Hujing Island

Hujing Island[3] / Huching Island[4][5][6] / Hujing Islet[7][8] (Chinese: 虎井嶼; pinyin: Hǔjǐng Yǔ; Wade–Giles: Hu3-ching3 Yü3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-chéⁿ-sū) is an islet in Hujing Village (虎井里), Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan.[9] The island has also been known as Da'anshan (大案山) and the nearby Tongpan Island as Xiao'anshan (小案山).[10]: 19  The southern part of the island is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer.[7][11] Hujing Island is the seventh largest island in Penghu (the Pescadores). The island is 7 nmi (13 km) from Penghu Main Island. There are mountains on the eastern end (Dongshan) and western end (Sishan) of the island.[12]

Hujing Island
Native name:
虎井嶼 (Chinese)
Hujing Island
Hujing Island in Magong City, Penghu County
Geography
Locationsouthwestern Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates23.489747°N 119.526358°E / 23.489747; 119.526358
Area1.9972 km2 (0.7711 sq mi)[1]
Administration
ProvinceTaiwan (streamlined)
CountyPenghu
County-administered cityMagong
Demographics
Population~100 (2017)[2]
Additional information
Time zone
Hujing Island is located in Taiwan
Hujing Island
Hujing Island
Location of Hujing Island

Ferries run three times a day between Magong on the main island of Penghu and Hujing Island.[13] It takes about twenty minutes to reach Hujing Island from Penghu's main island by boat.[2]

History

The island takes its current name from a tradition in which a tiger was found in a dry cave (or well[5]) near the south end of the island.[3]

According to tradition, the Dutch built a fortress on the island which sank into the sea. No significant discoveries have been made in the area.[3]

On July 12, 1683, Qing Empire naval forces took Hujing Island and Tongpan Island in the early stages of the Battle of Penghu.[10]: 42 

A World War II-era Japanese bomb shelter built on the island survives and is accessible to the public free of charge.[5]

In January 2019, there were noted complaints about collapsing roads and slow repair times around the western mountain area of the island.[14]

In June 2019, there were a total of six students in the island's primary school.[15]

Geography

The population of Hujing (Huching) village, noted for its seafood restaurants, is concentrated on the southwest end of the island.[5]

The island's geology is noted for black volcanic rock formations.[5] The island is higher in altitude than nearby Tongpan Island with a plain between the mountainous areas where most of the population lives.[7][12]

  • Power Station
    Power Station
  • Guanyin Statue
    Guanyin Statue
  • Guanyin Temple
    Guanyin Temple
  • Guanyin Temple
    Guanyin Temple
  • Command Post
    Command Post
  • Hujing Island
    Hujing Island
  • Map of Penghu (the Pescadores) including Hujing Island (labeled as Groote Taaffel) (circa 1726)
    Map of Penghu (the Pescadores) including Hujing Island (labeled as Groote Taaffel) (circa 1726)
  • Map of Hujing Island (labeled as Kosei-tō) and surrounding area (AMS, 1944)
    Map of Hujing Island (labeled as Kosei-tō) and surrounding area (AMS, 1944)
  • Map including Hujing Island (labeled as Hu-ching hsü (Kosei-sho) 虎井嶼) (AMS, 1950)
    Map including Hujing Island (labeled as Hu-ching hsü (Kosei-sho) 虎井嶼) (AMS, 1950)

See also

References
  1. 澎湖的島嶼. 澎湖國家風景區管理處 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2 November 2019. ＃ 行政區域 島嶼名稱 經度 緯度 面積 (平方公里) 有人居住 (*) {...}7 馬公巿 虎井嶼 119° 31' 33.20" 23° 29' 25.70" 1.9972 *
  2. 虎井海島休閒民宿. 澎湖國家風景區管理處 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 位於馬公市南方約20分鐘船程的一個島嶼。{...}人口約一百人的小漁村,
  3. "Hujing Island". Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan). 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019. In the 17th century, it is said, the Dutch came here and built a fortress that later sank into the sea in the midst of a battle. Scholars who have come to explore the area in recent years have made no significant discoveries, leaving the sunken fortress a 300-year mystery.{...}It' s named according to a legend that there was once a tiger crouching in a dry cave at the southeast of the island.
  4. "Beauty spot". Magong City Office, Penghu County. Retrieved 2 November 2019. Huching Island
  5. Robert Storey (1998). Taiwan. p. 304 – via Internet Archive. Huching Island (hǔjǐng yǔ) 虎井嶼
  6. Robert Kelly; Joshua Samuel Brown, eds. (March 2011). Taiwan (8 ed.). Singapore: Lonely Planet. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-74179-043-6. Huching Island
  7. "PENGHU From island to island" (PDF). Penghu County Government. 2010s. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2019. Dongshan Hujing Deep Sea Shadow Hujing Islet Hujing Port Guanyin Temple Sishan{...}In recent years, to mark the Tropic of Cancer passing through Hujing Island, a new structure was built
  8. Stephen Keeling; Brice Minnigh (2007). The Rough Guide to Taiwan. London: Rough Guides. p. 445 – via Internet Archive. Hujing Islet
  9. 澎湖縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 澎湖(XA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 馬公市(01) 段 小段 代碼 備註{...}虎井 0023
  10. 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. pp. 19, 42. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 福爾摩沙島與澎湖群島圖{...}I. 小案山（桶盤嶼） J. 大案山（虎井嶼）{...}7.12 奪虎井、桶盤
  11. Shyi-Liang Yu; Ying-Chien Chu; Huei-Min Tsai (December 2016). "Environmental changes and building resilient community in Penghu Islands". Journal of Marine and Island Cultures. 5 (2). Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via ScienceDirect. The Tropic of Cancer at 23 ° 27′ goes through the southern part of Huching Islet of the islands.
  12. 虎井嶼遊憩區. 澎湖國家風景區管理處 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 11 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 虎井嶼是澎湖群島的第七大島，距馬公市7海浬，島上有壯觀的玄武岩柱狀節理。{...}全島分為東西二山，村落就位在東、西山之間，
  13. 交通船時間表. Magong City Office, Penghu County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  14. 劉禹慶 (21 January 2019). 虎井嶼西山道路崩塌多時 民怨官速度太慢. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  15. 劉禹慶 (11 June 2019). 虎井嶼人口嚴重外流 僅有一名國小畢業生. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2 November 2019. 位在澎湖南海的虎井嶼，與其他離島一樣，面臨人口嚴重流失問題，虎井國小全校僅6位學生，
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