Two blocks west of the Bell Tower, stands the Drum Tower, which was built in 1380. There used to be a huge drum in the tower, which told the time at dusk; hence, the Bell and the Drum have been referred to as "the Morning Bell" and "the Dusk Drum". Later, the drum was no longer used to tell time but only to give warnings to people in times of war.
Quite similar to the nearby Bell Tower, the Drum Tower also has a triple-eaved, two-storey wooden structure high off its rectangular brick platform, which is 52.6 meters (172feet) long, 38 meters (125 feet) wide and 7.7 meters (25 feet) high. Parapets on each tier surround the center and The elegance and grandeur outer eaves decorated with wooden arches reveals much of the superb architectural artifice. The second storey is now used as an antique shop, for which it provides a very original setting. A road goes straight through it extending to the Muslim quarter.
This tower marks the entrance to the citys Muslim Quarter which is a lovely area to wander and observe. the felling here is almost of a "city within a city" and the streets around this district heading up to the Mosque are like a small village crammed with people selling all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
Quite similar to the nearby Bell Tower, the Drum Tower also has a triple-eaved, two-storey wooden structure high off its rectangular brick platform, which is 52.6 meters (172feet) long, 38 meters (125 feet) wide and 7.7 meters (25 feet) high. Parapets on each tier surround the center and The elegance and grandeur outer eaves decorated with wooden arches reveals much of the superb architectural artifice. The second storey is now used as an antique shop, for which it provides a very original setting. A road goes straight through it extending to the Muslim quarter.
This tower marks the entrance to the citys Muslim Quarter which is a lovely area to wander and observe. the felling here is almost of a "city within a city" and the streets around this district heading up to the Mosque are like a small village crammed with people selling all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
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