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Yongchang Bell and Drum Tower 永昌钟鼓楼Yǒngchāng Zhōnggǔlóu
National heritage site · Jinchang, Gansu
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinchang
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yongchang Bell and Drum Tower
The landmark of Yongchang's town centre, completed in 1587: a square platform of rammed earth faced with brick, 7.2 m high and pierced by four arched passages, carries a two-storey timber tower with three tiers of eaves, 24.5 m tall in all, with a great iron bell on the platform and a large drum inside. Damaged in the 1927 Gulang earthquake, it was dismantled and rebuilt to its original form in 1984–86, and inscribed boards on every side carry phrases such as 'Embracing the Western Regions'.
How to get to Yongchang Bell and Drum Tower
At the central crossroads of Yongchang town, about 40 km south-west of Jinchang city.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Beihaizi Pagoda 北海子塔 (under 10 km), Shengrong Temple Pagodas 圣容寺塔 (under 10 km).
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