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花嶼 全台極西之島
花嶼，全台極西之島。亦台省四極之中，唯一有住民者。距中國大陸最近，自古兵家進取台灣必經之地，先民渡海開墾台澎之踏腳石。每至冬季，朔風狂拂，沿海輒有大陸漁船群集停泊避風，少者數艘，多則百餘，時感氣氛緊張，地理位置重要。
花嶼，澎湖群島中，最古老之島。揆諸全澎依火山活動情形與岩漿種類，可分澎湖火山島群及花嶼火山島。澎湖火山島群活動時間距今一千七百萬至八百萬年前；花嶼岩石變質年代距今則六千五百萬至六千萬年前，原岩甚者遠自九千五百萬年至五千五百萬年前。其岩石性質迥異澎湖島群，可見一斑。
花嶼地貌，以早期火山活動、季風吹襲、陽光照射、海洋侵蝕，景觀多變。有洋蔥狀風化石、球狀風化石、蜂窩岩、豆腐岩、海蝕溝、海蝕洞者，或似大龜負小龜、或像玉人挺雙峰；有稱「小鯨魚洞」之海蝕拱門、有狀如「鴕鳥頭」之海蝕柱；東海岸有「一線天」、「三不像」；他如「情人石」、「石筆」，展現儀態萬千，品類紛繁面貌，使花嶼宛若一座石雕公園。
花嶼之名，早日有「高華嶼」之稱，以島上之紅赤土，於日熾下，宛若紅花盪漾海上，當年鄭和下西洋、延平郡王渡台灣，皆先見此，以為鵠的，再定航行路線。「高華嶼」後改「花嶼」；又有「花草青蔥」說者，「澎湖紀略」：「通志云澎湖諸島嶼，惟花嶼、草嶼青蔥，故以花草名焉。」此說應無可訾議。民國八十年後，島上廣植天人菊，蔚成花枝招展，加諸百有餘種鳥類，各逞體態優美、色彩斑斕；他如爬蟲、蝴蝶、動物、植物，於島上繁殖成長，生機盎然！
花嶼之民，捕魚為生，間事農作。海產為其特色，作物自給自足。民生物資則自馬公抑或台灣本島採購。宗教信仰虔誠，廟宇有天湖宮、青龍廟、金娘廟等，避邪物則石敢當、地基祖、石塔、五營等。其石敢當之多，一百零九座，居全澎各村里之冠。
花嶼名勝：「故鄉自寶」碑（寶或保之誤），立於何時？不可稽考。耆老云：早年常有海盜來侵，村人搬火砲至石碑處嚇阻，使之不敢貿然上岸掠奪也。惜今已不見炮蹤。「燈塔」有花嶼之光之稱，一身雪白，高約五十公尺，矗立西北山坡，夏初登上波頂，俯瞰全島，一覽台地之美，感受花草青蔥，其北有風化石柱，觀之位置不同，其形各異，時如武士、時如觀音，居民稱之曰：石人。「煙墩山」，於島之東北，全島最高之處（五十三公尺），晴空萬里之際，登上山頂，眺望澎湖群島羅列大洋之中，夜間滿天星斗，燦爛如織，漫步其間，觀月數星，的是佳妙。至若「仙腳石印」，位於東南礁石叢中，退潮時分較易見。此為左足，與望安天台山之右腳恰是一對，而神似猶有過之，大小亦如人足。傳聞望安、花嶼本相連接，呂洞賓過海之時，出恭甚急，腳跨兩島，一貓作怪，呂祖情急一蹬，兩島分出，各留腳印，一東一西，貓吃罰則，縛拴柱上，即今貓嶼前之「貓乞」（柱狀礁石）也。
花嶼，雖處台島極西，其實不遠，此數千萬年前之古老島嶼，嶼上純樸率真之居民，期待您之光臨，一同賞識。（擷自文化局文化資產叢書菊島之美百題唱和詩文集頁一四二｜一四三）
資料來源：澎湖時報[2005/11/14]
