The role of bell tower and drum tower in Beijing

The bell tower and drum tower in Beijing are used to tell the time.

Drum Tower is used to set 25 drums, 1 main drum and 24 groups of drums. It is based on 24 agricultural festivals in China. At present, only the main drum is kept, with a height of 2.22m, a waist diameter of1.71.0m and a diameter of1.40m.. 1900 when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Peking,

According to the Records of the Imperial Empire of the Qing Dynasty, the chimes of bells and drums are under the jurisdiction of Guan Yiwei, and the method of drumming each time is commonly known as: tight eighteen, slow eighteen, not only slow eighteen, but also slow eighteen. The alternating eighteen tones are * * * six times, totaling 108 tones. Due to different dynasties and regions, the methods are different, which can only be roughly summarized as: morning bell and dusk drum, morning bell and dusk bell, bell and drum chime.

The significance of bell tower and drum tower:

Most of the bell and drum towers all over the country are located on the central axis of the old city. These tall buildings have their own solemn sense of ceremony. Bells and drums ring on time every day, reaching every corner of the city, listening to them and sticking to their hearts, standardizing people's work and rest, urging people's actions, playing a special role in maintaining social order and becoming a more prominent symbol of state power.

If you look around the bell and drum towers, you will find that many of them are hung with plaques. We know that in ancient times, plaques were an important tool to reflect national ideology and political demands. These striking bell and drum plaques have played a great role in publicity and education, reflecting the unique regional culture of a city or region.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Bell and Drum Tower