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Zhangye Drum Tower 张掖鼓楼Zhāngyè Gǔlóu
National heritage site · Zhangye, Gansu
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangye
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhangye Drum Tower
Zhangye's Drum Tower, also called Zhenyuan Tower, rises 28 m at the crossroads in the middle of the old city: a brick-faced platform pierced by four arched passages carries a two-storey timber pavilion under a pyramidal tiled roof. It was first built in 1507, burned in 1648 and rebuilt in 1668, and a Tang-dynasty bronze bell hangs on its platform.
How to get to Zhangye Drum Tower
At the central crossroads of Zhangye's old town, a short walk from the Dafo Temple and the East Granary.
Nearby
- Zhangye Danxia (Rainbow Mountains) 张掖七彩丹霞 30 km
Mountains striped red, orange and yellow like the layers of a painted cake
Also within 20 km: Zhangye East Granary 张掖东仓 (under 10 km), Ganquan Red History and Culture Area 甘泉红色历史文化旅游区 (under 10 km), Dafo Temple, Zhangye 张掖大佛寺 (under 10 km), Xilai Temple 西来寺 (under 10 km), Zhangye National Wetland Park 张掖国家湿地公园 (under 10 km), Lushuiwan Scenic Area 芦水湾 (under 10 km).
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