Guizhou Pagoda, Feng shui pagoda in Ronggui, Foshan, China

Guizhou Pagoda (Wenta) is a hexagonal, seven-storey brick-and-wood tower 34.2 m tall in Ronggui, Shunde, Foshan. Its base and lower first storey are granite, its facade faces west, and each storey carries a granite plaque above the window, inscribed in five calligraphy styles attributed to local scholar Hu Jun. Grey plaster xuancao leaves support the eaves.

The Guizhou Pagoda was built in 1794, the 59th year of the Qianlong reign, by the Hu clan of Waicun, Guizhou. Having produced six military jinshi but only one civil jinshi, the clan erected it by the Baodai River as a fengshui "writing brush", with the river as an inkstone, to encourage civil success. Between 1986 and 1989 the town government and donor Hu Jinchao funded its restoration and the creation of the surrounding park.

The pagoda's name means "writing brush": it was built in 1794 by the Hu clan beside the Baodai River, which stands for the inkstone, after the family produced six military graduates but only one civil jinshi. Its seven plaques, attributed to local scholar Hu Jun, are carved in five calligraphy styles. Since 2005 the surrounding park has served as an open public sports and culture square.

The pagoda stands in Wenta Park in Zhenhua community, Ronggui Subdistrict, with the Tianyou City shopping centre on its western side. The park became an open public sports and culture square after 2005, and its southern section was enlarged by over sixty mu between 1998 and 1999. The 2008 provincial protection zone covers a 52.5-metre radius around the tower's centre, 8,659 square metres in all.

The pagoda was built in 1794 by the Hu clan of Guizhou, who had produced six military jinshi but only one civil jinshi; the tower stands for a writing brush and the adjacent Baodai River for an inkstone. A local tale holds that at sunset the iron needle atop the spire cast its shadow onto a grave, ruining that spot's feng shui.