I. Bell Tower
The bell tower is located in the center of Xi, at the intersection of four main streets in the city. It is the largest and best-preserved bell tower in China. The bell tower is built on a square base, which is a brick-wood structure with three eaves and four corners. There are spiraling stairs. It was built in the 17th year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu, and was first built in Guangji Street. In the tenth year of Wanli, Ming Shenzong moved.
The bell tower was built in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1384), and was named after an iron bell hanging upstairs. When it was first built, it was located at Guangji Street, facing the Drum Tower. Ming Shenzong Wanli Decade (AD 1582) was presided over by Gong Xian, the patrol ambassador, who moved the bell tower to this site. The bell tower is a typical architectural art style of Ming Dynasty, with double eaves and arches, towering roof, slightly upturned eaves, gorgeous and solemn.
It is said that an earthquake occurred in Guanzhong area shortly after the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne. According to folklore, there is an underground river under the city and a dragon in it. The dragon is turning over and Chang 'an is shaking. Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid and uneasy, so he tried to hold it down. The Taoist magician gave him an idea to build a bell tower in the center of Xi. The bell is the voice of heaven and earth, which can hold the dragon. To this end, Zhu Yuanzhang specially built a bell tower, which is the largest bell tower in China, and called the "first clock in the world" Jing Yun Bell.
Second, Yongning Gate
Yongning Gate is the south gate of Xi 'an City Wall, which is located in the west of the middle of the south city wall. It turned out to be the "gate" in the southeast of Chang 'an Imperial City in Sui and Tang Dynasties, but it was preserved when Han Jian rebuilt the new city in the late Tang Dynasty. From the seventh year to the eleventh year of Ming Hongwu (1374 to 1378), Xi Anfu City was expanded. This gate is the South Gate, renamed Yongning Gate. However, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the lintel-type three-door opening was changed into a brick arch-type single-door opening. After the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it has been passed down to this day. In June of the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), Zhang Fenghui, the governor of Shaanxi Province, wrote the lintel for Yongning Gate.
Third, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda (also known as Ci 'en Temple Pagoda) is located in Daiyuji, Jinchangfang, Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty (now southwest of Shaanxi Province). It is a brick tower built by Master Xuanzang to worship the Buddha statues, Buddhist relics and Sanskrit classics brought back from India. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a square cone-shaped pavilion-style brick pagoda with the style of traditional architectural art in China. This tower is 64 meters high and has seven floors. The tower body, bucket arch and column forehead are all blue brick imitation wood structures. 196 1 year, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was announced by the State Council, People's Republic of China (PRC) as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.