The serene and lonesome Cilaibi Lighthouse is the only pentagon-shaped lighthouse in Taiwan. It is located at Cilaibi to the north of Hualien Port. The lighthouse is surrounded by a prairie, hence it is also called “Siba Gaodi.” The lighthouse was built in the sixth year of the Japanese Showa period, or 1931, with the primary function of giving directions to vessels navigating the ocean around Cisingtan.
During World War II, the lighthouse was bombed by Allied jets and therefore could not shine its light as normal until 1963, when the government upgraded Hualien Port’s status to an international port and built the pentagon-shaped white lighthouse on the old site.
Cilaibi Lighthouse is administered by the Maritime and Port Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The interior of the lighthouse is not open to the public. However, visitors can take pictures of themselves with the lighthouse and at the same time enjoy the view of the Central Mountain Range and a bird’s eye view of Cisingtan Bay.
Photo: Yu Tai-lang, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者游太郎
(Liberty Times, translated by ETHAN ZHAN)
寧靜孤寂的「奇萊鼻燈塔」，是台灣唯一的五角形燈塔，位在花蓮港北方奇萊鼻處。燈塔周圍是一片大草原，因此也有人稱它為「四八高地」。燈塔建於昭和六年，主要功能是為航行於花蓮七星潭海域的大小船隻指引方向。
二戰期間，燈塔受到盟軍飛機轟炸，導致無法執行發光作業。直到民國五十二年，政府將花蓮港升等為國際港，於是就在原塔基附近，新建現今的白色五角形燈塔。
「奇萊鼻燈塔」現由交通部航港局管轄，塔內並未對外開放，但民眾可與燈塔合影留念，同時遠眺中央山脈群及俯瞰七星潭海灣。（自由時報記者王峻祺）
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