The role of Beijing Drum Tower in ancient times

The role of the Beijing Drum Tower in ancient times was that the main function of the Bell and Drum Tower was to tell the time and also to direct the daily life of the court and the people.

Beijing Gulou Bell Tower, also known as "Beijing Bell and Drum Tower", is located at No.9 Linzi, Zhonglou Bay, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was the time center of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the 9th year of Yuan Dynasty (1272), rebuilt in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420) and rebuilt in the 18th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (158).

Beijing Drum Tower and Bell Tower are part of Beijing's central axis, including two ancient buildings, Beijing Drum Tower and Beijing Bell Tower. The Drum Tower in Beijing is big red, with two floors and a height of 46.7 meters. It faces south and covers an area of about 7000 square meters. It is covered with gray tiles and inlaid with green glass. It is a wooden pavilion with two eaves and three drops of water, and there are 25 drums left inside.

The bell tower is a gray masonry building with two floors and a height of 47.9 meters. It faces south and covers an area of about 6000 square meters. It rests on the top of the mountain, with double eaves, octagonal wooden clock frame and bronze bell inside.

Main exhibition

The Drum Tower is decorated with exhibitions with the theme of timing instruments and time. Exhibition * * *1260m2, with a line length of about 600m. Digital immersion exhibition on the first floor of Drum Tower, covering an area of 660m2. There are six theme exhibition halls, such as Time Building, China Time and Discovery Axis, and the Central Voucher Cave Immersion Exhibition Hall is distributed along the line. * * * 65,438+00 collections, 48 auxiliary exhibits and installations, 65,438+02 interactive experience exhibition, and 6 digital movies.

In the "Beijing Time" exhibition hall, the functional status of the Bell and Drum Tower as an ancient time center appeared. In front of the "striking the time and beating the drum" and "Yongle Bell" suspended in the air, the virtual beating of the drum and ringing the bell can understand the internal relationship of "the twilight drum is the morning bell, the drum is the command, and the bell is the sound transmission".

China Time Exhibition Hall displays traditional timing methods. Through the touch screen, we can understand the timing principle and exquisite structure of sundials, bronze carvings and missing monuments, and understand the wisdom contained in the arrow ruler, twelve o'clock and twenty-four solar terms. Discovering the Central Axis shows the location distribution of the heritage points of the central axis intuitively and completely.