When Bao’en Temple Heritage Park was opened on Dec. 16, 2015, Ji Wen’s WeChat moment was flooded by beautiful pictures of Bao’en Temple and the Porcelain Tower. She missed her hometown even more. Then she thought of the back story of the Porcelain Tower, and, on a whim, asked herself why not write a story about the tower to express her feelings for Nanjing. After she tried several chapters of "The Porcelain Tower" on an online literary portal, an editor invited her to be a contracted writer with IQYI, from where her cause of writing started. Her second novel “Jiangnan Imperial Examination Hall” was awarded IQIY Prize in Literature in June 2017, and her fourth novel "Zhan Garden" is to be published soon.
“Canada only has a history of over a century, while a random scenic spot in China may have a history of hundreds or thousands of years. Nowadays in Canada, most young people with Chinese root don’t really know anything about the history of their motherland. I hope that, from my novels, they can learn something about Chinese history, and the world can learn how splendid our culture and history is,” Jenny told JiangsuNow. The four novels, which she called “Qinghuai Tetralogy in Ming Dynasty” is a little step to realize her dream of promoting her homeland in the whole world. Sometimes, Ji Wen gives lectures on history and cultures of Nanjing or China in local schools, for which she was called "Cultural Ambassador of Nanjing".
Jiangsu in her novel is such a poetic place that many foreigners beg her to take them to Nanjing. Some little girls even wish they could grow up soon to see the beautiful place by themselves. For those who don’t understand Chinese, they urged her to publish an English edition, so that they can learn Nanjing history and culture outside of the book club.