Beishan Broadcasting Tower 北山廣播墻

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Beishan Broadcasting Tower (aka Beishan Broadcasting Wall) is a tower on the north central coast of Kinmen used by the military to broadcast messages, propaganda, and music across Xiamen harbor to communists on the other side. The tower still sends broadcasts daily, and is a unique wartime relic that is definitely worth visiting.

Background:
The tower has 48 speaker holes and can broadcast up to 25 kilometers away. The tower was built as part of "physiological warfare" to the other side. Every day the broadcasting tower still plays messages to China, including Teresa Teng's music (鄧麗君), a Taiwanese singer who was one of the most influential and famous Mandarin speaking singers of her time.

Broadcasting times:
09:00-09:45
10:30-11:00
13:00-13:30
14:00-14:30
15:00-15:45
16:00-16:30

Hours: 24/7

Price: Free:

Tours:
There are many tours and activities available on the islands, such as fishing, clamming, traditional Chinese Costume Experience, Water Gun Shooting, Night Otter Spotting, SUPing / Paddle Boarding, Intertidal Eco Tour, Handmade Metalworking DIY, and many others. For more information, look at other tour/ferry sites or book a personalized tour with Klook here or KKday here. 

Hotels:
We stayed at and can recommend Sihai Hostel, which is a quality hostel with spacious and clean rooms. They also arranged transport to and from the hostel for free. You can book Sihai Hostel on Agoda here, Klook here, or Trip.com here. 
Looking for a hotel? We recommend booking through Agoda here, which provides the best quality selection of accommodation on the islands. 
You can also find out more about where to stay in our Taiwan hotels guide here.
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How to Get There:
By Scooter or Car: You can book a scooter rental for Kinmen Island on Klook here or on KKday here. You can also check out our scooter rental guide here. 
You can rent a car for Kinmen on KKday here or charter a car on Klook here. You can also check out our car rental guide here.  
Shuttle Bus: You can book a discount tourist shuttle bus pass on KKday here. 
Bicycle Rental: Cycling is the best way to enjoy Taiwan's landscapes if you have the time and energy. Looking for bicycle rentals in Taiwan? You can search on KKday here and search for tours on Klook here. You can also check out our Taiwan cycling guide here. 

Map: Please see below.

Our Journey:

Check out our drone footage above!

Our first view of the tower from the parking lot. The tower does not appear on Google Maps, but if you go to the north west part of the Beishan peninsula you will be sure to find it. It's quite prominent with regards to the rest of the landscape.

Map of the trail around the northern cliffs.

Guningtou's "Maogongshi" Coast
"On the north coast of Kinmen Island, from Guningtou's Nanshan and Beishan east to Longkou and Housha. a series of reddish-brown to dark red rocks with vesicular holes on the surface can be seen scattered across the beach and tidal zone. These are commonly called maogongshi (beehive rocks).
These maogongshi formed in this area mainly because kaolin sand-stone of an ancient river was weathered and was then subject downwards leaching by the iron in the red clay layer that covered it.Eventually, pinthite was formed by the cementing of ferric oxide, quartz sand and clay. Rocks fallen from the cliff were then subject to wave erosion, removing the clay and leaving hard rocks with vesicular surfaces. 
Te maogongshi on the seashore are different in size and shape and have a variety of colors, decorating the natural coastline while standing guard over the odd military bunker and the lines of anti-landing spikes. creating a beautiful scene. These solid, hard rocks are also good natural wave breaker blocks that protect the north coast and are thus worth cherishing.

Small bay in front of the tower with maogongshi rocks.

All 48 speakers!

I guess here you can talk to the Chinese people on the other side, but when I went the microphone was turned off.

View of the speakers from the inside.

View through one of the speaker holes.

The upper stories of the building are closed off, and it appears that most of the speaker holes are empty.

Bird's eye view of the tower.

Thanks for reading!

There are many tours and activities available on Kinmen, such as SUPing / Paddle Boarding, Intertidal Eco Tour, fishing, clamming, Night Otter Spotting, Handmade Metalworking DIY, and many others. For more information, look at other tour/ferry sites or book a personalized tour with Klook here or KKday here. 

For more of Taiwan's outer Islands, check out our ultimate guide to Kinmen here.
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You can also check out our full guide to all of Taiwan's outer islands here. 

You can also check out our full travel guide to Taiwan here. ​

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