What is the Drum Tower in Beijing like? How did the ancients time? How much do you know about the wisdom of the ancients?

What is the Drum Tower in Beijing like? How did the ancients time? How much do you know about the wisdom of the ancients?

The bell tower and drum tower in Beijing are located at the end of Anmenwai Road in Beijing, which is the northernmost part of Beijing's central axis. I came here because there are the most famous huts in Beijing. The charm of the back of the ancient towering bell and drum tower and the taste of Beijing make people linger. The bronzes exhibited in the Drum Tower have been relocated and successfully copied by the Bell and Drum Tower Cultural Relics Protection Institute and Suzhou Ancient Astronomical Timepieces Research Institute.

There are two kinds of bell towers and drum towers: one is built in palaces and temples, and the other is built in cities. Its main function is to tell the time. The Drum Tower is very high, built on a four-meter-high masonry platform. This is the first place, sealed with wooden heels. The lower peaks are four sloping roofs. It is one of the largest brick-wood buildings on each roof. There are 69 stone steps in North Point, from which you can climb. The roof of the Drum Tower is made of gray tiles and green glass bricks. There are 69 steps. The steps are steep, and it is difficult to walk because of fear of heights and poor legs and feet. There are 25,000 drums on the second floor, including a main drum and 24 drum groups, representing a year and 24 solar terms respectively.

Zhong and Beijing Gulou have been on duty for more than 700 years (21:00-23: 00); Midnight (23:00- 1:00) is the third duty; When the cock sings badly (1:00-3:00), it is the fourth watch; Pingyuan Silverstone (3:00-5:00) is a typing method for light bells and drums. First, quickly hit the 18 ring, and then slowly hit the 18 ring. Usually called "narrow 18 slow 18". The speed alternates 6 times, with a total of *** 108 rings.

There is a Little Square in the north of the Drum Tower. The northernmost origin of the square. Put up a post to measure the shadow. A pillar was erected on the ground. When the shadow moves, you can know the time by measuring the moving distance with a ruler. In addition, when measuring the length of the shadow at noon, the drum tower will beat the drum more regularly, and the bell tower will ring the clock regularly to tell the time. The longest daytime is the solstice in winter, and the shortest daytime is the solstice in summer, so when Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, the leather drums were all copied according to the size of Jiaqing period in Qing Dynasty.