beauty, especially in the ebb tide. Standing on the waterfront trail, you can see a columnar basalt cliff and a sea erosion lotus seat on the other side.

Tungpanyu

Tungpanyu is the closest island to Taiwan Island in the South China Sea archipelago. It is named after the shape of the island is similar to the inverted bucket shaped disc. Tongpan island is famous internationally for its vast columnar basalt landscape, known as "Penghu Yellowstone Park". In any corner of the island, you can feel different beauty, especially in the ebb tide. Standing on the waterfront trail, you can see a columnar basalt cliff and a sea erosion lotus seat on the other side.

brief introduction

Tungpanyu is located in the southwest of Penghu Island, covering an area of about 0.4 square kilometers. It is about 7 kilometers southwest of Magong city. It takes about 20 minutes from Magong city to tungpanyu. It's a standard Fangshan type.

Tungpanyu

The nearby sea area is a paradise for divers. The owner of the island

It should be concentrated in the area with Fuhai palace as the center. On the island, the leader of Fuhai palace worships Lord Wen. The incense is prosperous and magnificent. It is said that it is quite effective. Tourists from other places come in an endless stream of incense. In addition, there is an art and cultural village in the island. According to the statistics of Penghu County Civil Affairs Bureau in August 2008, there are 335 people on the island, all of whom are connected with Magong city by traffic boats. In recent years, due to the serious migration of population, the school of Tongpan elementary school was abandoned in 1993. Most of the residents live by fishing.

As soon as tourists disembark from the port, they can see dried fish everywhere. Of course, it depends on the season's catch. Shark fin and eel are the most common marine products. Under the hot sunshine, the smell of dried fish is strong and the sea breeze blows. This is the fishing village's style of bucket plate.

Original name

Tungpanyu

The origin of the island's name, because the shape of the island is defined, because the shape of the island looks like a "bucket plate" on the sea, so the name. Because the appearance of the basin like inverted cover, it is called bucket plate. Tongpan island is a standard Fangshan terrain. The height of the island is quite flat. Except for the port in the north of the island, the other three sides are surrounded by columnar basalt, forming the most representative geological landscape on the island.

I have long heard that tungpan island in Penghu is known as "Penghu Yellowstone Park". I also heard that the basalt in Penghu and the basalt in Nanding island in Zhangzhou are "originally from the same root". So when I visited hujingyu, two kilometers away, I kept looking at this Penghu Tourism card.

Introduction to scenic spots

The most famous place on the island is the well-developed and spectacular columnar basalt landscape, which is like the stone pillars of Greek and Roman temples, towering straight into the sea. It is very magnificent, so it is called "Penghu Yellowstone Park". The area of the island is less than half a square kilometer. The Tropic of cancer stretches across the island. The terrain is high in the South and low in the north. Therefore, the south wind can not blow in in in summer. It is cold in winter and hot in summer, and a unique "famous product" - centipede is derived. It is said that soaking sorghum wine with centipede can cure rheumatism and joint pain. There is a well-known Fuhai Palace on the island. It was built in 1973 by Lord Wen. It is one of the most famous islands in Penghu

A famous temple. Tongpan island is famous internationally for its vast columnar basalt landscape, known as "Penghu Yellowstone Park". When tourists come to Penghu, they often hear the term "four islands in the South China Sea" mentioned by tourists or local people. Generally speaking, the four islands in the South China Sea refer to the four manned islands to the south of magongben Island, namely "tungpan", "Hujing", "Wangan" and "Qimei". They are most often planned on the same outlying island tourism activity line, and are also well known by most tourists. The four islands in the South China Sea have different customs and different scenery. Among them, the paipan, known as "Penghu Yellowstone Park", is famous for its magnificent columnar basalt scenery.

a lotus blossom

Located on the sea erosion platform in the southwest of tungpan Island, when the tide ebbs, you can see a ring structure similar to a small crater. Its shape is like a disc, and it has been eroded by sea water for many years in the middle. The rock block protruding from the center is like a lotus flower. The local people call it "Lotus platform" or "lotus seat".

Visitors to tungpan island will be amazed by the well-developed columnar jointed basalt landscape. On three sides, Tongpan island is the most developed island in basalt geology, with obvious nodal columnar texture. It is surrounded by basaltic rock columns, forming a steep sea cliff, which is very magnificent. From the side, it looks like an inverted bucket shaped disc, so it is called Tongpan island. Like the stone pillars of Greek and Roman temples, it is known as "Penghu Yellowstone Park". The average height of each basalt column is 20 meters and the width is about 1.1-1.5 meters. If the tide is low, you can watch it from the sea erosion platform, with a broader view and unspeakable beauty. Shizhu District

It covers about one-third of the outer area of the island and can be visited for half a day. Another landscape on the platform, lotus terrace, can be seen at low tide. It is surrounded by stone flakes like lotus flowers, which may be the crater of ancient magma. There are huge boulders all over the sea erosion platform, each of which has a honeycomb like surface. The local people call it "MaoGong stone", which is a good material for stone scenery, but it is not allowed by local laws and regulations. If you like painting and photography, it's better to go when the tide is low and come in the afternoon. You won't be disappointed. Because the stone pillars are in the west, the sun shines better in the afternoon, the view is wide when the tide is low, the activity space is large, and the reflection can be appreciated. The sea area near tungpan island is a paradise for divers with charming underwater scenery. In addition, there are simple fishing villages, small islands on the sea, different ecological plants such as agave and wild chrysanthemum, as well as blue sky, blue sea, white clouds and gulls. In the south of hujingyu, the area is only 2 square kilometers, the center is low and the East and West are protruding. The basalt of Xishan sea cliff is extremely developed, and the scenery is very spectacular. The basalt jointed stone in Dongshan area is arranged on the edge of the sea cliff, which shows a bit of masculinity. There is a "sinking city" under the sea cliff, with different legends. One is that when the Dutch occupied Penghu in the early years, they built a red brick turret (also known as loucheng) on the island. Later, the turret was shelled and landed on the bottom of the sea. When the weather was fresh and the sea was clear, the red brick city could be seen. Another is that a brick ship was wrecked and sank near hujingyu in the early years, which is not a "sunken city". So far, the mystery of hujingyu's "sinking city" has not been solved. On the contrary, it is also a pleasure to attract many tourists here to find the undersea city.

Basalt landscape trail

Unlike other inhabited outlying islands, the island is as simple as a bicycle. Because the central part of tungpan island is almost complete basalt terrain, and the island's famous residents live along the coast around the sea. Tourists don't need to climb over the mountains to enjoy the scenery. It's very suitable for the whole family to come together.

It takes about 30 minutes to walk the whole landscape trail. Although the underwater landscape of the nearby sea area is magnificent and a happy paradise for divers, the mottled Zigu stone, red basalt with high iron content, green cactus and deep sea erosion cliff on the island are not inferior to the underwater world in color. The hot and humid climate all year round makes centipedes flourish. There are many and big centipedes in the bucket. It's easy to see centipedes racing on the cement road in the evening. It's a bit shocking. So the residents simply grab wild centipedes to brew medicinal wine. It's said that this kind of centipede wine has the function of caring for muscles and bones and removing rheumatism.

Tungpan Art Village

With the ardent expectation of all the cultural and artistic workers, the art community of tungpan art village is built, which is a place to record and manage the cultural works of creators.

Chen Zhenxiu, one of the initiators of the art village and a resident of the paipan, hopes to build an art island with such excellent natural conditions. He invites artists from all over the province to enter the paipan, so that tourists can feel the artistic atmosphere different from other outlying islands.

geographical position

Tungpanyu is the largest and largest basalt column island in Penghu Archipelago. Due to the effect of weathering and differential erosion, basalt has formed honeycomb shaped holes. The local people call it "MaoGong stone", which was once the favorite of elegant stone lovers and has been banned. All the tubs are surrounded by basalt textured stone columns. The columnar joints are abundant, especially in Penghu. Steep sea cliffs formed by basalt pillars.

However, due to the typhoon, several basalt pillars have collapsed. Each rock pillar is about 20 meters high and 1.5 meters wide. Its color turns light brown due to oxidation, and its top is weathered into a spherical structure. Therefore, it has the reputation of maritime Yellowstone Park. Taiwan is also actively applying to the United Nations to list the tundish basalt as a world heritage site. Penghu tungpan Geopark was established on January 3, 2008. Only six nautical miles away from Magong, tungpanyu is not the first stop or the last stop of the South China Sea tour, which always makes tourists exclaim at the beauty of the South China Sea. It's named after the shape of a bucket and dish. It's high in the South and low in the north. It's horseshoe shaped. The depression just faces the north. The climate is cold in winter and hot in summer. It's known as the hottest place in Penghu.

Special scenery

In fact, the columnar basalt of tongpanyu is observed, with an average height of about 20 meters and a width of about 1 to 1.5 meters. Among them, there are many giant pillars with a diameter of more than 2 meters, which are actually the most spectacular island of siliceous basaltic rock pillars in Penghu. Most of them are pentagonal and hexagonal in shape, but they are not

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