# Baisha

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:
* 23.668953119.6031121 North Sea Visitor Center (北海遊客中心). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.738721119.6122732 Jibei Visitor Center (吉貝遊客中心). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.649536119.6093113 Qitou Visitor Center (岐頭遊客中心). (updated Jun 2020)

## Get around

Transport between the islands is usually done by ferry.
* 23.67134119.5703011 Houliao Wharf (後寮碼頭). Ferry services run to Jibei island. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.739094119.6119832 Jibei Wharf (吉貝碼頭). Ferry services run to Chikan and Houliao. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.649159119.6092793 Qitou Wharf (岐頭碼頭). Ferry services run to Niaoyu and Yuanbei. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.660142119.6572894 Niaoyu Wharf (鳥嶼碼頭). Ferry services run to Qitou. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.646726119.6316185 Yuanbei Wharf (員貝碼頭). Ferry services run to Qitou. (updated Jun 2020)

## See
### Historical sites

* 23.7864119.61 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)
* 23.65119.5472 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

* 23.649722119.6028893 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)
* 23.738623119.6127124 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

* 23.626428119.5954195 Chengqian Mingxin Temple (前村明新宮), ☏ +886 69931018. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.66755119.6006176 Chikan Longde Temple (赤崁龍德宮), ☏ +886 69931971. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.648872119.5997087 Gangzi Baoding Temple (港子保定宮), ☏ +886 69932325. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.646866119.5972168 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)
* 23.667769119.5751479 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)
* 23.657046119.55735110 Tongliang Baoan Temple (通梁保安宮). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.656681119.58881411 Wadong Nantian Temple (瓦硐南天廟). A Taoist temple completed in 1935. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.656908119.58545612 Wadong Wusheng Temple (瓦硐武聖廟). A Taoist temple built in 1745. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.612556119.60338613 Zhongtun Yong'an Temple (中屯永安宮). Taoist temple at Zhongtun Village. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.660796119.65751114 Fude Temple (福德宮), ☏ +886 69916146. (updated Jun 2020)

### Nature

* 23.715119.55555615 Gupo Island (姑婆嶼). An uninhabited island which is used by locals to harvest edible seaweed. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.744225119.60813616 Jibei Island (吉貝嶼). Jibei wharf is on this island. (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.786119.617 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)
* 23.656613119.55703718 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

* 23.619444119.5688891 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.
* 23.666193119.6040981 Chikan Fishing Harbor (赤崁漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.648483119.6092732 Chitou Fishing Harbor (岐頭漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
* Gangzi Fishing Harbor (港子漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.67173119.5696683 Houliao Fishing Harbor (後寮漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.637048119.6018334 Jiangmei Fishing Harbor (講美漁港). (updated Jun 2020)
* 23.655626119.5560375 Tongliang Fishing Harbor (通梁漁港). (updated Jun 2020)

## Go next

See Penghu for other cities and islands around Makung.