Xi'an Bell Tower - a building built in traditional Chinese style, is located in the center of Xi'an, the ancient capital. It is moving away from the tower all the important streets of the city - East, North, West and South, which connect the bell tower with a gate of the city walls.

Bell Tower - the most well-preserved and the most enormous wooden tower, located in China. Its height is 36 meters, and the foundation - a width of about 35 meters and a height of about 8, 5 meters. Such large size of the tower due to the fact that during the reign of the Ming Dynasty city of Xi'an was a very important military significance.

And built a tower in 1384 under Emperor Zhu Yuanchzhane, in order to guard the city had the opportunity to observe the terrain and the enemy was able to prevent the emergence of, or attack an enemy army.

Inside the tower 2 floors, steel spiral staircase and a lot of beautiful color painting. Outside the tower is lined with gray bricks, roof gilded and cornices that protect from the weather, have a dark green tint.

On the second floor on the west wall bell tower is a memorial plaque, which tells that in 1582 the tower was moved here from somewhere else. First place was close to its construction - the central street of the city of Xi'an, in 1384. During the reign of dynasties 5 Tower was the center of the city, but over the years the city grew and moved the geographical center of Xian. It is for this reason that in 1582 the tower shifted toward a kilometer east of the city. According to the documents of the era, the transportation of the tower was easy and fast and does not require financial expenses, that was the famous bell tower in the architectural guides.

In the old days in the western corner of the building was a bell cast during the Tang Dynasty Jingyun, but according to urban legend, during the Ming dynasty bell for some reason stopped. Then the bell was cast in a modern, smaller and weighing 500 kg. The original bell, called "Jingyun", is in the Museum of Stone Forest Stella.