🏆 Pilgrimage(4)
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Guang Bing / Sesame Flatbread繼光餅
📍 Nangan Township · Jieshou
A ring-shaped flatbread baked against the walls of a charcoal oven, Guang Bing is Matsu's…
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Red Yeast Rice (Hongzao) Dishes紅糟料理
📍 Nangan Township · Siwei
The crimson lees left after brewing aged rice wine are used to marinate chicken and eel,…
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Aged Rice Wine Noodles老酒麵線
📍 Nangan Township · Fuxing
Thin rice noodles simmered in Matsu's glutinous-rice red-yeast wine with a cracked egg —…
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Matsu Aged Rice Wine (Laojiu)老酒
📍 Nangan Township · Matsu Winery
Brewed from local glutinous rice fermented with red yeast, Laojiu runs about 8–12% ABV. I…
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Matsu Fish Noodles馬祖魚麵
📍 Beigan Township · Tangqi
Ground fish is kneaded into the dough and rolled into flat noodles — they carry a natural…
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Mussels淡菜
📍 Nangan Township · Furong'ao
Raised on suspended ropes in Matsu's sheltered inner waters, these plump mussels are stea…
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Matsu Yellow Croaker馬祖黃魚
📍 Dongyin Township · Lehua
Yellow croaker migrates through the waters off Dongyin each spring. Steamed with Matsu's…
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Ding Bian Hu鼎邊糊
📍 Nangan Township · Jieshou Market
Rice batter is poured along the rim of a hot wok so it sets into thin sheets, then pulled…
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Sweet Potato Dumplings地瓜餃
📍 Beigan Township · Banli
Mashed sweet potato is shaped into wrappers, filled with peanut and sesame, and fried to…
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Matsu Fish Ball Soup馬祖魚丸湯
📍 Nangan Township · Jieshou Market
Hand-pounded from yellow croaker or eel caught in local waters, these fish balls use litt…
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Abalone (Jiukong)九孔鮑
📍 Dongyin Township · Zhongliu Village
Dongyin's clear, cold waters and dense reef formations make it one of Taiwan's offshore i…
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Seaweed Jelly (Shi Hua Dong)石花凍
📍 Beigan Township · Banli Coast
Gelidium amansii — a red algae foraged from the rocky shores of Matsu's islands — is sun-…
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Taro Cake芋頭糕
📍 Nangan Township · Fuxing
A traditional Fujianese Fuzhou pastry made from taro paste mixed with glutinous rice flou…
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Red Yeast Rice Braised Pork Knuckle紅糟豬腳
📍 Nangan Township · Siwei
Pork knuckle is marinated in red yeast wine lees and then braised low and slow until the…
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Gooseneck Barnacles (Fozhu)佛手
📍 Rocky reefs, all islands
Clinging to the crevices of sea cliffs, these gooseneck barnacles (known locally as Fozhu…
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Mazusu Pastry馬祖酥
📍 Nangan Township · Jieshou
A deep-fried pastry glazed with syrup — crisp, fragrant, and lightly sweet. Originally ca…
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Sea Helmet Limpets and Turban Shells海鋼盔
📍 Dongyin Township
Limpets shaped like tiny helmets and chewy turban shells cling to the rocky reefs of Dong…
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Oyster Fritters蠣餅
📍 Nangan Township · Jieshou
Rice-and-soybean batter wraps fresh oysters, egg, and cabbage before hitting the fryer —…
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Radish Cake菜頭糕
📍 Nangan Township · Jieshou Market
Shredded local radish is mixed into rice batter, steamed into a loaf, sliced, and pan-fri…
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Matsu Mullet Roe馬祖烏魚子
📍 Nangan Township · Fu'ao Harbor
Around the winter solstice, mullet schools pass through Matsu's waters, and fishers harve…
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Stir-Fried Clams with Noodles花蛤炒麵線
📍 Beigan Township · Tangqi
Short-necked clams from Beigan's near-shore waters are tossed in a screaming-hot wok with…
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Aged Rice Wine Glutinous Rice Cake老酒糯米年糕
📍 Nangan Township · Ren'ai Village
Steamed before the Lunar New Year from aged rice wine and glutinous rice flour, this cake…
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Dongyin Aged Rice Wine東引陳年老酒
📍 Dongyin Township · Lehua
Dongyin islanders brew glutinous rice red-yeast wine using traditional methods, then age…
🏞️ Nature(7)
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Renai Village Beach仁愛村海灘
📍 Nangan Township, Renai Village
A relatively wide mixed sand-and-pebble beach on Nangan's northern shore, with views acro…
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Tanghou Road Beach塘后道沙灘
📍 Beigan Township, Tangqi Village
A tombolo connecting the Tangqi and Houwo settlements, this is the largest beach in the M…
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Daqiu Island大坵島
📍 Beigan Township, Daqiu
A small uninhabited island about five minutes by boat from Beigan, home to a free-roaming…
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Square Waves (Kunqiu Beach)方塊海(坤坵沙灘)
📍 Juguang Township, Xiiju Island, Kunqiu
Under specific tidal and wind conditions, offshore waves at Kunqiu inlet are shaped by th…
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Caipu'ao Geopark菜埔澳地質公園
📍 Juguang Township, Xiiju Island
The only coastal geological site in Taiwan dominated by volcanic rhyolite, with rocks dis…
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Lienyu Yijing (Cliff of the Loyal Woman)烈女義坑
📍 Dongyin Township, southern Dongyin Island
A nearly 100-meter natural sea-eroded cliff forming a U-shaped granite canyon, with seawa…
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Dongyin Sky Crevice東引一線天
📍 Dongyin Township, Dongyin Island
A narrow sea-eroded fissure in a granite cliff face, with nearly vertical walls so close…
⛩️ Heritage(12)
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Beihai Tunnel北海坑道
📍 Nangan Township, Tieban Village
Carved in 1968 under the "North Sea Plan," this grid-pattern waterway stretches 640 meter…
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Iron Fort鐵堡
📍 Nangan Township, Tieban Village
Built on a granite reef just off Tieban Bay by blasting the rock, the fort is crisscrosse…
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Baba Tunnel八八坑道
📍 Nangan Township, Fuxing Village
Completed in 1974 — and named for Chiang Kai-shek's 88th birthday, which fell on opening…
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Dahan Outpost大漢據點
📍 Nangan Township, Renai Village
Cut into the cliffside along Nangan's northern coast, this military outpost has gun ports…
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Zhengegedaidann Stone Inscription枕戈待旦
📍 Nangan Township, Fu'ao Village
Perched on a hilltop above Fu'ao Harbor, this large red-and-white stone inscription readi…
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Qinbi Village芹壁聚落
📍 Beigan Township, Qinbi Village
The best-preserved Min-Eastern traditional village in Matsu, with stone houses built from…
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War and Peace Memorial Park戰爭和平紀念公園
📍 Beigan Township, Dawo Mountain
Built on what was once a key military area on Dawo Mountain, this park opened in 2003 as…
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Dongju Lighthouse (Dongquan Lighthouse)東莒燈塔(東犬燈塔)
📍 Juguang Township, Dongju Island
Built by the British in 1872, this 19.5-meter granite tower projects a light visible 31 k…
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Dapu Rock Inscription大埔石刻
📍 Juguang Township, Dongju Island, Daping Village
Carved into a coastal reef during the Ming dynasty Wanli period, this inscription is a co…
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Andong Tunnel安東坑道
📍 Dongyin Township, Dongyin Island
Hand-carved by stationed soldiers, this tunnel descends roughly 400 steps to an undergrou…
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Dongyin Lighthouse (Dongyong Lighthouse)東引燈塔(東湧燈塔)
📍 Dongyin Township, eastern Dongyin Island
Built by the British in 1904, this 14.2-meter circular brick tower — white with a black c…
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Zhongcheng Gate忠誠門
📍 Dongyin Township, near Zhongzhu Harbor
A landmark military gateway marking the entrance to the cross-sea bridge connecting East…
🎨 Culture(4)
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Mazu Village Tianhou Temple馬港天后宮
📍 Nangan Township, Mazu Village
The most revered Mazu temple in the Matsu archipelago, traditionally believed to stand on…
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Jinsha Village津沙聚落
📍 Nangan Township, Jinsha Village
Once Nangan's most populous fishing village, Jinsha saw its community shrink as the fishi…
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Qiaozi Village橋仔聚落
📍 Beigan Township, Qiaozi Village
The northernmost fishing settlement on Beigan, with only about seven households remaining…
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Fuzheng Village福正聚落
📍 Juguang Township, Dongju Island, Fuzheng Village
Once the most populous fishing village on Dongju, Fuzheng was largely abandoned as fish s…
📷 Landmark(5)
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Yuntai Mountain雲台山
📍 Nangan Township, central ridge
At 248 meters, Nangan's highest peak is listed among Taiwan's "Small Hundred Peaks." A vi…
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Mazu Giant Statue媽祖巨神像
📍 Nangan Township, Mazu Village
This 28.8-meter granite statue of the sea goddess Mazu stands on the cliff behind Tianhou…
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Bishan Lookout壁山觀景台
📍 Beigan Township, Bishan
At 298 meters, the highest peak in the Matsu archipelago. The summit viewing platform loo…
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Northern Frontier Monument國之北疆
📍 Dongyin Township, northern tip of Dongyin Island
The northernmost point of Taiwan's territory, marked by a stone stele inscribed "Northern…
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Yanxiu Chaoyin (Sound of the Tidal Cave)燕秀潮音
📍 Dongyin Township, northern Dongyin Island
One of the Eight Scenes of Dongyin. Waves surge into a natural blowhole along the norther…