What's interesting about tianjin drum tower?

Tianjin drum tower, with its antique buildings and surrounding commercial streets, is a good place for foreign tourists and local residents to relax.

Tianjin drum tower, located in the center of Tianjin, is surrounded by North Road, East Road, South Road and West Road, forming today's northwest corner, northeast corner, southeast corner and southwest corner. At that time, four gates and turrets were built in the east, west, south and north, leaving sections such as Beimen Street, Nanmen Street and Dongmen Street.

This drum tower is three stories high. The first floor of the building is a square platform made of bricks, with a wide bottom and a narrow top. It has four arched doorways and passes through four streets, east, west, north and south. On this platform, two floors were built. The first floor is dedicated to Guanyin, our lady in heaven, and Guan Yu Yuefei. On the second floor of the building, there is an iron clock weighing 300 Jin. In front of the building, there is a wooden couplet by Mei Xiaoshu, a poet in Tianjin in the Qing Dynasty: "Open high and climb quickly, watch seventy-two sails;" Whoever wakes up in prosperity will hear the bell sooner or later. "

The diameter of the Drum Tower Bell is 1.4m, the height is 2.3m, and the weight is about1.500kg. It is known as the "Bell King" in Tianjin. This clock is made of iron, with fine casting and simple shape. The bell-shaped body is cast in relief, and the bell-shaped knob is cast into a pair of double brackets. Pieces of scales can clearly distinguish the two heads and four feet of the double thorn, which are connected with the clock body, and the other four feet grab each other and bow and roar. The bell shoulder is covered with lotus petals, which are divided into eight rectangular frames along the circumference of the bell body, with upper and lower floors. The waist of the clock is decorated with continuous Yunlong and floral patterns. In the groove of eight lotus petals at the trumpet mouth, a gossip symbol was cast for each petal. It can be seen from the words "Zhou Presbyterian Church" cast on the lower frame of the iron bell that the bell was built in the Presbyterian Church in the Song Dynasty. It was cast in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties at the latest, and then moved to tianjin drum tower for hanging. This big clock is now placed on the concrete seat of Jiayuan cloister. Although it won't knock on the door, it is still a beautifully cast work of art for people to watch and associate.

The rebuilt Drum Tower and the newly-built commercial street are antique buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are many blue brick houses, blue tiles, carved beams and painted buildings and shops, which are a landscape full of the charm of Tianjin traditional culture.