Penghu's old name was "Xiying" -western ocean-while the Portuguese called it the Pescadores, or "Isles of Fisherfolk." From the beginning, fishing was the people of Penghu's lifeline.
澎湖古稱「西瀛」，葡萄牙人稱「漁人之島」，漁業一向是澎湖人的命脈。