Twin Candlestick Islets

　　

　On top of the hill on the Jinshan Cape lies a pavilion.  The cliff underneath the pavilion is endearingly known as “Little Red Cliff (China).”  About 450 meters off the coast of the Jinshan Cape stand islets that bear a resemblance to two candlesticks.  They are Twin Candlestick Islets, which is seen as the landmark of Jinshan.

 

　　Twin Candlestick Islets were originally part of the Jinshan Cape.  Then they were connected to the Jinshan Cape only by an arch formation due to coastal erosion.  They were finally separated from the cape after the top of the arch collapsed.  Legend has it that these islets were once bombed.  At the end of the World War II, an allied jet fighter was carrying out a bombing raid in Taiwan.  When it flew above Jinshan, heavy fog blanketed this field.  In the heavy fog, the pilot mistook the two upright pillars for towers of the enemy battleship, so he bombarded the islets.  Now the top of Twin Candlestick Islets still bears the signs of damage inflicted by the bombing during World War II.

 

	Twin Candlestick Islets    (Image: Pan Wei-zhi)
	Twin Candlestick Islets   (Image: Hsu He-jun)

 

Reference:North Coast & Guanyinshan National Scenic Area

Reference:2019/1/16