Qualla: Fangyuan Lighthouse https://qualla.com/fangyuan-lighthouse en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Fangyuan Lighthouse https://qualla.com/fangyuan-lighthouse Fangyuan Lighthouse: Introduction https://qualla.com/fangyuan-lighthouse/ Five seconds of light, then five seconds of dark. This is the rhythm of the Fangyuan Lighthouse, standing at the eastern edge of Wanggong Fishing Port on the Changhua coast since 1983. The Taiwan Strait that stretches west from here is shallow and tidal, a productive feeding ground for the fishing fleets that have worked this coast for centuries. The lighthouse was built for them — for the captains and crews navigating in and out of the port, needing something fixed and bright to steer by in the dark.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/8/fangyuan-lighthouse-wp/wsm8-fangyuan-lighthouse-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Fangyuan Lighthouse: The Changhua Coast https://qualla.com/fangyuan-lighthouse/ Changhua County's coastline along the Taiwan Strait is not dramatic by the usual definition. There are no sea cliffs, no rocky promontories, no surf-battered capes. The land here meets the water gradually, through mudflats and reclaimed agricultural land and tidal channels that s...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/8/fangyuan-lighthouse-wp/wsm8-fangyuan-lighthouse-the-changhua-coast.mp3 0:06 2 full Fangyuan Lighthouse: A Building Made for Function https://qualla.com/fangyuan-lighthouse/ The lighthouse was completed in 1983. Its designers built it as an octagon — eight sides offering structural efficiency and omnidirectional visibility — and painted it in vertical bands of black and white, the distinctive color scheme that makes Fangyuan Lighthouse recognizable a...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/m/8/fangyuan-lighthouse-wp/wsm8-fangyuan-lighthouse-wanggong-and-its-waters.mp3 0:06 5 full Fangyuan Lighthouse: Light as Infrastructure https://qualla.com/fangyuan-lighthouse/ There is a tendency to romanticize lighthouses — to see them as lonely sentinels, symbols of hope and guidance in an indifferent sea. The Fangyuan Lighthouse is romantic enough in its way: the octagonal tower striped in black and white, the five-second pulse of light visible from...

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