Weiyuan Tower, formerly known as Xiongzhen Tower, is also known as the Bell and Drum Tower. Located in the center of the cross street in Longxi County.
Weiyuan Tower was built in the first year of Tiansheng of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1023). It has a history of nearly a thousand years. It is located in the center of the county. It has majestic momentum, long history and exquisite design. Known for its styling.
In the first year of Emperor Shun's reign (AD 1341), a copper kettle with dripper and drum was installed on it. It was rebuilt in the first year of Hongwu (1368) by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and named "Xiongzhen Tower".
In the 16th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1836), a 4,000-kilogram copper bell made in the Northern Song Dynasty was moved upstairs. Therefore, it is also called "Bell and Drum Tower".
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History of Longxi:
Longxi, located in the southeast of Gansu Province and in the middle of Dingxi City, is the bridge between the ancient Silk Road and the New Eurasian-European Road. It is a must-pass area with an area of ??2,408 square kilometers and a population of 513,200. With its long history, it shines in the annals of Chinese civilization. It has always been the seat of county, state, and prefectural government in the past dynasties. It once became the political, economic, cultural, and military center of Longyou and the earliest provincial capital of Gansu Province.
In the 28th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin Dynasty (279 BC), Longxi County (governing Didao, now Lintao) was named. It was named because it was located to the west of Longshan. It was one of the thirty-six counties in the world. one. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Xiangwu County was established, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, it was moved to Jincheng and Longxi counties to govern Xiangwu. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was Wuyang County and later Longxi County. The county name is still used today.
After Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne, he issued an edict to the world that the Li family's county was in Longxi, so there was a saying that "the Li family in the world came out of Longxi." Now located in Renshou Mountain in the Provincial Forest Park, there is "Longxi Hall", which is said to be the Li family's ancestral hall, and then there is the theory of Li family culture.
The most prosperous time in Longxi's history was the Yuan Dynasty. In the second year of Zhongtong (1261), the founder of the Yuan Dynasty changed the Gongchang Commander's Mansion on Shaanxi West Road to the Gongchang Road Commander-in-Chief Mansion. At this point, Gongchang became It became the military and political center of the vast area east of Lanzhou, Gansu Province, including 5 counties in Shaanxi and 4 counties in Sichuan.