Five model essays on tour guide words of Shaanxi Bell and Drum Tower (1)
Hello, tourist, the ancient castle we are seeing now is Ming Xi Ancheng Wall. Xi 'an City Wall in Ming Dynasty was built on the basis of Chang 'an Imperial City in Tang Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty. It is one of the most famous city walls in the history of China in the late Middle Ages, and it is also the most well-preserved city wall in China. At the same time, it is also the largest and most complete ancient military castle facility in the world.
The city wall is a traditional defense facility in China's cold weapon era. We saw in Banpo site 6000 years ago that Banpo people dug deep ditches around their homes to guard against wild animals and external attacks. If banpo village is regarded as the first bud of the city, the deep ditch was the equivalent of the city wall at that time. After people invented the wall-building technology, the city wall was born naturally with the city and became a prominent symbol of ancient cities. According to historical records: "Building a city to protect the monarch and building a country to live in it is also the beginning of this city." This is the late primitive society about 4500 years ago.
Xi 'an, as a thousand-year-old ancient capital, has built city walls many times in past dynasties. Most of them were buried by the dust of history. But the Great Wall we saw can still be traced back to the Sui Dynasty in the 6th century. In 58 1 year, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty established the Sui Dynasty, and in the following year, Daxing City was built at the northern foot of Longshou Plateau. Daxing city is large in scale and tight in structure. In addition to the outer walls of Guo Cheng, there are also the surrounding walls of Miyagi and Imperial City, forming a pattern of "a city within a city". After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Daxing City in Sui Dynasty was renamed Chang 'an City. Chang 'an City in Tang Dynasty basically followed the scale and layout of Daxing City, but expanded and built Daxing City. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen kidnapped Tang Zhaozong and fled to Luoyang. Han Jian, who stayed in Chang 'an, abandoned Guo Cheng and Miyagi for military defense, reduced Chang 'an to the imperial city, and took the imperial city wall as the wall of Chang 'an, forming the scale of Chang 'an from the Five Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty. In A.D. 1369, Xu Da, a general of the Ming Dynasty, entered Shaanxi from Shaanxi and changed the original Fengtian Road to xi 'an, meaning "long-term stability in the west". From then on, Ming's rule in An began, and it also opened the prelude to Ming's construction of the city wall in An. Because Xi 'an has a high political and military position in history, the Ming Dynasty paid more attention to the construction of Xi 'an city wall in the process of building the city wall throughout the country. Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Changxing Hou Geng to handle Wen and two commanders, and made Pu Ying take charge of the construction. From the third year of Hongwu, namely 1370 to the eleventh year of Hongwu, namely 1378, it took eight years to complete the construction of Xi 'an city wall. The walls of Xi 'an in the Ming Dynasty were built tall and strong, and the west and south walls were basically the same as those of Chang 'an Imperial City in the Tang Dynasty. The east wall and the north wall extend outward by one third respectively. The city wall is rectangular in shape. Wall height12m, width12m? 14m, bottom width 15? 18m. The south wall is 4256 meters long, the north wall is 4262 meters long, the west wall is 2706 meters long, and the east wall is 2886 meters long, with a circumference of 13.9 kilometers. The original Xi 'an city wall was rammed with loess. There is also a layer of 80 cm and 45 cm thick concrete at the bottom and top of the wall. This kind of concrete is made of loess mixed with lime, glutinous rice juice and kiwi fruit juice. When it's dry, it's as hard as a stone and can't be scraped with a pick.
Xi 'an city wall has been repaired many times since it was built at the beginning of Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Mu Zong in Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty, namely 1568, Shaanxi commanded Zhang Zhi to build blue bricks for the original city wall. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, that is, 178 1 year, Bi Yuan, the governor of Shaanxi Province, carried out a large-scale renovation of the city wall. Around the old city wall, the cornerstone is poured first, then the loess is compacted layer by layer, and the top is paved with blue bricks, and the brick surface is thickened on the outer wall of the whole city wall. Every 40? 60 meters, with blue brick masonry tank, to eliminate the rain on the top of the city wall, has played an important role in the long-term protection of Xi' an city wall. Especially since 1983, the people's governments of Shaanxi Province and xi City have carried out large-scale repairs to this ancient city wall, supplemented the demolished East Gate, North Gate Arrow Tower, South Gate Tower and Suspension Bridge, and built parks around the city, which revived this ancient building.
Xi 'an ancient city wall includes a series of military facilities, such as moat, suspension bridge, sluice building, watchtower, main building, turret, watchtower, breast wall and crib mouth, which constitutes a scientific, strict and complete military defense system.
The moat, also called "trench", is the first line of defense of the city wall. You can stop the enemy's attack and even use the favorable terrain to destroy the enemy. The moat around Xi 'an City Wall is 20 meters wide and 7 meters deep. Crossing the moat is the city gate, and the only passage connecting the moat and the city gate is the suspension bridge. There are iron rings on both sides of the bridge head of the suspension bridge, which are connected by thick iron ropes and hemp ropes and tied to the gatehouse, and the lifting is controlled by pulleys. Soldiers guarding the city at ordinary times obey the command of the morning bell and dusk drum, lower the suspension bridge in the morning and open the city gate; Raise the suspension bridge at night and cut off the traffic. Once the war breaks out, the suspension bridge rises, the city gate closes, and the city gate becomes a solid and closed fighting fortress.
The city gate is the key and weak link of the urban defense system. Usually it is the gateway to and from the city. During the war, it was also the primary goal of both offensive and defensive sides. Therefore, the Ming dynasty attached great importance to improving the defense facilities of the city gate. A particularly noteworthy technical breakthrough is the adoption of arched doors. Before the Ming dynasty, the city gate used brick door lintel structure. From a military point of view, the biggest weakness of this gate is that it can't stand fire attacks. Therefore, pools are often set on the city gates to prevent the enemy from attacking. So he left the idiom "the city gate is on fire, which affects the fish pond". The appearance of arched gate has fundamentally solved this problem. Monochrome blue brick structure not only makes the gate stronger, but also can effectively resist fire attack.
In ancient times, the two sides were at war. When the enemy crossed the moat, the gate blocked the way. Therefore, on the besieged city side, there are often several people carrying heavy wooden stakes and knocking on the door. It takes a long time to knock down the door, and sometimes it may not be opened. The gate of Xi in Ming Dynasty was very strong. The door leaf is made of wood with a thickness of 16 cm. A gate must be made of 2.8 cubic meters of wood and weigh 3. 19 tons. The door leaf is reinforced by 9 iron bars with a width of 15cm and a thickness of 23cm, and 180 four-sided iron mushroom needles are nailed at the interval between every two iron bars. There are 1800 iron mushroom needles on the whole door leaf. Such a dense set of nails compacted the wood of the door leaf, which increased the rigidity of the door leaf and made it impossible for arrows to enter. Some city gates are still in the hole behind the door leaf, and there are horse-refusing piles, horse-trapping pits, iron thistles and so on. In order to further stop the enemy's attack.
In order to improve the safety factor of the city gate defense, the city gate is actually composed of three parts, namely: the city gate tower, the arrow tower and the main building. The gatehouse is on the outermost side, which is used to hang the suspension bridge, also called "Quelou" and "Qiaolou". It symbolizes the gate and is also used for playing. The gatehouse is connected with the main wall on three sides, forming a half-moon three-dimensional space, which is called "Mayangcheng". Even if the enemy breaks through the gate of the gatehouse, it seems to have entered the urn and will be attacked from all directions. So this space downstairs is also called "Wengcheng". The arrow tower is in the center, with windows on the front and sides, which is used for archery. The embrasured watchtower and the embrasured watchtower are connected by a fence, which is also called "urn city" and can be stationed. Whether the enemy enters the first urn or the second urn, the watchtower can play an attack role. The main building is in the innermost part, and the tower above the main building is the theme building of the city gate. The tower is about 32 meters high and 43.2 meters long, with triple cornices, high corners and cloisters. It is solemn and stable, and it is the place that God wants to guard and command. On the outside of the city wall, every 120 meters, there is an enemy platform protruding from the main body of the city wall, with a width of 20 meters and a length of 12 meters, commonly known as "horse face". There are 98 "horse faces" on the whole city wall, and the building above the "horse faces" is called the watchtower. The distance between the two watchtowers is120m, which just forms a three-dimensional cross shooting area. It is also the effective killing range of ancient long-range cold weapons such as bows, crossbows and arrows. And its side is 60 meters long, which is "a stone's throw away". This layout is convenient for shooting enemies who attack the city from the side. Therefore, the ancients commented: "A city without a platform is like a city without a platform. It is the city keeper and the platform guards the city. " The enemy buildings provided shelter and supplies for the soldiers. There are short pheasants on the outside of the city wall, also known as "crib wall", and there are 5984 short pheasants in the whole city wall. There are cribs and square holes on the crib wall, which are used for archery and lookout. The inner parapet is called "parapet", with a height of 1 m and no crib. Its function is to prevent soldiers from falling under the wall while walking. In the four corners of Xi 'an city wall, there is a tower called "turret". If you go around the city, you will find that only the southwest corner of the four corners of the city wall is round, and the other three corners are right angles. Then why? In fact, this corner is a rounded corner to maintain the Mongolian style of Chang 'an in Yuan Dynasty. The Ming city wall was rebuilt on the basis of the ruins of Yuan City in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and its scope was basically the same as that of Chang 'an Imperial City in Tang Dynasty.
In the urn formed by the watchtower and the main building, there is a "horse path" in the same direction as the city head. Climb slowly without steps, which is convenient for horses to get up and down. There are 1 1 boarding roads in the city. The crossing door at the bottom of Dengcheng Road is painted red, commonly known as "Dahongmen". This is the throat of the soldiers in wartime, and it must be guaranteed to be unimpeded. In order to prevent enemy spies from entering the city wall guards, the road into the city is closely guarded. Soldiers are not allowed to stay in private at ordinary times, nor are others allowed to approach. The iron gate was locked when the army fired at night.
Xi 'an City Wall had four gates in the Ming Dynasty: Changle Gate, Andingmen, Yongning Gate and Anyuan Gate. With the change of time, the city gate has also changed. Now we can see not only these four gates, but also the Wumen Gate, Zhuque Gate, Hanguang Gate, Yuxiangmen, Zhongshan Gate, Shangdemen, Jianguomen, Heping Gate, Wenchang Men Site Ruins and so on. The origin of these names also reflects the rise and fall of this ancient city.
The wall of Xi in Ming Dynasty shows the wisdom of the ancient working people in China. It attracts tourists from all directions with its long history, majestic posture and mysterious colors. Ok, that's enough for visiting the Xi city wall. We will continue to show you around the Bell and Drum Tower. Thank you!
The Bell Tower and Drum Tower are unique buildings in ancient China. The bell and drum is the earliest percussion instrument in China, which has a history of at least 3000 years. Originally, it was used as ritual vessels and musical instruments in sacrifices, ceremonies and entertainment. It has been used for military command since about the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, the eighth century BC. In ancient China, cities were all military castles. Besides building city walls, digging trenches and erecting suspension bridges around the city, it is also necessary to build the bell and drum tower as the command center in the center of the city. At ordinary times, the bell is rung in the morning and the drum is rung in the evening, and the suspension bridge is opened and closed regularly. The state of emergency is used to call the police for martial law and command the city defense. This strict urban defense system reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty. Xi 'an was the military and political center in the northwest of Ming Dynasty, and its bell tower and drum tower ranked first among similar buildings in China in terms of building scale, historical value and artistic value.
The building we see now is the bell tower. The bell tower is located at the intersection of Xi 'an Ansi Street, with an area of 1 1260 square meters and a building area of 1378 square meters. It was built in A.D. 1384, that is, the seventeenth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. Originally Yingxiangguan in West Street, it is about 1000 meters away from the present address. Yingxiang view was the center of Xi at that time. But after the bell tower was completed 200 years ago, with the eastward movement of the city center, the city gate was rebuilt, forming four new streets in the east, south, west and north. The bell tower in Yingxiangguan is increasingly deviating from the city center. In Ming Shenzong Wanli 10, namely 1582, the bell tower was completely demolished and moved to its present site under the auspices of Gong Maoxian, governor of Shaanxi Province. According to the inscription of the bell tower, all the wooden buildings are primitive except the reconstruction of the pedestal. Therefore, the cost is not much, and the project is effective quickly.
This bell tower is a typical architectural art style of Ming Dynasty. It is 36 meters high, with double eaves and arches, towering peaks and slightly upturned eaves, which are gorgeous and solemn. It consists of three parts: base, building main body and roof. The base is square, each side is 35.5 meters long and 8.6 meters high, all made of blue bricks. There is a cross-shaped specimen hole with a height of 6 meters and a width of 6 meters in the middle of the four sides of the base. The building is a square wood structure with a side length of 22 meters and a height of 26 meters. It has five bays on all sides, surrounded by cloisters outside, and inside is a two-story building with wooden ladders spiraling up. In the square halls on the upper and lower floors of the building, all kinds of precious porcelain and red nanmu furniture since the Ming Dynasty are displayed, and the four doors are covered with relief paintings, which have a vivid magnolia style. The roof is a quadrangular structure covered with bright green glazed tiles. The top dome is 5 meters high, with a wooden core inside and copper skin outside. The copper skin is covered with a layer of gold foil, which is golden and brilliant.
There is a Ming Dynasty iron bell in the northwest corner of the bell tower, weighing 5 tons, with a gossip pattern cast on its side. This clock was built in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, namely 1465? Between 65438 and 0487. But it is much smaller than the bronze bell hanging on the bell tower earlier. Originally, the giant bell hanging on the bell tower was the "Jing Yun Bell" cast during the Jing Yun period in the Tang Dynasty. Now this clock is collected in the forest of steles in Xi 'an. It is said that after the bell tower was moved from Yingxiangguan to this site, although the style and size of the building have not changed, the Jingyun bell cannot ring. There is no other way but to change. As for the reason why Jing Yun's bell doesn't ring, some people think that it is "a long history and SHEN WOO has a spirit" and don't want to be moved by the heat; It is also said that the clock placed indoors seems to be "waiting for the urn to call" and should be moved outside the building at that time. But in any case, it adds a layer of mystery to the history of the bell tower.
In order to move the Jing Yun clock to the newly-built bell tower, an inclined bridge was built in the west section of West Street, and the Jing Yun clock was transported to the bell tower by using the slope of the bridge deck. It is said that "Qiaozikou" got its name. The west wall of the bell tower is engraved with "Song of the Bell Tower" and "Story of the Bell Tower". Song of the Bell Tower was written when Gong Maoxian, the governor of Shaanxi Province who built the Bell Tower, was demoted to Beijing. In this poem, the bell tower was warmly praised. The bell tower was written by Jason, the governor who supervised the repair of the bell tower, and described the story of the bell tower in detail. There are 64 woodcut relief story paintings on the door of the bell tower, including Mulan joining the army, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Liu Yichuan and the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. These woodcut relief stories add a lot of historical interest to the bell tower. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Xi Municipal People's Government carried out three large-scale repairs to the Bell Tower, which made this ancient building glow with its former elegance.
Far from the bell tower is the Drum Tower. Drum tower is located in the northwest corner of the bell tower. The doorway at the bottom of the drum tower is north-south, and the north leads to Beiyuanmen and Nanda West Street. The Drum Tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu, namely 1380, four years earlier than the Bell Tower, and it is a sister building with the Bell Tower. There is a huge drum on the north side of the first floor of the drum tower, which forms a dusk drum with the morning bell on the bell tower, so it is called the drum tower. The Drum Tower covers an area of 1999 m2, and the building area is 1804 m2. The building is rectangular with a total height of 33 meters and a base height of 8 meters. The height and width of the doorway of the pedestal are 6m, and the depth of the doorway is 38m. The Gulou building is a double-eaved mountain-resting style, with glazed tiles covering the roof and three drops of water on the double-eave. The building is divided into upper and lower floors. There is a plaque under the north and south eaves, weighing about 3 tons. On the south side, the plaque reads: "The Palace of Civil and Military Affairs", which carved books for Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. The inscription on the north side is "Listening in the sky", written by Li Yunkuan, a scholar in Xianning County. The outer eaves of the Drum Tower are decorated with arches and there are cloisters on all sides. There are 14 red columns on the third floor of the drum tower, and 24 hidden columns cross each other. There are three big palace lanterns hanging inside, 12 middle palace lantern and 16 small palace lantern. The ceiling is painted with moire, which is antique and beautiful. 1953, the state allocated funds to overhaul the Drum Tower and set up a cultural management office, which was carefully protected to make it more beautiful and majestic. Now, the bell and drum towers complement each other, making the ancient city Xi 'an more beautiful and spectacular.
Well, the visit to the Bell and Drum Tower is over here. Thank you!
Five Model Essays for Tour Guides in Shaanxi Bell and Drum Tower (2)
Hello, tourist, I'm xx, the tour guide who explains the Bell and Drum Tower and the city wall along the way. The bell of the bell tower explains the simplicity of the ancient city of Xi and the richness of this historic city. Then in the next time, while enjoying the scenery along the wall of the Bell and Drum Tower, we can also feel the other side of the charm of Xi 'an ancient city, which is Xi 'an's food culture. Speaking of food in Xi, can you tell us what famous snacks Xi has?
Xi's food culture is full of rich northwest customs. Tasting Xi 'an's local snacks is a great pleasure to visit Xi 'an. Whether it's mutton paomo, which has been deeply loved by Xi people, or "Xi 'an Dumpling Banquet", which is well-known at home and abroad, it has distinct local characteristics.
There are two imitation Ming and Qing buildings on my right. I don't know if you have noticed the striking sentence in the building, "The taste of jiaozi is eternal, and the legendary quality is getting stronger and stronger". Yes, this is Defachang, an old Chinese brand famous for its dumpling feast. If you want to taste it, you can join hands to feel this unusual place in Dechang after our trip, and tell you a very unfortunate thing: I have never eaten jiaozi here! However, I feel that since I have made the name of eternal taste, it must be deserved! Speaking of which, someone in jiaozi wants to ask where mutton buns are sold. Then please come with me. We can clearly see that next door to Defachang, there is a restaurant with the same architectural style, Tongshengxiang. At the entrance of Tongsheng Lane, we will inadvertently notice a sculpture, so can you tell which of the eight monsters in Shaanxi this sculpture shows? Children specialize in beef and mutton buns and various special snacks, which combine traditional characteristics with modern fashion, so if you come to this place for dinner, I think everyone will feel the colorful culture!
Passing through the Bell and Drum Tower Square, we now come to the splendid and antique Drum Tower, antique buildings on both sides of the street, and various famous snacks in Xi 'an. Then I want to ask you, which is the most famous snack street in Xi 'an? It goes without saying that this is a street of Muslim snacks. Visitors to Xi 'an, if they have the opportunity to come to Huimin Street, all think that Xi 'an Huimin Street has its own unique side. Why do you say that? I think it is not only because a large number of gourmet shops and jewelry stores on both sides of the street have brought us infinite attraction, but also because of the profound cultural connotation of this street.
Huimin Street generally refers to the north-south street from the Drum Tower to the North Yard Gate, but sometimes it also includes the connected Huajie Lane, the Western City, and the Dapiyuan. Huimin Street, as its name implies, is a place where Hui people live in compact communities. Xi 'an Huimin Street is a street in Huimin District, which is about 500 meters long and is characterized by bluestone paving and tree-lined.
On both sides of the road are hidden antique buildings that imitate the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The shops on both sides mainly deal in catering and some ornaments with Shaanxi characteristics, and they are all run by Muslims, with strong halal characteristics, which are deeply loved by foreign tourists.
The hotels on both sides of the street you see now are authentic Huimin hotels. Among them, there are several famous restaurants, such as Muslim Pingwa Barbecue Shop, Jiasan baozi stuffed with juicy pork, fried rice with red sauerkraut, and Lao Sunjia mutton in Dapiyuan. Among them, there is an interesting legend about Xi 'an mutton bread in soup. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, was trapped in Chang 'an before he proclaimed himself emperor, and lived a life of drinking and starving all day long. One day, he came to a shop where beef and mutton were being cooked. The shopkeeper felt sorry for him and asked him to break his dried buns. Then the shopkeeper poured a spoonful of hot soup and cooked it on the fire. Then Zhao Kuangyin gulped down the meal, which he thought was the best food in the world. Later, Zhao Kuangyin became emperor. One day, he passed by Chang 'an, and he still couldn't forget the boiled buns of beef and mutton he had eaten here in those years. He went to this restaurant with Wu and ate a bowl of beef and mutton boiled buns. After eating it, I still felt delicious, so I rewarded the shopkeeper of this store. Since then, the story of the emperor eating steamed buns has spread, and beef and mutton buns have become a famous snack on Chang 'an Avenue. Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, once wrote a hymn that "the dragon has bear wax, and Qin only cooks mutton soup". So if you have a chance, you must try the local folk flavor.
In fact, there are many ornaments with local characteristics on Huimin Snacks Street for you to choose from. You can see that these decorations are dazzling and varied. For example, there are ornaments of terracotta warriors and horses, the eighth wonder of the world. You can buy one or two as souvenirs to Xi 'an. At the same time, we can notice that there are many children's tiger shoes and big red hats here. Everyone knows that red represents good luck, so I think it is necessary for everyone to buy some souvenirs in Huimin Street.
Just now we said that the Muslim snack street has profound cultural connotation, so does anyone know its source? As early as more than 1000 years ago in the Han Dynasty, Huimin Street was the starting point of the Silk Road, welcoming businessmen, envoys and overseas students from ancient Arabia and Persia. Then these people are the later Hui people. According to historical records, after many people came to the prosperous Chang 'an along the Silk Road, they did business, studied abroad and became officials in this area. Today, it has become the settlement of more than 60,000 Hui and Muslim people. As the heritage of Islamic culture, there are still many cultural relics in this area today, such as the Hanguang Gate in the Tang Dynasty, the Ximen Group in the Ming Dynasty, many well-preserved mosques and Taoist city god temples, the West Wutai in Buddhism, and the Guangyuan Temple in Lamaism. Many streets in the block have a strong Islamic flavor, and Muslim food city, ethnic shopping center, mosque and Hui living area set each other off.
Now you can see that this temple is located in Huajue Lane. Built in the first year of Tianbao in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, it has a history of 1200 years. After several repairs and expansions in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, a huge ancient architectural complex with large scale, compact pavilions, harmonious and solemn layout was gradually formed. Its architectural style embodies the organic unity of Islamic culture and China traditional architectural art, and it is one of the most distinctive, well-preserved and representative China mosques in China so far. The whole temple is divided into five courtyards, covering an area of 13000 square meters. After 30 years of reconstruction by the government and the temple, it not only kept the original appearance of the temple, but also added many Ming and Qing buildings consistent with the temple style.
I believe that through the effective protection of the culture in this area, Xi 'an Hui historical block will become a tourist attraction that can reflect Xi 'an cultural characteristics, loess culture and Muslim culture.
Next, we will go to our next stop, Xi 'an ancient city wall. On the way to the ancient city wall, I briefly introduced the scenic spots along the way, so it is worth mentioning the ancient cultural street.
Go south from Xi 'an Bell Tower, turn east when you reach the south gate, and you will find Shuyuanmen Ancient Culture Street. There is a tall archway with ancient rhyme around the corner. Above the archway are the three golden characters of the Academy Gate, and on both sides are the striking couplets of "National treasures are hidden in the forest of steles, and talents are cultivated in the academy". From this couplet, we can easily see the theme of this street. Obviously, Shuyuanmen is more poetic than the Hui snack street we just introduced. If you are interested, you can go to the gate of the academy and have a look. Maybe you will gain more here.
So the explanation from the bell and drum tower to the city wall ends here. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me and I'll try my best to answer it for you. At the same time, I sincerely hope everyone can have a good time in Xi 'an!
Five model essays on tour guide words of Shaanxi Bell and Drum Tower (3)
Xi 'an Bell Tower is located in the center of Xi, at the intersection of four streets, east, west, north and south, within the Ming City Wall. It is the largest and best-preserved bell tower in China. It was built in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu (1384), and it was first built in the street corner of Guangji today. Opposite the Drum Tower, Ming Shenzong moved in the 10th year of Wanli (1582).
The bell tower is built on a square base, in the form of brick and wood structure, with three eaves and four corners. It is 36 meters high and covers an area of 1, 377 square meters.
On August 6th, 1956, Shaanxi Provincial People's Committee announced the Bell Tower as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. 1996165438+1On October 20th, Xi 'an Bell Tower was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relic protection unit.
Five model essays on tour guide words of Shaanxi Bell and Drum Tower (IV)
Welcome everyone to come here! I am your tour guide. My last name is X. You can call me Xiao X. For your convenience, let me introduce myself first.
The residual wall of Daming Palace was mottled by the setting sun. The wind makes the sunset seem to flow, and several swaying figures faintly flash in the flow. In the long river of time, I always look up to the Tang Dynasty in the downstream, at the ferry and upstream. I can't go upstream, and I can't go back to the past. I am really in front of this ruin, but I can vaguely see the peony flowers serenading the season and the geese playing the sad songs of history. I close my eyes and want to feel the upper reaches of the river of time.
Ah! I heard you! The pictures recorded in the history books, the pictures that people have been longing for, are displayed over and over again with the opening and withering of peony flowers and the singing of seasons. This makes me feel that there is time besides time, and there is life besides life.
Once thought that the lost Tang Dynasty was hiding in the depths of time, but with the singing of white clouds, it left a faint trace in people's hearts, just like the dew at night, leaving a faint wetness on the flowers, which no longer exists or is out of date. If there is no time gap, maybe I can really stand in front of Daming Palace and listen to the sunset. Occasionally, from his package, there came the voice of the Tang Dynasty, ancient and modern, palace and ruins, which was the witness of a thousand years' history, the future imagined by the ancients, the past that people missed today, and the sadness that people remembered the passage of time around a thousand years.
Five Model Essays for Tour Guides in Shaanxi Bell and Drum Tower (5)
Xi 'an Bell Tower is an ancient building that embodies the national architectural style of Ming Dynasty in China. It was built in the 17th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1384). The original site is located in Guangji Street, West Street. In the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1582), it moved to its present site and became an east-west hub, an axis building echoing north and south. There used to be a big clock hanging upstairs, which was used to alarm the time, hence the name "Bell Tower".
The bell tower is mainly made of brick and wood structure, and consists of three parts: base, building and roof from bottom to top. The building is a wooden structure, with three depths and three widths, and it is a building form of "double eaves and three drops of water" and "four corners and one roof". From the ground to Baoding, it is 36 meters high and covers an area of 1377.64 square meters. The base is square and 8.6 meters high. There is a 6-meter-high and 6-meter-wide voucher doorway in the middle of the four sides of the pedestal, which is connected with four streets in the southeast and northwest. The building is divided into two floors, with Ming-column cloisters, painted windows and carved doors at the four corners of each floor. In particular, each floor is decorated with classical and beautiful patterns such as bucket arches, algae wells, woodcuts and paintings. It is a magnificent building with strong national characteristics in China, and it is also the largest and best-preserved bell tower that China can see. The four corners of the eaves fly like birds spreading their wings. Against the glazed tile roof, animal kisses composed of various China classical animals and wild animals give people a simple form, elegant art, colorful and distinct aesthetic feeling. The high treasure dome shines in the sun, which makes this ancient building more radiant with unique charm.
From the steps on the north side of the bell tower, the circular painted pattern of "Wandao Xia Guang" on the ceiling of the lobby on the first floor first comes into view, surrounded by flowers from four seasons 184 painted ceiling, which is bright and vivid. The west wall of the lobby on the first floor is inlaid with three inscriptions. The first copy is the inscription record left by Xi Municipal People's Government after the renovation of 1953 Bell Tower. The second side is the monument to the reconstruction of Anzhonglou inscribed by Shaanxi Governor Zhang after five years of overhaul in Qingganlong. The third party is the inscription "Song of the Bell Tower Moving East" written by Shaanxi Governor Gong Maoxian after the bell tower moved east. (These three flat panels have been blocked by the showcase because of the renovation of the exhibition hall on the second floor of the bell tower. The value of the bell tower and the political color of the feudal ruling class have been properly reflected and evaluated.
Xi 'an Drum Tower is the largest drum tower in China. It is located at the southern end of the north courtyard gate of Xi 'an Anxi Street, adjacent to the bell tower in the east. The Drum Tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu, the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and rebuilt twice in the 38th year of Kangxi and the 5th year of Qianlong. There is a huge drum upstairs, which is called "Drum Tower" because it strikes the time every day. Drum Tower spans Beiyuanmen Street. Drum tower and bell tower are twin brothers, only half a mile apart, which set each other off and add a lot of color to the ancient city. The Drum Tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1380), four years earlier than the original bell tower. The basement area of the building is 738.55 square meters larger than the bell tower and 34 meters higher, which is as beautiful as the bell tower. In ancient times, there was a big drum hanging upstairs. At night, it was drummed to tell the time to the residents of the whole city, so it was called the Drum Tower.
Drum Tower was built by Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen, An Zhifu Wang and others. It is said that the cornerstone of the Drum Tower Project was laid in the misty rain. It was rebuilt twice in the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi (A.D. 1699) and the fourth year of Qianlong (A.D. 1740). According to "Rebuilding Xi 'an Drum Tower" in Qianlong five years, there was a bumper wheat harvest in Shaanxi last year. "Gansu grain harvest, people wait for life. "There is a peaceful scene of' one man marries one woman, and one ceremony urges the lawsuit'." So he followed the old story and reorganized the Drum Tower. Chang 'an county magistrate Wang Rui is responsible for the repair. After reconstruction, the Drum Tower looks magnificent and bright. Climbing up the stairs, the urban scenery and Qinchuan scenery are vivid.