The role and use of Jiaxiu Tower was originally to cultivate Guiyang’s Feng Shui. Now it is a historical relic, showing ancient history and culture and has high historical research value.
The person who built the Jiaxiu Tower was Jiangdong Zhiyu, the governor of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that when he was patrolling Guizhou, he visited the place where the Jiaxiu Tower was built. After the inspection, he believed that a dike needed to be built here to connect the other side, and a building needed to be built on the dike to cultivate Guiyang's Feng Shui.