Xi'an Bell Tower(Xi'an Bell Tower, Xi'an City Bell and Drum Tower)

Fifty packages of tickets go to the Drum Tower first and then go to the Bell Tower. In fact, there is no need to go to the long-distance observation that you have not seen it. Foreign friends can go up once, and locals should not go! Nothing to see!

Xi'an Bell Tower is located in the center of Xi'an, the intersection of four streets in the east, west and south of the Ming City Wall. It is one of the largest and most complete in China's existing bell tower. The clock tower at night is very lively, crowded, and tourists from all over the world are punching in here. Opposite Kaiyuan Shopping Mall on the 5th floor, there is a viewing platform to take a panoramic view!

One could see the nice view of the Xi’an neighborhood at Bell Tower. There was a small display of the ancient furniture used in the past and good to see how the history of the bell tower unfolded through the exhibits and write-ups. The night view of the bell tower was stunning.

It is worth a visit. I often go. There are Kaiyuan Mall and the best hotel in Xi'an. The clock tower hotel is beautiful at night. From a different perspective, there are many men and women wearing Tangfeng here to take pictures and punch in. Now it is also a scene. The clock tower can go to Huimin Street underground. There are many snacks and people. Especially worth a visit.

‌ Xi'an Bell Tower ‌ is the most central center of Xi'an City, the intersection of East, West and North, four streets. It was built in the 17th year of Ming Taizu Hongwu. It is one of the largest and most complete existing bell towers in China. The clock tower is a three-drop water-type four-pointed spire-top loft-style building built on a square base made of blue brick and white gray, up to 36 meters, covering an area of 1377 square meters. I have come here more times, and I have a different feeling every time I come. With the clock tower, I have the history of Xi'an. The surrounding area of the clock tower is also built for many years, forming a comprehensive area for visiting, shopping and dining accommodation. Especially the Bell Tower Hotel and Kaiyuan Mall are already large commercial blocks in Xi'an. Every holiday, there are a lot of people who check in here, and they need to clear the personnel to pass smoothly. It is a must-check place for tourism to Xi'an.

The Bell Tower and Drum Tower are very beautiful, that is, there are too many people to limit the current during May Day! It is very convenient to take the subway, it is strongly recommended to go to the bathroom first when you get on the subway! Otherwise, when you arrive at the south gate of the Bell Tower/City Wall, it is not easy to go to the toilet... You can go to Kaiyuan Shopping Mall first when you get out of the subway, and go to the observation deck to overlook the Bell Tower and Drum Tower (by the way, buy milk tea to go to the toilet), and then go down to see the door of the college next to you. You can buy various cultural and creative souvenirs. There are Hanfu makeup and travel photography everywhere. Very convenient, very suitable for shopping, there are many people! Every place with the words Chang'an/Xi'an is queuing for photos!

This time I took my 80-year-old mother-in-law to Xi'an, and went to the Drum Tower Bell Tower that day. The three of us visited the Drum Tower first with the warmth of the elderly, leaving a deep impression. The 625-year-old years flowed between Zhuqi beams and pillars, and the free opening policy made silver-haired tourists walk through it freely. We two chose a 100 yuan Bell and Drum Tower joint ticket (120 yuan for a single purchase), and went to the city building in the squeaking sound of wooden stairs. The mottled marks on the drum surface tell the forging story of the Ming and Hongwu years, and the whispers of the horn copper bell and the wind seem to be accompanied by the afterglow of the alarm during the War of Resistance Against Japan the beams that were blown by the enemy aircraft have now been restored to complete, only the old site of the alarm in the southwest corner, Quietly show the world the folds of the years.

Time ferryer: the space-time narrative of Xi'an Bell Tower in the coordinate system of the heart of Xi'an city, the clock tower is like a time ferryer, witnessing the vicissitudes of the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty with 600 years of silence. This 36-meter-high wooden building is not only the largest and most complete architectural specimen of China's existing clock tower, but also like a continuous operation of time machine, which will create wisdom and the evolution of urban civilization of ancient craftsmen and the spiritual demands of contemporary people. Weaving into a network of dialogues across time and space. First, when Zhu Yuanxu, the solidified space-time coordinates of Ming Taizu, built the clock tower in Hongwu's 17th year (1384), it may not have been expected that this building used for time reporting will become an eternal city totem. Architect Liang Sicheng once marveled at the structural wisdom of his "three drops of water": the bottom 12 pillars constitute a corridor, the middle eight gold pillars support the octagonal algae well, the top four pillars support the top of the golden treasure, forming a space order that is rising layer by layer. This vertical upward spatial narrative, which is a cosmic view of the ancients "heaven and man in one", transforms the flow of time into the eternal space. The ancient rhythm of the morning bell and the evening drum used to be the time pulse of the city. The Ming Dynasty "Xi'an Fuzhi" recorded that the bronze bell of the bell tower weighed 6 tons. The bells can be heard for 30 miles. When the 108 bells penetrated the morning mist of Chang'an City, the shops removed the door panels, and the whole city was awakened in the bronze vibration. This time system built with sound has shaped the unique rhythm of life of agricultural civilization. 2. The architectural language of the clock tower in the field of civilized dialogue is the code book of multiple civilized dialogue. The peacock blue glazed tile and blue brick base constitute color tension, symbolizing the expansiveness of grassland civilization and the implicitness of Central Plains civilization; The evolution of the horned squat beast from 7 to 9 records the changes of the ritual specification; the addition of the gossip algae well in the Qing Dynasty revealed the penetration of Taoist thought. This cultural layer tired phenomenon, as archaeologist Su Bingxuan said: "The bell tower is a three-dimensional yearbook of ethnic integration." In the contemporary context, the bell tower is transformed into a theater that travels through the drama. The arc track of Taijiquan for the elderly in the morning exercises is echoed by the curve of the arch. Under the supplement light broadcast by the net red, the shadow of the structure projectes the cultural confusion of modern youth; in the lens of foreign tourists, the tangled lotus grains on the sparrow and the geometric lines of the glass curtain wall constitute a surreal collage. This space is combined with the magical reality. It is the survival strategy of ancient buildings under the impact of modernity. Third, the existence of the eternal spiritual totem clock tower subverts the linear time view. The Yuan Dynasty Canal site found in the subway construction in 2018 formed a time-space superimposed with the clock tower foundation; 5G The night view of the Tang Dynasty restored by holographic projection technology coexists with the modern advertisement of the LED screen in the same field of view. This phenomenon of time-space folding confirms the philosopher Bergson's philosophy of time: "Real time is the penetration of various memories." The clock tower is like a crystal of memory, Store the DNA of cities of different eras. Under the impact of globalization, the clock tower interprets the modern transformation of traditional buildings. The night light show transforms the structure into data flow, VR technology allows tourists to "enter" the construction site of the Ming Dynasty's big woodwork, and the digital bells echo through the APP in the cloud.