[2025 Gaoyou Attraction] Travel Guide for Wenyu Tai (Wenyu Platform) (Updated Jan)

Sisters! I am stunned by Gaoyou Wenyoutai! 😱 This is truly a paradise for culture lovers! Missing it would mean missing a cultural feast spanning thousands of years! 🏛 Highlights of Wenyoutai: One of the Eight Scenic Spots of Ancient Qin Postal Area, rich in history! The place where Wang Zengqi's dreams began, full of literary atmosphere! The hometown of Qin Guan, with the Ancient Four Sages Temple nearby, attracting many literati! The garden's plants and stones are like poetry and paintings, breathtakingly beautiful! 🤓 Fun Fact: Wenyoutai got its name from a literary gathering during the Northern Song Dynasty Great literary figures like Su Shi and Qin Guan have left their footprints here Mr. Wang Zengqi wrote an essay named after Wenyoutai 💡 Travel Tips: Hezan Hall: Appreciate the 'Qin Postal Calligraphy', feel the spirit of the literati Ancient Four Sages Temple: Visit the great literary figures like Su Shi and Qin Guan Qin Guan Reading Platform: Imagine the scenes of poets composing poems a thousand years ago Yingcui Garden: Stroll through the ancient architectural complex, feel the beauty of Jiangnan gardens Museum: Learn about Gaoyou's five-thousand-year history, deepen your cultural knowledge The biggest surprise: In spring, the magnolia flowers in Wenyoutai are in full bloom, as if gazing at the statue of Qin Guan from afar, incredibly beautiful! 🌸

Gaoyou Wenyoutai, this place was established during the Northern Song Dynasty's Taiping Xingguo era. It has been a gathering place for famous scholars and literati throughout the dynasties, leaving behind immortal poetry and prose. 📚🪶📖 Taking a good stroll and look around here really increases one's knowledge.

►Why Gaoyou is suitable for solo travel ▪It is said that there are thirteen treasures in Jiangsu, each city is a treasure city, this is not false, and each city's prefecture-level city and even county cities can also excavate different cultural heritage, Yangzhou Gaoyou is such a low-key treasure small city ▪The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal brings a thousand years of culture, the scenery of Gaoyou Lake, the third largest lake in Jiangsu, is lively, and you can't appreciate its connotation by walking around, Gaoyou is more suitable for a person to stroll slowly, taste the feelings of ancient and modern literati ▪The first stop of Gaoyou trip is set at Wen You Tai, just want to feel what kind of treasure land it was when Su Shi, Qin Shao You and other four wise men carried wine and discussed literature ►Four Wise Men's Cultural Tour ▪Gaoyou Wen You Tai was built in the Northern Song Dynasty Taiping Xingguo period (AD 976), originally Dongyue Temple (that is, Mount Tai Temple), in 1084 AD because Su Shi passed Gaoyou and local sages Sun Jue, Qin Guan/Qin Shao You, Wang Gong gathered here, four wise men gathered together, carried wine and discussed literature, leaving a good story in the literary world. Since then, this temple platform that originally relied on the charm of the god of Dongyue Emperor has taken the lead, and celebrities from all dynasties have ascended the platform, looked at the style, and left immortal poetry and prose. ▪After the Song Dynasty built the platform, the Ming Dynasty established the temple, providing an excellent carrier for future generations to look up and worship the four wise men. After a thousand years of vicissitudes, the 'Wen You Ancient Site' has become one of the famous ancient 'Qin You Eight Scenery', a symbol of Gaoyou's city spirit of respecting literature and morality, and a symbol of the inheritance and prosperity of the ancient city's literary vein. ▪Su Shi, Sun Jue, Wang Gong and Qin Guan, four wise men, although they are of different ages, have different interests, and have their own specialties, they all use their outstanding talents to shine on the brilliant Northern Song Dynasty literary world. The literary leader Su Shi is famous all over the world, the gentle and graceful word master Qin Guan is famous all over the country, Sun Jue is respected by the world for his rigorous study, and Wang Gong is also regarded as 'literary talent and style' by the time ►Tour route ▪He Zan Tang - Reading Platform - Qin Guan Memorial Hall - Post Mei Pond ▪The most precious thing about the entire Wen You Tai is the more than 60 Qin You stele posts carved on the walls around He Zan Tang, which were collected by Shi Zhaolong, the governor of Gaoyou during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, involving the calligraphy of Song, Yuan, and Ming calligraphers. The calligraphy of Su Dongpo, Huang Tingjian, Mi Yuanzhang, Qin Shao You, Dong Qichang and others was carved into stone by the Jinshi Qian Yong. It is precious because three of the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty (Su Dongpo, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei, Cai Xiang) left their handwriting here, and the 'Qin You Post' is said to be the top and treasure in calligraphy. ▪Because Qin Guan is a Gaoyou person, a memorial hall was built for him alone, divided into six parts: the son of Han Gou, official life, soft water, literary talent, national talent, footprints of mountains and rivers, which fully deduced Qin Guan's life, Qin Guan's 'Magpie Bridge Fairy' 'Enjoying the Cool' are good poems, carefully taste, connect these shining footprints, let us see Qin Guan's bumpy and extraordinary life trajectory ▪The main building of Wen You Tai is a porcelain mural of the four wise men's meeting painted by contemporary famous painter Fan Zeng. The one with long beard in the middle is Su Dongpo, the one behind him is Qin Shao You, the one wearing a bamboo hat on both sides is Sun Jue, and the other is Wang Gong ▪At present, the Wen You Tai Scenic Area holds Song Ci recitation activities from time to time ►Opening hours: 08:15-17:30 Winter 08:15-18:00 Summer ►Ticket: 25 yuan ►Transportation: Self-driving, there is a free parking lot next to the scenic spot