When is a good time to go to Dechang Bell and Drum Tower?

The best time for Dechang Bell and Drum Tower: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture has a subtropical monsoon climate. The four seasons in most areas are not clear, but because Liangshan Prefecture is located in the transition zone from Sichuan Basin to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the terrain in its jurisdiction is complex and diverse, its climate difference is manifested in the three-dimensional difference of landform, and the phenomenon of "one mountain divided into four seasons" is very common. The dry season is obvious, warm in winter and cool in summer, with long sunshine in dry season, and the annual average temperature is 14℃ ~ 17℃. The best travel time is from June 165438+ 10 to March of the following year, when the climate is warm and there is no obvious disastrous weather, so it is suitable for travel. In the summer half year, that is, from April to June every year at 5438+00, there is more rain, which is often the season with frequent mudslides and flash floods. However, the most distinctive local Torch Festival (June 5438+May every year) is in this season, so visitors who come here should pay more attention to the local weather.

Dechang Bell and Drum Tower, located at the junction of Chengxiang Street and Xia Xiang Street in Dechang County, is a well-preserved ancient building in Liangshan Prefecture. Dechang Bell and Drum Tower was built in Qing Daoguang 18 (AD 1838). At that time, Kuixing Pavilion was built in the south, north and middle of the street. The existing bell and drum tower is in the middle. Because of its name, it was called Zhonglou, which was later renamed. Tongzhi was destroyed by fire in the second year (AD 1863). Guangxu was rebuilt in 13 (1887) and destroyed in 3 1 year. The existing bell tower was rebuilt from the second year of Xuantong to the first year of the Republic of China (A.D. 19 10 to 19 12).

Covering an area of 142 square meters, with a height of 24 meters. The bottom of the building is arched with blue bricks. The north and south arches run through the main street. The door is 7 meters high and 4.2 meters wide. There is a forehead on the door, which is called Nantong Dream in the north and Gyeonggi in the south. Above the arch, there is a building with three floors and six sides. The denomination of 1 building is the international situation, and the north forehead of the second floor is shining with stars.

On the third floor, the south forehead sings the wind, and this forehead sings the moon. The eaves of each floor are hung upside down and the wind hangs. The whole building is very magnificent. Dechang county has always been a place where swallows are densely populated, and foreigners are amazed at this, so they enjoy the name of the city of climbing swallows in the west. The bell and drum tower is also the place where swallows are concentrated in the whole city. There are many nests under the eaves of each floor, and swallows make pleasant sounds. According to legend, the swallow said, I will borrow your house for three years, and I will not eat your oil or your salt.