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Simplified Chinese Japanese English Korean Penghu has strong winds and sandstorms, and a harsh climate that poses a great threat to daily life. To resist the harsh environment, many protective objects—stone towers—are built to ward off evil and calm the wind. The Lock Harbor Stone Towers consist of the South Tower (Wu Tower) and the North Tower (Zi Tower), located north of the old settlement, near a three‑storey high structure. The site of the stone towers originally had a small hill that served as the village’s backing mountain; it gradually disappeared under the strong northeasterly monsoon. A local proverb thus arose: “Lock Harbor holds a mountain, and the mother pig’s water holds a bay,” meaning the village’s sand dunes were blown into the harbor of the mother pig’s water (a mountain‑water bay). Therefore, two large stone towers were built on the original site to compensate for the lost mountain and mitigate the damage to feng shui. Originally made of black stone, the towers were rebuilt in 1962 with black stone concrete (composed of basalt, cement, and rubble). The first floor covers about 66 square meters. Originally a seven‑layer stacked stone guardian, it was rebuilt into nine layers in 1962, making it the tallest stone tower in Penghu at about 14 meters high. [Suggested stay time] 1 hour