Jianou Drum Tower Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Jianou Drum Tower, formerly known as the "Five Phoenix Tower", is a landmark building in Jianou and an important landscape of the historical and cultural city. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, King Yanzheng of Fujian proclaimed himself emperor in Jianzhou in the first year of Tiande (943 AD) and rebuilt the South City Gate Tower of Jian'an County, which was set up in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the first year of Jian'an (196 AD), into the "Five Phoenix Tower". ", to show the imperial atmosphere of "Fengjirui". The arch cave foundation downstairs has been preserved for more than 1,800 years. In more than a thousand years of history, the Drum Tower has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. In the second year of Duanping of the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1235), a new "Qiao Tower", or Drum Tower, was built on the site of the "Wufeng Tower", and "The Story of the New Qiao Tower" was written by Liu Kezhuang, a writer of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was built five times in the Ming and Qing dynasties. After reconstruction in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1754), it was named "Zhen'an Tower". In the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917 AD), it was rebuilt again and renamed the Drum Tower, which is still in use today.

Scenic spot features:

photography, architecture, drum tower