The drum tower, which is over 600 years old, houses the treasure of the garden/Winter tour guide

📍 Gulou Park is a niche attraction in the center of Nanjing. Together with the nearby Dazhong Pavilion, the combination of 'evening drum and morning bell' is one of the new forty-eight scenes of Jinling and a national key cultural relics protection unit. 📍 The Drum Tower was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1382), and Gulou Park was established in 1923 with the Drum Tower as the main body. This was once the temporary office of the Central Astronomical Research Institute, and later the observatory moved to Zijinshan Observatory. 📍 On sunny days, you can take pictures of the Zifeng Building from Gulou Park. The top of the building also has the 'prohibition stele' of Kangxi's southern tour and a pair of dragon and phoenix pavilions on both sides, which are the treasures of the garden, simple and elegant, and worth a careful look. 📍 The park is open for free all year round, and it is just at the exit 6 of Gulou Station on Metro Lines 1 and 4.