Every city with a history has this|Zhejiang Ningbo

|Zhejiang Ningbo.🥁Drum Tower: Originally named Qiao Tower, it means the watchtower on the city gate. At the beginning of the city construction, Qiao Tower must be built, which is a legacy of the Han Dynasty. There is usually a huge bell hanging in the Qiao Tower, which is struck at dawn and dusk, 'The tower on the gate is called Qiao'. In ancient times, there were two types of bell and drum towers, one built in the palace and the other in the city center, mostly two-story buildings. Historically, the earliest bell and drum towers started from the Sui Dynasty, and no new bell and drum towers were built in the Ming Dynasty palace. The history of Ningbo City began with the first brick of the Drum Tower. 🕙Clepsydra: There is usually a clepsydra on the Qiao Tower, which the ancients used to keep time. Ningbo's Drum Tower once had a clepsydra, a bronze clepsydra from the Northern Song Dynasty, which is a rare large timer in the world for a thousand years. 🏫Wang Anshi and Qiao Tower: During the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, the county magistrate of Yin County, took office on horseback and wrote 'New Clepsydra Inscription', using the clepsydra as a metaphor to express his determination to handle political affairs like the clepsydra 'not to be prickly or late', and to manage politics with the spirit of being diligent in reporting time with the clepsydra. 🛎️Self-striking Bell: Thousands of years have passed, and the ancient city of the past has long been lost. The only remaining Drum Tower has become a symbol of Ningbo's official establishment of the state and the city in history. On the top floor of the Drum Tower, you can see Ningbo's unique self-striking bell and the large bronze bell hanging below. The bronze bell was made by the Ningbo Police Department during the Republic of China and was later used for fire alarms. 🏠Drum Tower Pedestrian Street: Today, the Drum Tower and the nearby Gongyuan Road have become the gathering and dispersing places for major cultural activities in Ningbo. The Zhejiang Supervisory Office, the two ancient stone archways at the entrances at the east and west ends, and the city wall ruins, the stele of the history of the sub-city, etc. have been restored. 🍔Food Recommendation: Oil Zanzi, similar to fried dough twists, but smaller and crispier. The old Ningbo Oil Zanzi originated from the Qing Guangxu years and has a history of a hundred years. Gang Duck Dog Ningbo Tangyuan, the taste is glutinous and smooth, indeed different from others. 📖Extended Reading: The Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower built in the Ming Hongwu years is the oldest existing example. As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing's Drum Tower is also a symbol of it becoming the capital of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Beijing, Linfen, Kaifeng, Fuzhou, Hohhot and other places also have drum towers.