Tianjinwei was founded in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, namely 1404. At that time, Tianjin was just an earthen enclosure, and then a tower was built with bricks. 149 1 year. In the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin Garrison Road was built with four gates in the east, south and north, and the north gate was particularly majestic. Around this time, the Drum Tower was built in the city center. It is said to be the Drum Tower, but it is actually the Bell Tower. The building is three stories high, and the bottom floor is arched into a roof with bricks, which is open on all sides and can be interspersed. There is a big clock in the drum tower. Mei, a Tianjin poet in Qing Dynasty, wrote a couplet and hung it on the Drum Tower. The first couplet reads: "open high and board quickly, watch the 72 sellers' sails"; The bottom line is "Who wakes up in prosperity?" Listen to the morning and evening bells of 180 pestle. After the Revolution of 1911, Tianjin calligrapher Hua Shikui wrote this couplet. In other words, on the Drum Tower, the rivers in Zhigu, Xigu and Gagaku are dotted with white sails and frequent water transportation. The so-called seventy-two sale, in fact, can not be fully seen, which is an exaggeration. The sound of 108 awakened the sleeping city of Tianjin and artistically summarized the social life of ancient Tianjin. Zhou Chuliang, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem "Zhi Zhu Ci", which further developed and said: "This is the bell tower and drum tower, which starts at dawn and ends at dusk, with hundreds of singles and eight rings, and the pot waist has a definite edge at night. "I mean, at that time, a hunchbacked old man rang the bell twice every morning and evening, and it rang fifty-four times every time. When he rang the bell accurately, the city gate opened or closed.
Tianjin drum tower was destroyed in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, the famous calligrapher Hua Shikui and others initiated and rebuilt the Drum Tower. After liberation, it was demolished due to the development of urban construction. At that time, the responsible cadre of the Municipal Cultural Bureau who supervised the work at the scene was Mr. Gu Daoxin, who is now from Libo, Tianjin.
Let's talk about batteries. In the 12th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1639), in order to resist the invasion of Manchu ruling forces, seven forts were built around Tianjinwei, which were located in seven places, namely Majiakou, Guang Hai Temple West, the north bank of Sanchahekou, the south bank of Yaowa in Hebei District, Xigu in Hongqiao District, Shaogong Zhuangdong and Shuangmiao Street. In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zuo wrote the poem "Seven Surrounding Terraces", which listed the bunker as one of the "Eight Scenes of Tianjin". You can imagine how spectacular the fortress was at that time.