Where is Xuanhua Bell Tower?

Qingyuan Pavilion, located in the middle of Xuanhua, the ancient city of Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, also known as Bell Tower, was built in the 18th year of Chenghua (A.D. 1482). It is a tall building, resting on the top of the mountain with polygonal transverse ridges. The building is built on an 8-meter-high cross coupon cave, which connects Changping in the south, Guangling in the north, Anding in the east and Daxin in the west. It comes down in one continuous line with Zhenshuo Building and Gong Ji Building in the city. The rut of the iron wheel was clearly visible 500 years ago. The building has 3 floors outside and 2 floors inside, with a height of 25m and a pavilion17m. It has three bays and six towers, surrounded by balconies, supporting 24 thick columns. The upper lining is a green glazed tile roof, and the waist lining and the lower lining are cloth tile roofs. The beam arch is exquisite and beautiful, flying along the corner and full of vitality. Upstairs and downstairs, there are four wishing signs, which read "Qingyuan Pavilion" in the south and "Qingyuan Bell Tower" in the north. Qingyuan Bell Tower is located in Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It is a magnificent pavilion that stands out from the crowd and is known as the "Second Yellow Crane Tower". It was founded in the 18th year of Ming Chenghua (1482) and the 22nd year of Ming Chenghua (1486). According to "Fu Xuan Town Records", "Chenghua is loyal and builds a royal level." Qingganlong was overhauled twice in nine years (1744) and 1984. 1988 was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Qingyuan Bell Tower, with its towering flying vines, unique modeling and majestic aesthetic feeling, is quite different from other bell towers in architectural style and unique architectural technology, and has been highly praised by experts and scholars at home and abroad. Mao Peng, a poet in the Ming Dynasty, once praised the grandeur of Qingyuan Pavilion with the quatrains of "the river bends to drain the island, and the mountains still follow the bell and drum tower". Japanese scholar Dr. Tadashi Ito also introduced Qingyuan Pavilion in the book A Study of the History of Oriental Architecture.

This is a wooden structure with double eaves, polygonal cross ridges and resting on the top of the mountain. It is built on a rectangular platform with a length of 26 meters from north to south, a width of 28 meters from east to west and a height of 8 meters, with a height of 25 meters. The exterior has three floors, but the interior actually has two floors, three rooms wide and six rafters deep. It surrounds the mansion in front and back, and the plane is cross-shaped. There are eight inner columns on the first floor, wrapped in the wall. The column network of the whole building is flexible and not subject to legal constraints. Embracing the building adds to the beauty of the architectural appearance. The roof jumps from the dry top floor bucket arch, and the slope of the tail eaves on the second floor is gentle and without rafters. It seems that the roof of the whole top floor is larger than the eaves on the second floor, and the facade is extremely light and stiff. As the saying goes, "fighting, suddenly volley."

There are four plaques under the eaves of Qingyuan Bell Tower. In the south, "Qingyuan Pavilion" is Li, commander-in-chief of Qingganlong; In the east, "towering rock edge"; In the north, "sound is connected with nature"; In the west, the "gas that shocked Xinjiang" belongs to courtiers, doctors and engineers who are clean and prosperous in Ukraine. There are two built-in stone tablets on the first floor. In the west, Emperor Wen of Sui, the capital of Duchayuan in Ming Dynasty, wrote The Story of Fu Xuan Bell Tower. In the east, Wei Wu wrote The Story of Rebuilding Qingyuan Pavilion, which described the construction and rebuilding process of Qingyuan Pavilion respectively. In the H building, four pillars fell from the sky, and the gossip "Fu Xuan Town Bell" cast in the 18th year of Ming Jiajing hung for one day. According to "Records of Xuanhua County", "Guo is the imperial advisor of the capital and is located in the Zhong You Department." The bronze bell is 2.5 meters high, with a caliber of 1.7 meters and a weight of about 10000 Jin. The bell is loud and the sound is strong, reaching 20 kilometers, which is quite famous. "Xuanhua Fuzhi" records that "it is forbidden to set up bells and drums to guard against Xiao Si and rape." A clap with your hand can make a buzzing echo. Legend has it that this is a magic bell, which will give an alarm and the sound can reach the capital.

Standing on the top of the high platform, Xuanhua has a panoramic view. A north-south axis runs through the ticket gate downstairs, reaching Yantongshan in the north and Yanghe in the south. Zhenshuo Building (Drum Tower) and Gong Ji Building (South Gate Building) stand tall on this central axis, making Qingyuan Pavilion more magnificent! There is purple smoke floating in the south, which is the base of steelmaking in the ancient city; Surrounded by emerald clouds in the north, it is a vineyard full of milk grapes such as jasper pearls.

The lower part of the platform is paved with stones and the upper part is paved with blue bricks. There are five coupons and five volts in the doorway, and there are two central coupons in the cylindrical vault. The center is slightly convex, and the arches intersect to form an arc dome, which is made of eight lotus petals and blue bricks. Changping in the south, Guangling in the north, Anding in the east and Daxin in the west. The rut interwoven by two iron wheels 500 years ago in the coupon cave is clearly visible. Imagine the scene of sudden axis, Ma Xiaoxiao, loud whip and lush streets! Xuanhua Qingyuan Pavilion is like a historical old man. From its birth to today, more than 500 years of vicissitudes are treasured in its memory.

Sound is connected with nature, which is called "towering and too strict" in the east and "shocking Jingbian atmosphere" in the west. Hanging in the building is the "Fu Xuan Town Bell" which was cast in the 18th year of Ming Jiajing (A.D. 1539), with a height of 2.5m, a diameter of 1 .7m and a weight of about110,000 Jin. It is supported by four towering pillars in the center of the upper floor of the building. The bell is melodious and loud, and it can spread for more than forty miles, which is quite famous. This building is unique in shape and exquisite in structure. It can be compared with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, which is rare in China. This building has a unique architectural style and is one of the exquisite art buildings in ancient China.

Looking down from the top of Qingyuan Pavilion, this 17-meter-high building looks like a cross-shaped building with 7.5-meter-high blue tiles piled on its foundation. There are four symmetrical arched doors at the bottom of the balcony. Walking on the main road of the city and looking up at Qingyuan Pavilion, you can feel its grandeur and grandeur. Qingyuan Pavilion is three stories high, and the roof of the building adopts the structure of resting eaves. The whole building is made of green tiles and wood. There are five rooms upstairs, three deep rooms and a circular corridor around them. The eaves of the building are supported in the shape of "L" by the beams and columns that can be called handicrafts, so the cornice, the anti-wing of China traditional architectural style, still looks reminiscent of the soaring situation. Dr Tadashi Ito, a Japanese architect, once wrote a book (Study on the History of Oriental Architecture) praising the architectural technology and craft of Qingyuan Pavilion, which is unique in the world. It is precisely because of the outstanding beauty of its wooden structure construction technology that people later called Qingyuan Pavilion "the second Yellow Crane Tower".

Nineteen sons of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty built a valley palace on the west side of Qingyuan Pavilion, and stationed troops to prevent foreigners. 1744, Emperor Qianlong visited Xuanhua House in the north and invested 100000 two silver to rebuild Qingyuan Pavilion. 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Xuanhua. Dawu, the leader of the Boxer Rebellion, rang the bell at Qingyuan Pavilion to gather righteousness, led his troops to ambush in the north of Yantong Mountain, and beat the allied forces and killed Colonel York, the German commander. Qingyuan Pavilion was severely damaged during the Cultural Revolution. From 65438 to 0986, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Qingyuan Pavilion was completely restored. After the restoration, Qingyuan Pavilion has blue tiles, golden dragons, jade beasts, proud heads, cornices, magnificent archways, column arches, carved beams and painted buildings, which are magnificent. The ancient clock hangs high and the wind chimes jingle, which looks quaint, elegant and magnificent. From 65438 to 0988, Qingyuan Pavilion was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.