2. Dried seafood

• Dried sardines-They are a famous local treat. They are made by drying sardines under the sun. The east side of the Great Aunt Island is the most famous sardine drying site of all.
  
  
• Dried squid-Summer is the season for fishing squids. Fishermen use lights to attract squids at night. Dried squids have a distinctive flavor.
  
  
• Seaweed-The seaweed right by the coast platform on the north side of the Great Aunt Island becomes ripe for harvest during November and December of the Lunar calendar. It can be harvested two to three times in a winter. Dried and processed into sheets of seaweed, it is a delicious treat.
  
  
• l Sea shells-Given the extremely crooked coastline in Penghu, both sandy beaches and rock shores abound. Both are the habitats favored by shells.
  

 

The known species of shells found in Penghu total over 1,200, 20 of which are commonly consumed by local residents. The rest is used as raw materials for handicrafts or made into specimen.