Yuyang ancient Drum Tower is a landmark, is the oldest in Tianjin tower. And also the layout of the axis of the city, Cross Street, center cut-off point. Republic of China, “Ji Zhou” contains: the old tower to the city boundaries, east to the East Gate of Culture Street, west of Wuding Simon Street, south to South Gate of Tai Ping, north arch plantations Star Street.
Drum Tower, originally three hundred on the additional floor, it is additionally accepted as Bell and Drum Tower, an age-old timekeeping, Ming added places, congenital during the Hongwu years (1371), but the afresh accustomed disasters, can be declared as afresh adjustment afresh collapsed, added than 600 years afterwards six rebuilt. Tomorrow Shun Yi Mao years (1439) Liu Nan billet command and the aboriginal attic of the three hundred on the additional floor, were the Drum Tower. Ming Zheng aboriginal year (1506) rebuilt. Ming Lu timberline complete in the “rehabilitation of the Drum Belfry in mind,” recorded June Jiajing twenty-six years to already afresh rebuilt on the Drum Tower, completed in July Jiajing twenty-eight years. Chongzhen seventeen years (1644), Qing massacre, canicule of burning, the Drum Belfry was destroyed. Shunzhi, the Jizhou Mu Huang Jiadong fix the Drum Tower. Eighteen years of Kangxi (1679) earthquake, the Drum Belfry collapsed. Kangxi 33 years (1694), Ji Zhou, beastly husbandry, Chew Cong reconstruction, and issues “ancient Yuyang” “kee-East lock and key” two applique blind on it. Qianlong eleven years (1746), the Drum Belfry has been burned, their alone actual base. Ninety years afterwards the dynasty, sixteen years (1836) Ji Zhou Mu Hua Jun about-face tower, arctic and south advanced is still hanging, “the age-old Yuyang” “kee-East lock and key” additional plaque, which was handwritten Chew Chun Chung-Hua of the bulk of text. But, interestingly, the inscription is different, “the age-old Yuyang” and inscribed “Reign Hermit Chew Chong Cong”, and “ki East lock and key” of the inscription is “Reign Hua Jun Dantu people.”
In 1966, the pavilion was destroyed on the two plaques. 1983, re-repair of the Drum Tower, archetype two plaques blind on it, accurate to the Drum Tower.
Tianjin Wei three treasure, tower, fort, accretion Court. Ming Dynasty Yongle years (AD one thousand four hundred and four years old photos of the Drum Belfry in Tianjin), Tianjin Wei barricade amid at the time, this “Castle” is aloof adherent villages. Experienced about nine decades, to Koji six or seven years (one thousand four hundred ninety-three — one thousand four hundred ninety-four), alone brick brick city. The architecture of the east, west, south and arctic gates of the belfry and four bend turrets city. The Drum Belfry is amid in the burghal centermost is congenital up at this time. That is, nine years ago, four hundred eighty-eight — forty-eight between. Called the Drum Tower, in fact, the alarm tower. Some bodies say that now is the Drum Belfry in Tianjin as the center, accretion to the surrounding formation, so the affirmation that “Drum” is the birthplace of Tianjin.
This three-storey tower, beam to floor, with brick ancillary of a table, beneath the attenuated width, Pi four angled openings, four streets arctic and south cartage thing. In this table, the architecture of two floors. The aboriginal attic committed to Guanyin, canicule afterwards the Virgin Mary, Guan Yu and Yue Fei, etc. Floor, additional floor, blind a abundant adamant alarm one of three hundred pounds. Front of the Qing Dynasty, Tianjin accounting by artist Mei-wood copse couplet: “Gochang fast board, see seventy-two put amid the Sails; alive who deathwatch up, accept to one hundred and eighty abrade eventually or after the bell.” Qing, addition Tianjin artist Zhouchu Liang writes in a bearings area the address boom campanology bells, said: “this is the Boom belfry Road, afterglow alert on account of added chips. complete beating one hundred distinct, quasi-Chi Su pot arch aback there.” Boom Belfry is the aboriginal accumulate a angled old man (commonly accepted as bulge as “pot waist”), his circadian morning and black bell, anniversary time animadversion fifty-four ring, as the afterglow gates accessible and abutting signals. Dynasty Boxer, the Allied Forces invaded Tianjin, the walls were removed, abrogation alone that the belfry survived. Soon, the blaze army architecture active as a lookout. Republic of years, Rui Cao Zhili governor, badge administrator of Tianjin Yang Germany, as it was rebuilt, re-green asphalt roof beams on the change, added admirable than before. Afterwards reconstruction, the four gates of the name of the Boom Tower, “Town”, “set the South”, “Anxi”, “Beaconsfield”, please calligrapher Hua Shikui writing, both books of the asset copse of the couplet. This tower, Biwa Dan Ying, a new attending already afresh become a arena in Tianjin.
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