On the Significance of Xi 'an Bell Tower Couplet

1, the big clock on the bell tower, named Jingyunzhong, draws Cai Feng when it rings; The bell tower stands in Kawaguchi, locking Jin 'ao in the water.

2. The ancient city of 2.Xi has a long cultural history, which directly inherited from Tianbao period in Tang Dynasty. The new phoenix has opened a new era and everything has taken on a new look.

In ancient times, it was called "morning bell and evening drum" because the bell was rung to announce dawn and the drum was drummed to announce dawn. At the same time, drums will be played at night to tell the time. "Three drums" is "the third watch" and "five drums" is "the fifth watch", which is reported five times a night. In the Ming Dynasty, the circumference of Xi City was 1 1.9 km, with an area of 8.7 square kilometers. Drum tower is located in the southwest of central Xi. In order to spread drums all over the city, it is necessary to build tall buildings and set up drums.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most government agencies around the Drum Tower were located in Shaanxi Province and xi 'an Prefecture. The lives of these government offices and surrounding residents are inseparable from drums, which became the most familiar and pleasant sound at that time. The plaque inscribed by Li Yunkuan, which is famous in history, makes the finishing point and illustrates the practical significance of the Drum Tower.

There are stairs in the building. When you climb upstairs, you can overlook the whole city through the railing. Xi 'an Drum Tower is one of the main symbols and representatives of Ming and Qing architecture.

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The folklore of Xi 'an Bell Tower;

Xi 'an Bell Tower was originally located in Guangji Street, but later it reached its present position. There is a folklore about why the bell tower moved eastward. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a great earthquake occurred in Guanzhong, killing and injuring ten thousand people. The magistrate is restless. Please ask Gao Chengzhi, the Taoist priest of Yingxiang, to discuss this matter.

Gao Chengzhi, a famous old Taoist in Chang 'an, told the county magistrate that if the bell tower moved half a mile eastward, the ground motion would be eliminated. In ancient times, when the sky tilted to the northwest and the land sank to the southeast, the sea water flowed eastward, which led to the Guanzhong Plain. However, a big octopus didn't want to leave, so he dug a big river with his mouth and hid himself in it.

Later, the earth cracked and the mountain cracked, and this big river became an underground river. On March 15 every year, octopus swims to the mouth of Dachuankou, and the mouth of Dachuankou is exposed to the ground, breathing air, blowing sand and making waves, and the earthquake comes from this. The county magistrate immediately ordered the blacksmiths in the whole city to make a 100-foot-long chain and prepare to go down the mountain to build a house. The soldier pouted and dug the ground, revealing four big stones and uncovering the stone strips. As a result, he saw a deep well below, and the water was rushing.

After a while, the water column rushed out of the well and sprayed into the sky. Then I saw a fish head sticking out of the well. Gao Chengzhi held the aojiang fish with his sword, ordered the soldiers to lock it with chains, and then sank to the bottom of Sichuan.

The magistrate also cast a big iron ring, tied Kawaguchi tightly, pressed the other end of the chain under it, and then requisitioned 5 thousand craftsmen to repair the planting building day and night. Since then, the bell tower has stood tall, and the aojiang fish has been crushed at the bottom of the Sichuan River, and they dare not make trouble again.

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