Where does the Yichun Bell and Drum Tower (ancient astronomical observatory) belong?

Yichun Bell and Drum Tower (ancient astronomical observatory) is a famous scenic spot of Yichun archaeological remains.

Yichun Drum Tower - Ancient Observatory. This majestic and simple Bell and Drum Tower is no ordinary Drum Tower. It has high historical and scientific research value. On May 25, 2006, the building was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit. In the second year of Baoda in the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 954), Liu Renzhan, the governor of Yuanzhou, first built the Qiao Tower (an ordinary tower used for beating drums to tell the time). It was part of the Yuanzhou government office at that time. In the twelfth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1219), Teng Qiangshu, the magistrate of Yuanzhou, carried out expansion and renovation, adding Tonghu, Yetianchi, Ritianchi, Pinghu, Wanshuihu, Shuihai, Yingbiao, Dingnanzhen and Tianjin. There are dedicated personnel on duty 24 hours a day for buckets, watchmen, iron plates, and drum horns, waiting for the watch to tell the time. The Qiao Tower was built into a local time observatory integrating the functions of measuring time, keeping time, and providing time. It is no longer an ordinary tower used for beating drums to tell the time.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1573-1620), Zheng Chundian, the prefect of Yuanzhou, repaired the observatory. It not only restored the old appearance of the Teng Qiangshu era of the Song Dynasty, but also restored the ancient astronomer Yuan Tiangang (Tang Dynasty). The statue of the god is enshrined inside. It is said that after Yuan Tiangang died, he was buried 30 steps west of Yichun Mansion Office. Yuan Tiangang is a man described in many ancient mythological novels and martial arts novels as a miraculous man who can move clouds and send rain. He said that Yuanzhou Prefecture is shaped like a turtle, and he had to cut out the nose, eyebrows and eyes of the turtle in Yichun City. Well, he used the turtle-shaped Feng Shui to work on it. Most of the ancient wells left in the city today were dug according to the directions he calculated.

According to Luan Xingli, associate professor of the Department of Physics of Nanchang University, Bo Shuren, an expert in the history of astronomy from the Institute of History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and experts from the School of Astronomy of Beijing Normal University, who conducted multiple on-site inspections and repeated demonstrations in recent years, they finally determined that it is the world's largest It is the earliest existing local observatory site that specializes in time work and integrates the three tasks of measuring time, keeping time and providing time. It is two centuries earlier than the existing observatory built during the Timurid Empire in Kazakhstan, and 76 years earlier than the observatory in Dengfeng, Henan.

The ancient observatory was built with bricks and stones, with a height of 12.8 meters and a total area of ​​780 square meters. The main platform and the north and south observation decks were arranged in a

shape, with the upper ends of the east and west arches each The two characters "Drum Tower" and "Yuhui" are carved on the yang. There are six existing houses with twenty-four pillars, all of which are skewed. The eight east and eight pillars in the middle are tilted to the east and the eight pillars in the west are tilted to the west. However, the roof is flat and has not fallen down for hundreds of years. It is a masterpiece and masterpiece in the history of architecture. Miracle.

While the ancient astronomical observatory is being restored, in order to fully display this historical treasure and give full play to its science popularization and tourism functions, an astronomical square covering an area of ​​30 acres has been built and 15 ancient astronomical artifacts have been restored and produced. Instruments include the Zhang Heng seismograph for predicting earthquakes, the armillary sphere for observing the positions of celestial bodies, the celestial sphere for demonstrating the movement of celestial bodies, the standard for determining the dates of solar terms, the sundial (also known as the sundial) for determining the daily time, and four timing tools. A grade copper kettle drips, and there is also a human timer that uses the human shadow to measure the time. As long as you know the solar terms and look at your own shadow when the sun is shining, you will know the specific time. The completion of the Astronomical Plaza not only provides citizens with a good place for leisure and fitness, but also injects a rich cultural atmosphere into this ecological leisure city.