The bell tower is located at the intersection of the East, West, South andNorth streets in Xi'an. It was used to ring the bell in the early morning inancient times, so it is called the bell tower. Since its completion, the belltower has been regarded as a symbol of the ancient city of Xi'an and is now akey cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. It is the largest andbest preserved bell tower left over from ancient China. Xi'an is an importantmilitary and political town in Northwest China in Ming Dynasty. Its bell towerranks the first in terms of architectural scale, historical value and artisticvalue in China.
The bell tower was built in 1384. The base of the clock tower is square,covering an area of 1377.4 square meters, 8.6 meters high and 35.5 meters wide,all of which are built with green bricks. The building is of brick and woodstructure, 36 meters high. The external eaves have three layers, but theinternal eaves have only two layers. The eaves of the building have fourcorners, and the eaves are decorated with painted brackets. "Dou Gong" is one ofthe characteristics of ancient wooden buildings in China. It is also unique inthe history of world architecture. It can not only make the building stronger,but also more beautiful. Dougong appeared in Shang Dynasty. We can see acomplete picture of Dougong on the patterns of Chinese bronzes.
Features: the bell tower was built in 1384 A.D. in the 17th year of Hongwureign of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Ming Dynasty. It was named after the iron bellhanging on the tower. When it was first built, it was located at today's Guangjistreet, facing the drum tower. In the 10th year of Wanli reign of emperorShenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1582 AD), Gong Xian, the imperial envoy of xun'an,presided over the relocation of the bell tower. The bell tower is a typicalarchitectural style of the Ming Dynasty, with double eaves and Dougong,high-rise and slightly upturned eaves.
Anecdote of giant Bell: on the northwest corner of the bell tower is a MingDynasty iron bell, weighing 5 tons, with eight trigrams patterns cast on theside of the bell. It was built in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty(1465-1487). But it is much smaller than the bronze bell that hung in the belltower earlier. The huge bell originally hung in the bell tower is the "Jingyunbell" cast in the Jingyun period of the Tang Dynasty (now stored in the forestof Steles Museum). It is said that after moving to the present site, althoughthe style and size of the building have not changed, the Jingyun bell will neverring. No choice but to change.
Today we are going to visit Xi'an city wall, bell tower and Drum Tower.It's a great honor to serve you.
The ancient castle we see now is the city wall of Xi'an in Ming Dynasty,which was built on the basis of Chang'an Imperial City in Tang Dynasty in theearly Ming Dynasty. It is one of the most famous city walls in the history ofthe late Middle Ages in China. It is the largest and most complete defensefacility of ancient military castle in the world.
Xi'an, as an ancient capital for thousands of years, has built city wallsmany times in the past dynasties. Most of them are buried in the dust ofhistory. The wall we see now can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty. In 1369 ad,Xu Da, a general of the Ming Dynasty, entered Shaanxi from Shanxi and changedthe original Fengtian road to Xi'an, which means "long-term stability in thewest". It opened the prelude of building the city wall in Xi'an in Ming Dynasty.The shape of the wall, which took eight years to build, is a rectangle. The wallis 15 meters high, 12-14 meters wide at the top, 16-18 meters wide at thebottom, and 13.9 kilometers long. The bottom layer is made of loess, lime andglutinous rice juice. After drying, it is very strong.
The ancient city wall of Xi'an includes a series of military facilitiessuch as moat, suspension bridge, gate tower, arrow tower, main tower, cornertower, enemy tower, parapet, crenel, etc. Well, now let's feel for ourselves thescientific, rigorous and complete military defense system.
The most peripheral part of the city wall is the moat, also known as the"moat", which is the first line of defense of the city wall. It can block theenemy's attack and even take advantage of the favorable terrain to destroy theenemy. The moat around the city wall of Xi'an is 20 meters wide. Crossing themoat is the gate, and the only channel connecting the moat and the gate is thesuspension bridge. At ordinary times, the soldiers obeyed the command of themorning bell and the evening drum. In the morning, they lowered the suspensionbridge to open the city gate; in the evening, they raised the suspension bridgeto cut off the traffic. Once there is a war, the suspension bridge rises and thegate is closed, the gate becomes a solid and closed Battle Fortress.
City gate is the key and weak point of city defense system. Usually, it isthe access to the city. In a war, it is the primary target for both sides.Therefore, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to improving the defensefacilities of the city gate. One of the most remarkable technologicalbreakthroughs is the use of the arched gate to prevent the enemy from attackingby fire. The gate of Xi'an City in the Ming Dynasty was very strong. The doorleaf was made of 16 cm thick wood. One gate was made of 2.8 cubic meters ofwood. The door leaf was reinforced with iron bars, and 180 iron mushroom needleswere nailed between the two iron bars. There are 1800 iron mushroom needles onthe whole door leaf. In this way, the wood of the door leaf is compacted, andthe stiffness of the door leaf is increased, so that the arrow can not be shotin.
In order to improve the security coefficient of the city gate defense, thecity gate is actually composed of three parts: Gate Tower, arrow tower and mainbuilding. The gate building is on the outside, and its function is to lift thesuspension bridge. It's also used to play watch. When the enemy invades the gateof the gate tower, it seems to enter the urn. They will be attacked from allsides. Therefore, the space downstairs is also called "urn city". The archerytower is in the center, with windows on the front and on both sides for archery.The archery tower and archery tower are connected by a wall, which is alsocalled "Wengcheng" and can garrison troops. The main building is in theinnermost part. The tower above the main building is the main building of thecity gate, which is the commanding place of the general. Outside the city wall,there is an enemy platform protruding from the main body of the city wall every120 meters, commonly known as "horse face". There are 98 "horse faces" on thewhole city wall. The building above the "horse face" is called the enemy tower.The distance between the two enemy platforms is 120 meters, and one side of itis 60 meters, which is "a stone's throw". This layout makes it easy to shoot theenemy from the side. Therefore, the ancients commented: "if there is a citywithout a platform, it is just like there is no city. The city is the guardian,and the platform is the guardian.". On the outside of the city wall, there aredwarf pheasants, also known as "pile wall", with crenels and square holes forarchery and watching. The low wall on the inside is called "parapet" to preventsoldiers from falling under the wall when they walk. In the four corners ofXi'an city wall, there is a tower called "turret". In the urn formed by thearrow tower and the main tower, there is a horse road leading to the head of thecity, which is convenient for the horses to go up and down. During the war, thisis the throat of the deployment of troops, and we must ensure that there is noobstruction. So the guard is very strict.
With the change of time, we can see Changle gate, Anding gate, Zhuque gate,Hanguang gate, Yuxiang gate and so on. The origin of these names also reflectsthe ups and downs of the ancient city. The city wall of Xi'an in the MingDynasty shows the wisdom of the ancient working people of our country. OK, thecity wall of Xi'an is here. We will continue to take you to visit the bell andDrum Tower.
The bell tower and drum tower are the unique buildings in ancient Chinesecities. Bell and drum are the earliest percussion instruments in China, with ahistory of more than 3020__ years. Initially used as ritual and musicalinstruments. It has been used in military command since the spring and Autumnperiod. Ancient Chinese cities have the nature of military castles. In additionto building walls around the city, digging trenches and setting up suspensionbridges, there are also bell and drum towers built in the center of the city asthe command center. At ordinary times, it reports the time by morning bell andevening drum, opens and closes the suspension bridge regularly, and it is usedto warn the police and command the city defense in case of emergency. This tighturban defense system reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty. Xi'an is an importantmilitary and political town in Northwest China in Ming Dynasty. Its bell towerand Drum Tower rank the first in terms of architectural scale, historical valueand artistic value in China.
The building we see now is the bell tower, which is located at theintersection of the four streets in Xi'an. It was built in the 17th year ofHongwu in Ming Dynasty. It was originally located in Yingxiang temple on theWest Street. With the eastward movement of the city center, in 20__ of Wanli ofShenzong of Ming Dynasty, the bell tower was demolished as a whole and moved tothe present site.
The bell tower is a typical architectural style of the Ming Dynasty, with aheight of 36 meters, double eaves and brackets, gorgeous and solemn. It consistsof three parts: base, body and roof. The base is square, all made of greenbricks. The building is a square wooden structure, surrounded by an ambulatoryon the outside and a two-story building on the inside with wooden ladderscircling up. In the square hall on the upper and lower floors of the building,there are various kinds of valuable porcelain and red Phoebe furniture since theMing Dynasty. The four sides of the doors are covered with relief paintings,with a simple and vivid style. The top of the building is a four cornerstructure, covered with green glazed tiles. The top dome is 5 meters high,glittering and brilliant.
On the northwest corner of the bell tower is a Ming Dynasty iron bell,which weighs 5 tons and has eight trigrams on its side. It is much smaller thanthe bronze bell that hung in the bell tower earlier. The giant bell originallyhung in the bell tower is a "Jingyun bell" cast in the Jingyun period of TangDynasty. Now the bell is collected in the forest of Steles in Xi'an. It is saidthat after the bell tower was moved from Yingxiang temple to the present site,although the style and size of the tower have not changed, the Jingyun bell willnever ring. There's no choice but to change. In order to move the jingyunzhongto the new bell tower, an inclined bridge was built in the west section of theWest Street, and the bridge slope was used to transport the jingyunzhong to thebell tower. It is said that "qiaozikou" also got its name.
There are inscriptions on the west wall of the bell tower. Song of the belltower was written by Gong Maoxian, governor of Shaanxi Province, who built thebell tower when he was dismissed and went to Beijing. The bell tower is warmlypraised in the poem. The story of the bell tower was written by Zhang Kai, thegovernor who had built the bell tower. It describes the life experience of thebell tower in detail. On the door of the bell tower, there are woodcut reliefstory paintings, including Mulan joining the army, Chang'e flying to the moon,Liu Yi's biography, Eight Immortals crossing the sea and so on. After thefounding of the people's Republic of China, the people's Government of Xi'ancarried out three large-scale repairs to the clock tower, which made the ancientbuilding glow with its former style.
Far away from the bell tower is the drum tower. The door opening at thebottom of the tower is north-south, leading to the north gate and the SouthDarcy street. The drum tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu in MingDynasty. It is sister to the bell tower. There is a huge drum on the north sideof the first floor of the drum tower, which forms a late drum with the morningbell on the bell tower, so it is called the drum tower. The building isrectangular. The height and width of the door opening on the base are 6 meters,and the depth is 38 meters. The drum tower is built with double eaves and threedrops of water. The building is divided into upper and lower floors. There aretwo plaques under the eaves of the north and the south. In the south, theEmperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty engraved a book with his pen: "the land ofculture and military prosperity", and in the north, Li yunkuan, a scholar ofXianning County, wrote "the sound is heard in the sky". In the outer eaves ofthe drum tower are decorated with Dou Gong, surrounded by corridors. The ceilingis painted with cloud pattern, antique, very beautiful. Bell and drum towerscomplement each other, making the ancient city of Xi'an more beautiful andspectacular. Well, this is the end of the tour of the bell and Drum Tower. Thankyou!
各位游客大家好!
今天我们将去参观陕西西安城墙、钟楼和鼓楼。很荣幸能为大家服务。
我们现在看到的这座古城堡就是明陕西西安城墙，是明初在唐长安皇城的基础上建筑起来的。它是我国中世纪后期历史上最著名的城垣之一，是世界上现存规模最大、最完整的古代军事城堡防御设施。
陕西西安作为千年古都，历代曾多次修筑城墙。它们多数被历史的尘埃掩埋。我们现在看到的城墙可追溯到隋代。公元1369年，明王朝大将徐达从山西进入陕西，将原来的奉天路改为西安，意为"西方长治久安"。拉开了明在西安修筑城墙的序幕。历时8年修筑完的城墙外形是一座长方形。城墙高15米，顶宽12—14米，底宽16—18米，周长13.9公里。最底层用黄土与石灰、糯米汁拌合而成，干燥之后，异常坚固。
陕西西安古城墙包括护城河、吊桥、闸楼、箭楼、正楼、角楼、敌楼、女儿墙、垛口等一系列军事设施。好了，现在让我们亲自来感受这座科学、严密、完整的军事防御体系。
城墙最外围是护城河，也叫" 城壕", 是城墙的第一道防线。它可以阻滞敌人进攻, 甚至可以利用有利地形把敌人趁机消灭。环绕陕西西安城墙的护城河宽20米,跨过护城河就是城门，而连接护城河与城门的唯一通道就是吊桥。平时，守城士兵听从晨钟暮鼓的指挥，早晨降下吊桥，开启城门;晚上升起吊桥，断绝交通。一旦发生战争，吊桥升起，城门紧闭，城门就成为坚固封闭的战斗堡垒。
城门是城防体系的重点，也是薄弱点。平时，它是出入城市的通道。战争时，又是攻守双方争夺的首要目标。因此，明代十分重视完善城门防御设施。尤其值得注意的一大技术突破是采用了券拱式城门，以防止敌人火攻。明陕西西安城的城门非常坚固，门扇用厚达16厘米的木板制成，一扇城门用木材2.8立方米，门扇上下横匝着铁条加固，每两道铁条的间隔处，钉有180枚铁蘑菇针。整个门扇上共有1800枚铁蘑菇针。这样就挤密了门扇的木材，增加了门扇刚度，使箭矢无法射入。
西安钟楼介绍导游词4
到陕西西安游览时，您一定想去看看大雁塔二这座唐代古塔是古城西安的独特标志，古人曾留下“驱山晚照光明显，雁塔晨钟在城南”的诗句。作为关中八景之一的大雁塔高高耸立在陕西西安市南郊慈恩寺内，距市中心约4公里，是我国的佛教名塔之一。
大雁塔前身是著名的慈恩寺。慈恩寺初名无漏寺，到了唐贞观二十二年(公元8年)高宗李治做太子时，为追念死去的母亲长孙皇后的恩德，下令在长安晋昌坊建造寺院，敕赐“慈恩”。它北面正对大明宫含元殿，占地26570平方米，周边风景优美，为唐都长安最宏伟、最壮观之佛教寺院。下面，请大家随我一起走进慈恩寺和大雁塔游览一番。
各位游客，慈恩寺是皇家主持建造的寺院，具有其他寺院望尘莫及的显赫地位和宏大规模。这座寺院当年由13座庭院组成，面积达34o亩，是现在寺院面积的7倍。其建筑富丽堂皇，装饰华丽富贵。慈恩寺现有面积32314平方米，约合48.5亩。
我们先来看寺院山门前这对威武的石狮子。说来也怪，一般外域传入我国的东西，总是先传入实物，而后才有根据实物创作的艺术品。而狮子落户我国，却例外地先传人狮子石刻艺术品，而后才有真狮子的出现。大家知道狮子是在东汉年间由波斯引入我国的，石狮子则是与佛教同时在两汉之际已自印度传入我国。狮子有避邪的作用，佛教认为“佛为人中狮子”，所以佛台前常刻有狮子，称狮子。慈恩寺大门口，有4尊石狮对称地雄踞左右，里边靠近大门的两尊，不清楚雕造于何年何时。东侧是雄狮，在戏弄脚下绣球。西侧是雌狮，脚边有一对小狮，称为母子狮。看来这些狮子也按照人们的习惯，以男左女右的序列摆放了。靠外边的两尊狮子，东侧一尊是清乾隆五十年(公元1785年)雕造，西侧一尊是19年(公元1930年)雕造。这两对石狮高度在1.7米以上，每尊重量至少也在250公斤以上。奇怪的是这两尊八面威风石制实心的庞然大物，即使用手轻轻地拍打，也会发出似铜非钢的金属声，清脆悦耳，十分动听。各位游客，您能猜出这是什么原因吗?
走进寺院是两座小楼，东边是钟楼，里边悬挂有明代嘉靖年间铸造的一口铁钟，重15吨。西边是鼓楼，楼里存有一面大鼓。长久以来，人们都把“雁塔晨钟’作为关中八景之一，广为流传。但以往人们都以为“雁塔晨钟”是指陕西西安小雁塔的钟，其实此景指的是大雁塔，因为大雁塔这口钟重3万斤，是在大慈恩寺内于明嘉靖二十七年(公元1548年)十月铸造的，比小雁塔那口钟搬入寺内的时间早100多年，上面还铸有“雁塔晨钟”铭文。
众所周知，一般寺庙都有大雄宝殿，慈恩寺也一样。它的大雄宝殿位于寺院中心高台上，初建于明天顺二年(公元1458年)至成化二年(公元1466年)，清光绪十三年(公元1887年)曾予大修。大殿上面三座塑像是释迎牟尼三身像。中间的叫法身像，西边的叫报身像，东边的叫应身像。释迎牟尼为佛教始祖，原是古印度迎毗罗卫国的王子，生于公元前565年，死于公元前486年，大约与孔子同时代。三身佛东侧立有释迦牟尼的十大弟子之一迎叶;西侧立有其堂弟阿难，他待从释迦牟尼25年，也是十大弟子之一。两侧是十八罗汉和玄奘塑像。
大雄宝殿后是藏经楼，存有《藏文大藏经》等重要经典。楼下是讲堂，为佛教徒讲经说法之处，供奉阿弥陀佛铜像一尊，高1米多。殿内珍藏玄奘亲手供奉的佛座一件，还有唐代青响石四大天王像座一块。此石为蓝田玉山所产青石，敲之锵锵有声，清脆悦耳。
各位游客，我们走出藏经楼，就能看到壮观雄伟的大雁塔。看到这座唐代建筑，你们一定会又感叹又好奇吧?首先一个问题就是此塔为何要以大雁命名呢?
按照印度佛教传说，当初佛教有大乘与小乘两派，小乘佛教不忌荤腥。有一天，正是菩萨布施日，一座小乘寺院的和尚却买不到肉下饭。这时天空中一群大雁飞过，一个和尚望着雁群自言自语：“今日增房无肉吃，大慈大悲的菩萨一定不会忘记这是什么日子。”话音未落，领头的大雁便折翅坠地。于是全寺和尚大惊失色，认为这定是菩萨显灵。他们就在大雁坠地处建造石塔，并戒绝荤腥，改信大乘佛教。因此，佛塔又称大雁塔。
到了大雁塔，人们自然会想起唐代名僧玄奘，他是慈恩寺内的第一任住持方丈。相传唐永徽三年(公元652年)，著名高僧玄奘大师为安置他从西域带回来的经书、佛像、舍利，奏请高宗允许，在慈恩寺西院，敕建了大雁塔。当年三月动工，玄奘亲自监造，一年建成。
各位游客，大家一定看过中国四大名著之一的.《西游记》及据此改编的同名电视连续剧，那么《西游记》里的唐僧是否就是唐代这位著名和尚玄奘呢?玄奘法师俗姓陈，13岁在洛阳出家为增，勤奋好学，在国内各地访师问学后，决意到佛教发源地印度去探索佛教的精蕴。玄奘于唐贞观三年(公元629年)从长安出发，沿着丝绸之路，穿越上天飞鸟、下无走兽的戈壁沙漠，西行直至天竺，贞观十九年(公元5年)学成后返回长安，历时17年，行程5万公里，经100多个国家和地区，取回佛经657部，并在印度获得极高地位，备受尊崇。回国后，在唐皇室的支持下，他集中各地博学高僧，组成规模空前的佛经译物场，并亲自任译主。翻译的佛经无论从质量或数量上都远远超过前人，开创了我国翻译史上的新时期，共译著佛经75部1335卷，撰写了《大唐西域记》，受到各国学者的重视。应该说《西游记》是以唐代玄类西出取经为背景而写成的，但故事里的唐僧不全指玄奘，而是一个经过艺术化的文学作品里的人物。
各位游客，大雁塔在建时高60米，5层，砖表土心，光盘梯。后塔心砖缝草木丛生，渐趋颓废。经武则天长安年间、唐玄宗天宝年间、后唐长兴年间几次改造，大雁塔比原先长高了4.5米，还加了两层。底层每边长25米，基座为方形，边长45米至48米，每层四面均有券门，塔内装有楼梯。塔底层门楣上均有精美的线刻佛像，尤其是西门楣的释迦牟尼佛说法图，上刻当时废殿建筑的写真图，传为唐代大画家阎立本的手笔，是研究后代佛教文化和建筑艺术的珍贵资料。塔南门东西两侧的砖龛内镶嵌有唐太宗李世民撰的《大唐三藏圣教序》碑和唐高宗李治撰的《大唐三藏圣教序记》碑。两碑都是唐代著名书法家褚遂良书写，为唐代碑刻中的精品，是受国家保护的珍贵书法原刻，是研究古代书法艺术的重要实物资料。完全可以这样说，这座仿木结构的楼阁式方形砖塔，造型简洁，气势雄伟，有显著的民族特色和时代风格，是我国佛教建筑中的杰作。
游客们，大雁塔自建成至今，历代名人都留下了传诵千古的佳句。杜甫有‘高标跨苍穹，烈风无时休”的赞语，岑参有“塔势如涌出，孤高耸天宫;登临出世界，蹬道盘虚空”的名句。诗人气势磅礴的描写与富于哲理的感叹，常常在人们登塔时引起共鸣。
钟楼始建于明朝洪武十七年，原址在广济街口。万历九年迁址到东西南北四条大街的交汇处，成为一做绾毂东西、呼应南北的轴心建筑。万历年间，关中地震道士高承之断言，有万年鳌鱼在地下作怪，于是知府将钟楼迁到现址震住妖孽作祟的穴口，从此西安天下太平，万民乐业。钟楼正面的楹联就反应了这段传说。
明王朝定都南京后，其间还有一次迁都之议。有大臣主张迁都西安，朱元璋曾有些心动，专门派太子朱标赴西安实地勘察，选择宫室基址，并绘制陕西地图进献。太子朱标从陕西回到南京后，呈献了陕西地图给父皇朱元璋，并详细介绍了西安的地理优势，认为：“举天下莫关中若也，天下山川惟秦地号为险固”，提议迁都西安 。但不久太子朱标英年早逝，此时朱元璋已经年迈，这位晚年丧子的老人心力憔悴，迁都之事不了了之，但西安钟楼已按照皇家建筑级别建成。
钟楼建成198年后，经历了一场整体搬迁。这次东迁是与西安城市发展的东扩有关，钟楼二楼西墙上，嵌有一方《钟楼东迁歌》碑，记述了这座巨大建筑整体迁移的过程。
钟楼初建时的位置在西大街以北广济街口的迎样观，与南北城门正对，是城市的中心。这一位置正在唐长安城的中轴线上，也是五代、宋、元时长安城的中心。然而，在其后的二百年间，西安城不断扩建，在原来的基础上，向东、向北各扩建了近四分之一的面积，随着城市中心东移，城门改建，新的东、南、西、北四条大街形成，位于迎祥观的钟楼便日益显得偏离城市中心。明神宗万历十年(1582年)，由巡抚御使龚懋贤主持，将钟楼整体迁移于今天的地址，成为一座绾毂东西、呼应南北的轴心建筑。
西安钟楼，建于明太祖朱元璋洪武十七年(公元1384年),为砖木结构，重楼三层檐，四角攒顶的形式，总高36米，每边长35.5米，占地面积1377平方米，内有楼梯可盘旋而上。在檐上覆盖有深绿色琉璃瓦，楼内贴金彩绘，画栋雕梁，顶部有鎏金宝顶，金碧辉煌。以它为中心辐射出东、南、西、北四条大街并分别与明城墙东、南、西、北四门相接。
欣赏编钟所奏的乐曲以及仿古舞蹈。曲目有民乐《登楼曲》，长安古乐《奉金杯》、《摇门栓》，名曲《春江花月夜》，古曲《飞天》、《大登殿》，编钟独奏《茉莉花》，以及《秦腔曲牌》。每日六场演出，时间分别为上午9:00、10:30、11:30、15:00、16:00、17:00 ，每场四首滚动演出，表演时间10-15分钟。
钟鼓楼表演除每日固定时间外，团体欣赏可提前预约，加场演出时间为晚19:00-22:00。
钟楼地处西安繁华的东、西、南、北四条大街交汇处，它古时用来在清晨敲钟报时，故称钟楼 。从建成之日起，钟楼就一直被看作是古城西安的象征，现为陕西省重点文物保护单位。它是我国古代遗留下来许多钟楼中形制最大、保存最完整的一座。西安是明代西北军政重镇，它的钟楼无论从建筑规模历史价值或艺术价值各方面衡量，都居全国同类建筑之冠。
钟楼始建于1384年。钟楼的基座是正方形，占地1377.4平方米，高8.6米，宽35.5米，全部用青砖砌成。楼为砖木结构，高36米。外部重檐3层，但内部仅上下两层。楼檐四角攒顶，檐下饰有彩绘斗拱。“斗拱”是我国古代木结构建筑的特点之一。在世界建筑史上也是独一无二的。它不但能使建筑物更加牢固，而且更加美观。斗拱在 商代就已出现，在我国青铜器的花纹上，可以看到较完整的斗拱图象。
特点：钟楼始建于明太祖朱元璋洪武十七年(公元1384年)，因楼上悬挂铁钟一口而得名。初建时，地址在今广济街口，与鼓楼对峙。明神宗万历十年(公元1582年)由巡安御使龚贤主持，将钟楼整体迁移于今址。钟楼呈典型明代建筑艺术风格，重檐斗拱，攒顶高耸，屋檐微翘，华丽庄严。
巨钟轶闻 ：钟楼的西北角上陈列着一口明代铁钟，重5吨，钟边铸有八卦图案，建造于明成化年间(1465～1487年)。但它比钟楼早先悬挂的铜钟却小得多了。钟楼原先悬挂的巨钟是唐代景云年间铸造的“景云钟”(现藏于碑林博物馆)。据说，迁到今址之后，虽然楼的式样大小并没有改变，景云钟却怎么也敲不响了。无可奈何，只有另换。
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