Baisha

For other places with the same name, see Baisha (disambiguation).

Baisha (白沙 Báishā in Mandarin, Pe̍h-soa in Minnan) is a rural township in the Penghu Islands of Taiwan.

Understand

For more detailed information on the attractions in the area, you may wish to speak with the staff at the Visitor's Centre, there are a number scattered around on the islands:

• 1 North Sea Visitor Center (北海遊客中心). (updated Jun 2020)
• 2 Jibei Visitor Center (吉貝遊客中心). (updated Jun 2020)
• 3 Qitou Visitor Center (岐頭遊客中心). (updated Jun 2020)

Get in

Get around

Transport between the islands is usually done by ferry.

• 1 Houliao Wharf (後寮碼頭). Ferry services run to Jibei island. (updated Jun 2020)
• 2 Jibei Wharf (吉貝碼頭). Ferry services run to Chikan and Houliao. (updated Jun 2020)
• 3 Qitou Wharf (岐頭碼頭). Ferry services run to Niaoyu and Yuanbei. (updated Jun 2020)
• 4 Niaoyu Wharf (鳥嶼碼頭). Ferry services run to Qitou. (updated Jun 2020)
• 5 Yuanbei Wharf (員貝碼頭). Ferry services run to Qitou. (updated Jun 2020)

See

Historical sites

Mudouyu Lighthouse

• 1 Mudouyu Lighthouse (目斗嶼燈塔). It stands 39.9 meters tall, making it the tallest lighthouse in Taiwan. The lighthouse has a water collecting facility to collect rainfall from its rooftop. (updated Jun 2020)
• 2 Penghu Great Bridge (澎湖跨海大橋). This bridge connects Siyu Island and Baisha Main Island. It was constructed because the sea current between the two islands was too harsh to sail between them. The bridge is 2,494 m long. (updated Jun 2020)

Museums

• 3 Penghu Aquarium (澎湖水族館). 09:00-17:00. The oceanarium is home to over 200 species of fish from water within an 800-km radius of Baisha covering the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. (updated Jun 2020)
• 4 Jibei Cultural Museum of Stone Tidal Weirs (吉貝石滬文化館), ☏ +886 69911487. 09:00-16:30. A museum covering the local method of fishing known as 'shihu' (石滬) which uses the tides to trap fish in stone weirs. (updated Jun 2020)

Temples

• 5 Chengqian Mingxin Temple (前村明新宮), ☏ +886 69931018. (updated Jun 2020)
• 6 Chikan Longde Temple (赤崁龍德宮), ☏ +886 69931971. (updated Jun 2020)
• 7 Gangzi Baoding Temple (港子保定宮), ☏ +886 69932325. (updated Jun 2020)
• 8 Gangzi Chungan Temple (港子眾安寺), ☏ +886 69932235. A Buddhist temple feature a large golden statue of the Buddha on the roof, as well as a number of statues in the surrounding gardens. (updated Jun 2020)
• 9 Houliao Weiling Temple (後寮威靈宮), ☏ +886 69932542. This temple is dedicated to the Taoist god of medicine, Baosheng Dadi. The temple was constructed in 1602 and is the oldest temple to this deity. (updated Jun 2020)
• 10 Tongliang Baoan Temple (通梁保安宮). (updated Jun 2020)
• 11 Wadong Nantian Temple (瓦硐南天廟). A Taoist temple completed in 1935. (updated Jun 2020)
• 12 Wadong Wusheng Temple (瓦硐武聖廟). A Taoist temple built in 1745. (updated Jun 2020)
• 13 Zhongtun Yong'an Temple (中屯永安宮). Taoist temple at Zhongtun Village. (updated Jun 2020)
• 14 Fude Temple (福德宮), ☏ +886 69916146. (updated Jun 2020)

Nature

• 15 Gupo Island (姑婆嶼). An uninhabited island which is used by locals to harvest edible seaweed. (updated Jun 2020)
• 16 Jibei Island (吉貝嶼). Jibei wharf is on this island. (updated Jun 2020)
• 17 Mudou Island (目斗嶼). The island was named Mudouyu because the shape resembles an eye of a man or an ink marker of a carpenter. (updated Jun 2020)
• 18 Tongliang Great Banyan (通樑古榕), ☏ +886 69216521. An early 19th-century temple with a large banyan tree growing on the grounds. (updated Jun 2020)

Do

Parks and nature

• 1 Dacang Mazu Cultural Park (大倉村的媽祖文化園區). (updated Jun 2020)

Eat

Fishing harbours

There are a number of harbours where fishermen land and unload their catch. These are good places to get fresh seafood.

• 1 Chikan Fishing Harbor (赤崁漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
• 2 Chitou Fishing Harbor (岐頭漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
• Gangzi Fishing Harbor (港子漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
• 3 Houliao Fishing Harbor (後寮漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
• 4 Jiangmei Fishing Harbor (講美漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
• 5 Tongliang Fishing Harbor (通梁漁港). (updated Jun 2020)

Go next

See Penghu for other cities and islands around Makung.