Taiwan Lighthouse comes in 4 colors! The only two rare "all black versions" are related to the military

Today (14th) Changhua Fangyuan Lighthouse Park reopened, with a distinctive black and white vertical stripe shape. Currently, our country's lighthouses are under the jurisdiction of the Harbor Bureau of the Ministry of Transport. There are four types of lighthouses painted, most of which are white, black and white, red and white, and the only two "all black" lighthouses are quite rare. Both of these lighthouses are also classified as military control zones.

Since 1969, my country's lighthouse business has been taken over by the Marine Affairs Section of the then General Administration of Customs and Taxation, which was later changed to the Customs Administration, responsible for the construction and maintenance of all lighthouses and navigation aids in Taiwan. Since January 2013, due to the organizational transformation of the central government, the maritime ship navigation aid business has been transferred to the Harbor Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation.

There are 36 lighthouses under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport's Harbor Bureau. In addition to emitting light at night to guide ships' safe navigation, the towers are painted in various colors, allowing sailing ships to observe and determine their position. They also have navigation functions during the day. The colors used by the Port Bureau lighthouse tower include white, black, black and white with alternating vertical and parallel stripes, red and white with alternating parallel stripes, etc.

The Port Bureau stated that white is a commonly used color for most lighthouses. The purpose is to be more eye-catching. However, in sea areas where fog often occurs, ships cannot see the light of the lighthouse clearly and the white tower body cannot play its role. Therefore, the lighthouse tower body is painted in black and white colors to facilitate ship identification, such as Fuguijiao, Fangyuan, Mudou Island, Dongji Island and other lighthouses.

There are two lighthouses in my country that are rare "all black", namely Dongding Island Lighthouse and Wuqiu Island Lighthouse. The Dongding Island Lighthouse is located on the top of Dongding Island (anciently known as Dongding Island) in Kinmen County, and the Wuqiuyu Lighthouse is located on the top of Daqiuyu in Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County. They were all black when they were first built, and were later classified as military control zones.