Taiwan’s Western Most Point- Guosheng Lighthouse Traditional Cache
Taiwan’s Western Most Point- Guosheng Lighthouse
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Guosheng Lighthouse is the most western point of Taiwan. It looks like an electricity transmission tower and is surrounded by sand dunes. It’s deep in rural Tainan's Taijiang National Park, but it’s worth the trip.
Background:
Guosheng Lighthouse was built on the Dingtoue Sand Dune (頂頭額沙洲), which is the westernmost point on the island of Taiwan. During the Qing Dynasty, this area was once home to one of the largest salt drying fields in Taiwan, as well as home to fisherman.
It is said this spot is the first place that Koxinga landed in Taiwan, however this is not clear to be true or not.
During the Japanese era, a lighthouse was built on this spot, called Zengwen Lighthouse 曾文燈塔, which was later totally destroyed during allied bombing raids in WWII.
Later, the government built a wooden lighthouse on the Dingtoue Sand Dune in 1957 that was 20 meters tall, but it was often hit by waves and nearly fell into the ocean, and was finally destroyed completely by Typhoon Viola in 1969.
A new lighthouse, the one that stands today, was built from concrete and steel in 1969, and stands 32 meters high. It needs constant maintenance such as paint to stop corrosion to its frame.
Please be aware of muggles. This cache takes a lot of time to maintain and replace so take care when retrieving and returning it. Cache is big enough for small swag and trackables.
Additional Hints
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Nobir lbhe urnq. Tenl pnc naq oynpx gno.
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