A Thread of Sky

A Thread of Sky is located in the east of Dongyin Island and is a walkable distance from Lienu Yikeng Cliff (烈女義坑) and Dongyin Lighthouse (東引燈塔). It is a wave cut gully made by two sea cliffs that was once part of a military controlled zone. Tunnels inside the cliffs are connected by a concrete bridge, but, unfortunately, the cliff is not open to tourists. The entrance to A Thread of Sky is situated next to the Tianwangao Military Camp (天王澳營區), where a narrow path points to how hidden this military zone of the past needed to be. Following the path downhill, it takes no more than five minutes to reach a wooden platform surrounded by high sea cliffs. Here, the only hint of the sky is a narrow thread in front of you, in which the sky seems to merge with the sea. The wind that gusts through it merges with the echoes of the waves below. To the right, four big red characters are carved into the cliff, meaning “listening to the waves in front of a thread of sky (天縫聆濤)”. We think these characters perfectly explain the feeling of being here.