"Post-85s" return to their hometowns to open studios: lighting up rural art spaces with traditional woodworking skills. Guo Tao was born in a farming family in Xiyin Village, Xitan Town, Fu'an City.

He taught himself sketching and oil painting at the age of 8. In January, the case "Guo Tao's Traditional Woodworking Studio's Traditional Rural Art Space" was selected into the 2023 National 100 Outstanding Rural Revitalization Cases.