When I was young, I had to look up at the bell tower. In those years, the bell tower was not opened, and visitors could not enter to visit, so I could only look at the tower and sigh.
Now, with the doors of many of Beijing's historic sites open, I am able to climb the bell tower and take in the view of Beijing.
In the same scene, looking up is a feeling, looking up is a feeling, and looking down is a feeling. If you want to feel the difference from multiple angles, you can't miss the opportunity to climb to the top.
Spend 5 yuan to enter the door, go around to the back of the bell tower, and come to the entrance of a small door on the east side. The steps of the bell tower are very steep, and it looks a little dizzy, but fortunately, there are handrails on both sides, as long as it is not too afraid of heights, ordinary people can go up.
A few days ago, there was a snowfall in Beijing, and there was not much snow left on the ground, but the roofs were still covered with snow. Standing on the bell tower and looking down, I saw a series of prints of snow. Such a view can only be seen if you climb up and look down.
The bell tower in Beijing was built in the ninth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1272) and was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1240), and then destroyed by fire.
The bell tower you see today was rebuilt in 1745 and completed two years later (1747).
I climbed the Drum Tower the year before last. The bell tower and the drum tower are different in architectural style and materials, the bell tower is an all-masonry structure, with a height of 479 meters, heavy eaves, rest on the top of the mountain, covered with black glazed tiles and green glazed trimming.
Standing on the bell tower and looking south, I saw the complete drum tower for the first time at eye level, which was very beautiful.
The Drum Tower and the Bell Tower are the two commanding heights at the north end of the central axis of the ancient capital of Beijing, and the colorful movement of "Evening Drum and Morning Bell" has been written.
As the time center of the capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the bell and drum tower has a history of more than 700 years.
Looking a little south-east, I saw the Chinese statue of the Great North Kiln in the East Third Ring Road. At 528 meters tall, it is the tallest building in Beijing and 11 times as tall as the bell tower. From this, I think that the development and change of a country and a city are not only reflected in the speed, but also in the height.
Looking west through the bell tower, I saw the West Ring Square next to the Xizhimen overpass. The 260,000-square-meter international Grade A office building is quite tall up close, but when viewed from the bell tower, it looks like a building block, but it is still beautiful.
When I came to the north of the bell tower and looked north along the central axis, I actually saw the exquisite tower of the Olympic Park. Measured by navigation, the straight-line distance from the Linglong Tower to the bell tower is as long as 75 km, but not close. I once remembered that on the night of the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, the "big footprints" decorated with ceremonial flowers passed through the top of the bell tower and walked towards the bird's nest.
I would like to say that over the past 700 years, the ancient capital of Beijing has experienced many vicissitudes and changes, which cannot be explained clearly in a few books. Standing on the bell tower and looking around, I have at least gained a little intuitive feeling today.
The White Tower of the North Sea is one of my favorite sights. I am here to tell you that from the angle of enjoying the beautiful posture of the White Pagoda, there is not only the Wanchun Pavilion in Jingshan Park, but also the Bell and Drum Tower at the north end of the central axis.
Climbing the bell tower on a cold day, despite the severe cold, I was able to enjoy the scenery that I could not see from the ground. This just confirms the famous poem of the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Zhilian: If you want to be poor, go to the next level.