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Just past the beach are shady benches beneath the trees, beyond which a short tunnel takes you through to the next beach. Immediately after that on the left, steps lead up the hillside through gardens to Riguang Yan (Sunlight Rock), a lookout point perhaps used by pirate and Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong (1624-62), also known as Kongxia, a Dutch corruption of a title awarded him by the expiring Ming. He's an official state hero for being the first Han to invade Taiwan, which he did mainly for its silk and sugar, but is idolized for having kicked the Dutch off Taiwan in 1624. A dull museum to his memory is laced with the usual propaganda about how Taiwan has always been "an inseparable part of the motherland." It's a stiff climb (although there's a cable car alternative) and the entrance fee is a hefty ¥60 ($7.50). The view is very overrated, just a busy shipping lane and some ugly container-handling facilities over on the opposite island.
Riguang Yan (Sunlight Rock) Pictrues 
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