Drum Tower Bell Pavilion

Located on the drum tower in the center of Nanjing City, it was built in 1382, the 15th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. The scale of the building is rare in China. It is divided into two layers. The lower layer is arched and has no beams. The upper layer is double eaves and four slope roofs. It is very spectacular. It used to be a place for welcoming princes and imperial concubines in the Ming Dynasty, where they received imperial edicts to announce the time. There were two big drums, twenty-four small drums, one cloud board, one o'clock, four teeth sticks, a copper pot in the teahouse, and other musical instruments used to announce the time and honor. After the death of Ming Dynasty, these furnishings were lost. The foundation of the present building was originally built in the Ming Dynasty, and the upper building was rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty. Kangxi came to the drum tower during his southern tour in 1684. The next year, he built a huge stele on the tower and changed it into a stele tower, but the local people still used to call it the drum tower. Not far from the northeast of the drum tower is the Big Bell Pavilion, in which hangs a red copper bell cast in 1388. In the early years of the reign of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, the bell fell down beside the road and half sank into the earth. It was moved here in the late Qing Dynasty, and a hexagonal pavilion with iron beams and columns was built. The bell is exquisite in quality, beautiful in shape and loud in sound. It has a lotus petal pattern on the top, a cloud pattern and a wavy angle on the beam, and an inscription of "cast on the auspicious day of the 29th year of Hongwu". Accommodation: New Century Hotel, Jinling star hotel and Xuanwu Hotel are around the drum tower and the Bell Pavilion. Transportation: take No.3, No.35 and No.46 to the drum tower, that is, to the Bell Pavilion

Address: No.1 Huayuan, Gulou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 118.784262

Latitude: 32.060225

Chinese PinYin : Gu Lou Da Zhong Ting