The Nanjing Drum Tower was built during the Ming Dynasty on Gulou (Purple) Mountain, Nanjing, China. In the ancient times, the Drum Tower was an important place for ceremonies, for welcoming important imperial guests, for offering sacrifices to appease the God, and other royal events. Made from bricks and wood, the tower is 44 meters long, 30 meters tall, and 22 meters wide and is an awesome sight. Its shape is like that of a Chinese gate with a large stone base. There are triple arches rising from the base, the middle arch being larger than the two at the sides. In ancient times, the side arches were guarded by hundreds of soldiers and imperial drumming officers.
Other Things to See in Nanjing
Zhanyuan Garden |
Yuyuan Garden |
Meiling Palace |
Linggu Temple |
Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum (Zhongshan Ling) |
Presidential Palace |
1912 Bar Street |
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum |
Nanjing Museum |
Zifeng Tower (Greenland Financial Center |
Fuzi Miao Pedestrian Street |
Zijin Shan Plank Way |
Zijin Shan Cable Car |
Jiming Temple |
Taicheng City Wall |
Zhonghua Gate |
Nanjing Museum of Paleontology |
Nanjing University |
Zijin Shan (Purple Gold Mountain) |
Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre |
Xuanwu Lake |
Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty (Mingxiao Ling) |
Tang Shan Hot Springs |
Rain Flower Terrace (Yuehua Tai) |
Nanjing City Wall |
Mochou Lake Park |
Nanjing Confucius Temple (Nanjing Fuzi Miao) |