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澎湖地名之旅Part47 製灰人 白坑　

　　湖西鄉白坑村，清朝時代叫做「白猿坑社」，日本時代稱為「白猿坑」，光復時與青螺合併為一個村，民國四十年實施地方自治，才與青螺分開，獨自成為「白坑村」。

　　古代所以稱為「白猿坑」，與村落的海岸盛產「砱仔」有關。「砱仔」是閩南話，是指珊瑚礁的斷枝；那些斷枝隨著海浪漂流到岸邊後，經歷數千年風雨歲月的侵蝕變成白色，成為製作石灰的最好材料。

　　在澎湖，只有白坑村海岸堆積的「砱仔」最多，據文獻記載，在清朝中期就已有先民在此處落戶經營「灰窯」，製作石灰做建材。

　　相傳，澎湖在清朝道光年間興建的三合院古厝，都用「白猿坑」灰窯出產的石灰建材塗抹牆壁，以取代混凝土。

　　因此，自清朝一直到日據時期，都有居民受僱在「白猿坑」灰窯做工，相傳在乾隆年間，「白猿坑」有個男人是灰窯的長工，由於工作時滿身滿臉都沾著白灰，像個全身塗滿白粉的人。有一天，他的太太有事到灰窯找他，看到他滿身白灰，便脫口而出說：「看你滿身都是白灰，像一隻----白猿」，從此，先民就取「白猿坑」作地名。

　　「白猿」，是指灰窯那位長工，「坑」是指盛產「砱仔」的海岸，這是先民遺留的一則笑話，是否是事實已不得而知。

　　「猿」這個字，閩南語是形容猴子的意思，現在五十歲以上的澎湖婦女，向丈夫撒嬌時，就叫丈夫「老猴」。

　　「白猿坑社」這個地名果然取自乾隆時代，沿用至今已有兩百多年歷史了，由此可見先民取地名是多方向的，有的是取自地形地貌，有的取自產業，有的是因為懷念大陸家鄉而以家鄉的地名作為地名……。

資料來源：澎湖逍遙遊