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Drum Tower (this is our Tianjin Drum Tower attraction, the top is in Chinese, the following is the English you want)

Drum Tower

"Tianjin Wei, three treasures, Drum Tower, Fort, and Bell Pavilion, all three of which were built in and around the old city of Tianjin, were built in the Ming Dynasty.

The Drum Tower is located in the center of the old city. It is called the Drum Tower and is actually a bell tower. It was built in the sixth year of Hongzhi (1493). It is three stories high. The bottom floor is a brick square platform with ticket gate passages on all sides to connect the four main streets in the city, east, west, north and south. There is a wooden tower built on the city platform, which is divided into upper and lower floors. The lower floor is dedicated to statues of Guanyin, Our Lady of Heaven and Guan Yu Yue Fei. On the second floor of the building, there is an iron clock weighing three hundred kilograms hanging.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Tianjin and the city walls were demolished, but the Drum Tower survived as a lookout. During the Republic of China, the Drum Tower was rebuilt and the roof beams were covered with green tiles, giving it a completely new look. After liberation, due to urban development, the Drum Tower was demolished.

"The Tianjin health, three treasures, the drumtower, the artillery, the bell Chinese style pavilion", these three type inside and outside Tianjin, construct for the Ming Dynasty. The drumtower is located in the center, named drumtower, actually bell tower. The beginning constructed in the Hongzhi six years (in 1493), high three, the most lower level was brickwork side, four sides opened the channel, linked up the city west north and south four avenues. In the tower on a city wall constructs has wood construction tower over a city gate about, divides two, after the lower level consecrates Guanyin Dashi, the day Mary and closes cast and so on feather Yue Fei. Building second, hangs has as soon as likes salty food amounts to 300 catties to report time the hard clock. The clear Guangxu Dynasty, the Eight Power Expeditionary Force invades Tianjin, the city wall is demolished, the drumtower actually fortunately survives down takes the observation post. The Republic of China time, the drumtower can reconstruct, on roof summer beam green tile, changed beyond recognition. After the liberation, as a result of the urban development, the drumtower is then demolished.