Are Xi Ancient City Tower and Bell Tower and Drum Tower the same place?

1. The existing city wall was built in the Ming Dynasty, with a total length of13.7km.. It was founded in Ming Taizu Hongwu for three years (1370) and completed in Hongwu for eleven years (1378). It came into being under the guidance of Ming Taizu's policy of "building high walls, accumulating grain and slowly becoming king".

Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, conferred the title of the second son, Zhu Shang, as the king of Qin, and the feud with the government was the same city, so the city was grand and solid, and it was repaired and built many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it has been well preserved so far.

2.Xi 'an Bell Tower is located in the center of Xi, at the intersection of four streets, east, west, north and south, within the Ming city wall. It is the largest and best-preserved bell tower in China. It was built in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu (1384), and it was first built in the street corner of Guangji today. Opposite the Drum Tower, Ming Shenzong moved in the 10th year of Wanli (1582).

The bell tower is built on a square base, in the form of brick and wood structure, with three eaves and four corners. It is 36 meters high and covers an area of 1, 377 square meters.

3.Xi 'an Drum Tower is located in the center of Xi, the ancient capital, about 200 meters northwest of Xi 'an Bell Tower, at the intersection of East, West, North and South Four Streets, within the Ming City Wall. Built in the 13th year of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu (1380), it is one of the largest and most well-preserved Drum Towers left over from ancient China.

Xi' an Drum Tower is built on a square base, with brick and wood structure and double eaves at the top, with a total height of 36 meters and an area of 1 377 square meters, with stairs circling up. The roof is covered with dark green glazed tiles, the building is decorated with gold Qi Diao beams, and the top is covered with gold-plated treasure dome, which is the landmark building of Xi 'an.

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Xi Bell Tower has received party and state leaders such as Zhu De, Chen Yi, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping, as well as many famous people at home and abroad. 1999 on the occasion of the "Millennium", China has launched three major cities as major celebration activity centers, and the main venue of the activity center is located in the bell tower.

Xi anzhong drum tower began to hold an antique performance of "morning bell and dusk drum" Every day at 9: 00 a.m., 6:5438+02 p.m. and 3: 00 p.m., Jingyun Bell (replica) on Xi 'an Bell Tower rings 24 times respectively. At 6 o'clock in the evening, first, 24 solar drums on the Drum Tower sounded, and then the drums sounded 24 times to announce the sunset. This move marks the restoration of the "morning bell and evening drum" time system in Ann, which has disappeared for more than 0/00 years.

Xi 'an Ancient City Wall embodies the wisdom of working people in ancient China, and provides rare physical materials for studying the history, military affairs and architecture of Ming Dynasty, which is of great value for studying the urban construction, history, military affairs and architectural art of feudal society.

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