The Double-Heart of Stacked Stones (traditional Chinese: 七美雙心石滬; simplified Chinese: 七美双心石沪; pinyin: Qīměi Shuāng Xīn Shí Hù) or the Twin-Heart Fish Trap is a stone fishing weir located on the north side of Cimei Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. It is a well-preserved ancient fish trap made by stacking stones to form a trap that resembles a flying heart.[1][2]
Double-Heart of Stacked Stones
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_location_map.svg)  Double-Heart of Stacked Stones | |
| Coordinates: 23°13′13.0″N 119°26′49.0″E / 23.220278°N 119.446944°E | |
| Location | Cimei, Penghu, Taiwan |
| Offshore water bodies | Taiwan Strait |
| Geology | rock |
It is one of hundreds of ancient tidal stone fish weirs in Taiwan, the oldest known example of which was constructed by the indigenous Taokas people in Miaoli County.[3] The heart or arrow-shaped tidal stone weir is one of the ancestral fishing technologies of the seafaring Austronesian peoples, and similar ancient stone weirs are also widespread throughout Austronesian regions, including the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, with examples being found as far as Hawaii.[3][4][5] The technology spread to the Han Taiwanese and the Japanese when Taiwan came under their control in the recent centuries.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ "A Passage to Penghu". Taipei Times. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Spencer, David (1 December 2017). "Taiwan's Top 10 man-made marvels". Taiwan News. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Chen, Chao-Yuan; Lee, Ming-Ju (31 December 2023). "Evolution of stone fish weirs in Jibei area, Penghu Archipelago (eighteenth to twenty-first century)". Journal of Maps. 19 (1). doi:10.1080/17445647.2023.2277904.
- ^ Jeffery, Bill (16 April 2024). "Tidal Stone-Walled Fish Weirs across Asia-Pacific: An Austronesian Cultural Identity and Its Relevance in Marine Ecology Conservation". Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies: 174–197. doi:10.5744/florida/9780813069975.003.0007.
- ^ Jeffery, Bill (June 2013). "Reviving Community Spirit: Furthering the Sustainable, Historical and Economic Role of Fish Weirs and Traps". Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 8 (1): 29–57. doi:10.1007/s11457-013-9106-4.
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