Journey to Shanxi - Guanque Tower in Yuncheng

Guanque Tower in Shanxi, along with Tengwang Pavilion, Yueyang Tower, and Yellow Crane Tower, is hailed as one of the four great cultural towers of ancient China. It is famous worldwide because of Wang Zhihuan's poem 'Ascending the Guanque Tower'. Guanque Tower is a high-platform cross-hipped roof tower, with an exterior of 3 floors and 4 eaves, and an interior of 9 floors of usable space. It is equipped with elevators and stairs for vertical transportation. The entire tower is divided into two parts: the base and the body, with a total height of 73.9 meters, making it the tallest among the four great towers and one of the most exquisite imitation towers in China. The entire oil painting of Guanque Tower is a lost Tang Dynasty painting art in China. After multiple investigations and rescues by experts from the National Cultural Relics Bureau, it was recreated and designed. Therefore, Guanque Tower is the only Tang Dynasty building in China that has been restored using Tang Dynasty painting art. The 'Ascending the Guanque Tower' by Wang Zhihuan leaves us with the ambition of climbing high and advancing to a higher level. Guanque Tower has now been reborn from the ashes. After climbing more than a hundred steps, you will arrive at the door of Guanque Tower. Above the door, there are four golden characters 'Wen Cui Li Tang', and a couplet is engraved on the pillars on both sides: 'The sun in the sky is three thousand feet high; the Yellow River's first tower rises from the ground.' |Guanque Tower|Ticket: 40 Opening hours: 08:30-18:00 (4.1-10.31) 09:00-17:00 (11.1-3.31) Location: On the west side of the ancient city of Puzhou in Yongji City, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, next to the Yellow River