The Legend of Drum Tower

Drum Tower was built in Ming Dynasty. At that time, bandits were rampant and citizens were often robbed. Shops often close in broad daylight, and there are few street vendors in the city center. It's always easy to say during the day, but at night, bandits are even more rampant. In the dead of night, it is often the most rampant time for robbers to carry out activities.

The Datong government received an order from Li Chong, the state secretariat, asking the local authorities to implement strict anti-theft measures to appease the people and punish the bandits. According to the general order, the government mobilized troops and soon set up a big cowhide drum in the south of Datong.

One hundred skilled craftsmen were selected, and after three months of careful construction and painting decoration, a magnificent building, the attic of a square ventilated wooden post station, was built, and it was guarded by special personnel, which made the rotation more quiet. When thieves attack, beat the change with drums to achieve the purpose of alarm.

In the evening, there was a strong man sneak attack, and the two young men who were vigiling at the Drum Tower sentry were fast asleep. It is said that the leader is a street hooligan named Wang Long. He teamed up with a dozen thieves dressed in night chivalrous clothes to tap the citizens' homes. When the thief approached the gate of the drum tower.

Suddenly, I saw flames coming out from all directions. A magical dragon spits out flames and climbs out of the pavilion. Wang lung, who walked in front, was immediately swallowed up by Longkou, followed by two people who were seriously injured by the flame, with a scream. All the other strongmen are afraid to run for their lives.

The scream woke up two guards who were sleeping. They saw the red dragon, just like a steam wheel. After swallowing Wang Long, it plunged into the underground of a castle. As a golden light flashed across the sky, the Datong mansion in the night was quiet again, as if nothing had happened.

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The Drum Tower is unique in architecture, beautiful in shape and ingenious in layout, which is amazing. It is elegant and simple, exquisite and delicate, which makes people linger. 1978 comprehensive reinforcement and repair, and painted a new one. It is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

The building is three rooms wide, three rooms deep, east-west length 18.33 meters, north-south width 14 meters and height of about 20 meters. The bottom floor is made of bluestone with four corners and a cross doorway in the middle. The upper two floors are made of brick and wood, and there is a big drum on the top floor, which was used by the ancient "four-star" newspaper office at night, hence the name "Drum Tower". The Drum Tower was built (demolished) to match the bell tower. 1966 was designated as a municipal cultural relics protection unit in April.

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