Below are some of the views of the Pescadores Islands. Named 'Peng-Hu' in Chinese with the meaning
'peaceful lake', this string of islands is also known to the world as the Pescadores Archipelago, or the Fishermen's
Islands, located between Taiwan and the Mainland China. When the Ming Dynasty was coming to an end, one of its great generals, Cheng-Gong Zheng, retreated to Taiwan with an ambition to recover the Mainland China.
He died before his plan could be carried out. Penghu, the collection of islands with their surrounding waters, actually protects Taiwan as a shield, as beautiful as it is.
Hover over picture to turn on/off ocean sound. 扣照片播放/暫停音響。
Click on pictures to read introductions. 扣一下照片來讀筆者簡介。
A fully loaded papaya tree in the backyard of an island
house. 某家后院結實磊磊的木瓜樹。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]A water well sits quietly in the corner of a small plot of
vegetable garden. 水井坐落菜園的一角。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another view of the vegetable garden. 菜園另一景。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]This night-blooming cereus plant will bear pink-colored fruits
commonly known as the fire-dragon fruits which sometimes appear in the supermarkets. Their sizes are
about the size of a clenched fist. 火龍果為曇花的果實。有時候超級市場有賣。大小如拳頭一般。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]A temporarily rigged gate to the garden. 臨時擋駕的園門。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Stone walls such as this one constructed of blocks quarried from
the coral reefs have been protecting these island communities for thousands of years. 孤老石，或稱老虎石，被用來筑牆已經有千年歷史。它們被用來保護海島的社區。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]The object sitting next to the square-shaped water well looks like
a stone laundry basin that has been sitting there unused for a long time. 四方形的水井旁邊石頭鑿成的洗衣盆已經被棄置好些時候了。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Can you imagine being more relaxed! 真是逍遙自在，自得其樂！
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another example how natural corals have been utilized. In
this case, that object on the left put upside down was, in fact, a stone mortar for pounding grains. 天然石頭被人使用的另一個例子。在圖左，上下倒立被棄置牆頭的是一鼎樁稻谷之類的石臼子。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]This picture reminds me how Moses led Israelis out of
Egypt. 這是摩西出埃及記的‘之前’景。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Now you understand why I mentioned Exodus
previously. 這是摩西出埃及記的‘之后’景。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]These peculiar rock formations can be seen in many places around
the Pescadores Islands. 玄武岩的特殊造型在澎湖許多地方可以看到。它們是岩漿成排擠出凝結而成的。在澎湖最出名的是桶盤嶼， 因為它的樣子就像祭拜時獻禮用的盤子，澎湖人稱之為桶盤。
[Photographer: Internet sources 照片來源： 網路]A view toward the harbor. 眺望七美港。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another view toward the harbor. 眺望七美港另一景。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]An island sunset view. 海島的日落。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]School kids chill off on the street. 學生在街旁玩耍。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]How about a bicycle ride around the island? 騎腳踏車環島一遊怎麼樣？
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Passages such as this one barely wide enough for bicycle traffics
are a common sight throughout these islands. 澎湖各處都可以看到像這樣子只容腳踏車通行的小道。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]A view toward the neighbors' old houses from the rooftop of Jinmei
Chen's small dream house still under construction as of 7/28/2013. 由陳金美尚在建筑的住屋屋頂往鄰家的古屋看。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]This map shows Pescadores Islands' location between Taiwan and the
Mainland China. 本海圖顯示澎湖列島位處台灣和大陸之間。
[Photographer: Internet Sources 照片來源： 網路]Island native author and artist, Miss Jinmei
Chen. 澎湖土生土長的作家和藝術家陳金美女士。To email Miss Chen. Email 金美女士。[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]One of Miss Chen's watercolor paintings. 陳金美女士的水彩畫之一。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another of Miss Chen's watercolor paintings. 陳金美女士的水彩畫之另一。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another. 再另一。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]In this paradise-like island, it's not unusual to be confused if
it's a photo or painting. 在天堂一般的島上，假如你分辨不出來是真是畫，也不是什麼大不了的。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another example. ‘到底是真還是畫’的另外一個例子。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Another of Miss Chen's watercolor paintings. 陳金美女士的水彩畫之另一。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]Traditional houses passed on from generation to
generation are a favorite theme of Miss Chen's art works. 由祖先承傳下來一代又一代的古老房子是陳金美喜歡的畫作題材。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]The landmark fishtrap of the Pescadores. 這是澎湖列島出名的雙心石滬
[Photographer: Internet Sources 照片來源： 網路]Miss Chen drew the landmark stone fishtrap of her native island,
the Qimei Island, i.e., 'the Seven Beauties Island'. 陳金美女士雙心石滬素描。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]This Double-Hearted fishtrap constructed of coral stones is the landmark of the Seven-Beauties
Island, one of the islands of the Pescadores Archipelago. Chinese as a language is pictographic, and there is no surprising that the people will read
meanings into a huge coral-stone fishtrap in the shape of two connected hearts. Lovers and young couples will pose before them with prayers in mind.
This picture is used as the front cover for one of several books authored by island native Jinmei Chen. 這對雙心攜手，珊瑚石筑成的魚阱是澎湖列島七美島的招牌景觀。年輕的情侶喜歡拿它為背景拍照留戀，也有默默祈許‘心心相印,永遠偕老’的意思。本照片也被從小在七美長大的陳金美女士用作她幾本著作之一的封面。
[Photographer: Jinmei Chen 攝影者： 陳金美]
