Seven Beauty Tomb is located in Nankang Village, Chimei Village of Penghu County if walking toward Nanhu Port at south east side, you can see Seven Beauty Tomb in the legend. For this Seven Beauty Tomb, there is a legend which has been very popular people
said, thieves landed Chimei from the seashore in neighborhood, burning, looting, and robbing at that time, there were seven ladies committed suicide by jumping into well because they were not willing to be insulted by those thieves. In order to memorize these
seven ladies preferred to die to preserve their chastity, hence, they planted “Catalpa bungei” nearby, which has another name of “robinia Idaho”.
It wroth mentions that the Robinia Idaho next to Seven Beauty Tomb had have fragrance over the past 400 years and every year, they all blossomed with very beautiful white flowers hence, many residents believed and worshipped Seven Beauty Tomb. People
said Name of Chimei Village was also generated from purposes of memorizing them! There are many tourists coming here, just want to take a look at this Seven Beauty Tomb!
Religion of Blossom Lady
Any one lady who has not been in marriage in Penghu is called “Blossom Lady” people said, these seven girls in Seven Beauty Tomb were all Blossom Ladies hence, if any one man coming to Seven Beauty Tomb with more frivolous behaviors would be punished by
these seven blossom ladies !
There are two Stone Tablets in Seven Beauty Tomb, which are the only two existing now they are placed in the front and rear sides of Robinia Idaho the fonts on top have been fuzzy which cannot be identified because of long years residents in neighborhood
expect to make Seven Beauty Tomb becoming a real belief and they are making efforts ceaselessly!
Seven Beauty Tomb is not only an attraction famous locally, but also a belief of local residents and culture & history engraving, which is worthy of preservation and commemoration if you have chance, why don’t you go there!
Picture: There is a donation box which you can contribute freely or donate!
The most special part is that I met seven beauties with masks near Seven Beauty Tomb. Because of hot weather in Penghu, plus the sandstorm is severe and sun shines strongly hence, many women here will also wear hat and scarves with long-sleeved clothes
& pants to avoid sunburn in such hot summer days. Meeting these seven beauties with masks in Seven Beauty Tomb is also a very pretty coincidence! 最特別的是，在七美人塚附近，遇見了七位蒙面美女。澎湖因為天氣炎熱，風沙也大，而且日照強烈，所以許多澎湖