Wentai pagoda

Wentai pagoda is located in the north of xiaowoting, nanpanshan, Jincheng Town, Jinmen Island, Taiwan Province. It was built in 1387 A.D. in the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is a five story hexagonal solid tower made of granite. It was used as a navigation guide for ships in the nearby sea area 600 years ago. Its function is like a lighthouse. There are inscriptions and floating inscriptions on the top of the tower, and on the lower side of the tower, there are calligraphy by Chen Hui of the Ming Dynasty in 1607 and calligraphy by Master Zhang Daqian. The plan of the pagoda is hexagonal. There are five layers above the base. The pagoda gradually shrinks from bottom to top. It is now listed as a national second-class historic site. At that time, it was used as a navigation guide, just like a lighthouse today.

Wentai pagoda

Wentai pagoda is located in the north of xiaowoting, nanpanshan, Jincheng Town, Jinmen Island, Taiwan Province. It was built in 1387 A.D. in the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is a five story hexagonal solid tower made of granite. It was used as a navigation guide for ships in the nearby sea area 600 years ago. Its function is like a lighthouse. There are inscriptions and floating inscriptions on the top of the tower, and on the lower side of the tower, there are calligraphy by Chen Hui of the Ming Dynasty in 1607 and calligraphy by Master Zhang Daqian. The plan of the pagoda is hexagonal. There are five layers above the base. The pagoda gradually shrinks from bottom to top. It is now listed as a national second-class historic site. At that time, it was used as a navigation guide, just like a lighthouse today.

There are three Ming Dynasty pagodas in Jinmen, and the other two were destroyed in modern times. Wentai pagoda is the only one left. Although it suffered from long-term wind, sun and rain, after more than 600 years, it still stands on the rock outside Jinmen.

Jinmen county records: "in the north of xiaowoting, Nanpan mountain. Chen Hui, one of the hundreds of families in the Ming Dynasty, was engraved with the four characters "lake and sea are clear and flat" and the four characters "Wentai pagoda". It is a natural miracle that it still stands intact despite years of fierce bombardment by bandits. In the summer of 1967, the county government allocated funds for the reconstruction of the tower by the ordnance industry, and built an escalator to reach the base of the tower. On the top of it, you can see the sea and sky, the waves are magnificent, and it is a grand view. Now it is listed as a national historic site. "

Address: 893, Jinmen County, Jincheng town

Longitude: 118.305928

Latitude: 24.398794

Chinese PinYin : Wen Tai Bao Ta