Drum Tower

Bell and drum tower are in central Beijing and you will probably walk passed them sometime. If not the two towers are a good place to head to followed by a stroll around the hutongs. I was lucky enough to witness a performance in the drum tower which was late afternoon about 4-5pm. The performance was enjoyable and worth hanging around for if you can. Walked between the two towers

I had been to the bell and drum tower in Xian previously and the ones in a Beijing were very different, not at all in a bad way. I don’t know if I could go in but at the time I couldn’t. These ones felt smaller and more personal. The ones in Xian were in the middle of an heavy traffic area so harder to get to and see. In Beijing they were in a small park. Because of this I felt ok to walk around and take my time and didn’t feel the need to find out if I could go inside, the park was worth the visit on its own. It was early spring so still a little cold and less people were out and I loved that. They are easy to miss but I think you should check them out. I’d do them on the way to something else as they are smaller.

🚌How to get to Beijing? Train/High-speed rail stations: There are 5 train stations High-speed trains will stop at Beijing South Station, Beijing Station, and Beijing West Station. Friends from nearby provinces and cities are recommended to choose high-speed rail Airports: Capital International Airport, Large International Airport Capital International Airport is closer to the city center, and the bus/subway/shuttle to the city center from both airports is actually very convenient ✅Nanluoguxiang - Shichahai These two years, the most popular Hutong citywalk destination, right next to Nanluoguxiang, retains the classic taste of Beijing's Hutongs. In winter, it's a good choice to come here to drink coffee on the roofs, gather around the stove to brew tea, and stroll through the Hutongs~ Right next to Nanluoguxiang is the Drum Tower and Shichahai, where you can watch the sunset in the evening if the weather is good ✅Niujie Hongji Baozi Shop, Manji Shaobing, Yaoji Stomach Bag Meat, Dayi Roast Chicken, Baiji Year Cake, Yibao Lotus Leaf Zhen Cake ✅Qianmen Street Menkuang Century-old Lu Zhu, Halal Niu Jie Lao Bao Du Man, Yaoji Fried Liver, Niujie Hongji Snack Shop, Quanjude Next to the Drum Tower: 1️⃣Tried Douzhi for the first time, it tastes like stinky pickled vegetables + soy milk Zengshengkui: The sugar oil cakes are too delicious 😭 average cost 10r Not cheap, but the milk inside is very thick, average cost 80, need to queue, you can call ahead to get a number, hawthorn 5r, no queue in the morning, the ingredients are very solid! Prefer meat cakes! After raising the national flag, eating is just perfect, twice as happy in one day! 2️⃣Come and drink old Beijing tea soup, personally think it's not bad 3️⃣Crispy skin and tender meat, the skin is really fragrant! Indeed not bad, need to queue, you can choose to share tables 4️⃣Palace desserts!! The milk flavor is very strong 5️⃣Go to the one at Beixin Bridge, the same as Yi Bo, I changed lung for tofu 6️⃣Temple of Heaven afternoon tea, also quite good! The matcha flavor is very strong! 7️⃣Searching everywhere: Next to Yonghegong, an average cost of sixty old Beijing Hutong flavor, freshly made and drunk, the bread is also not bad 8️⃣Fang Zhuan Factory: The taste is okay! You can get more noodles, next to Huguo Temple, and there's also candied haw! ✅Nanluoguxiang - Shichahai These two years, the most popular Hutong citywalk destination, right next to Nanluoguxiang, retains the classic taste of Beijing's Hutongs. In winter, it's a good choice to come here to drink coffee on the roofs, gather around the stove to brew tea, and stroll through the Hutongs~ Right next to Nanluoguxiang is the Drum Tower and Shichahai, where you can watch the sunset in the evening if the weather is good ✅Niujie Hongji Baozi Shop, Manji Shaobing, Yaoji Stomach Bag Meat, Dayi Roast Chicken, Baiji Year Cake, Yibao Lotus Leaf Zhen Cake ✅Qianmen Street Menkuang Century-old Lu Zhu, Halal Niu Jie Lao Bao Du Man, Yaoji Fried Liver, Niujie Hongji Snack Shop, Quanjude

The red walls and glazed tiles provide a unique backdrop to the magnolia flowers in the capital. The central axis road includes Hong'en Temple - Bell and Drum Towers - Huode Zhenjun Temple. After reconstruction, Hong'en Temple was turned into a cultural and creative bookstore. The central axis road post office is also here, right on the north side of the Bell and Drum Tower Square. It's a nice place to stroll when visiting the Drum Tower. Walking south from the Drum Tower, you will find the Temple of the Fire God, still bustling with worshippers. Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty also visited this temple multiple times to offer incense and pray for blessings. The central axis is an important road in Beijing's reconstruction and heritage application project, and it is one of the key routes for city walks.

In Beijing | Right by the Drum Tower! Eating hotpot, the Michelin kind. Yang Daye's new store! Right by the Drum Tower. There are some surprises, the upstairs terrace offers a view of the Bell Tower, and the design of the main hall incorporates Beijing's Siheyuan culture. Copper pot hotpot, the clear broth base is the original flavor! 【Yang Daye's Special Sesame Sauce】At first, I thought it was a teacup, very exquisite, with the character 'Yang' written in fermented tofu, very signature. 【Freshly Fried Chili Oil】Freshly fried and very fragrant, and not spicy. Nine-grid plate contains chive blossoms, chopped green onions, cilantro. 【Yang Daye's Big Sword】【Chrysanthemum Lamb】 The meat is tender and fresh, definitely eat fresh and hotpot fresh. Coated with a full load of sesame sauce, it's amazing. 【Luxurious Supreme Fried Mantou Slices with Sesame Sauce and White Sugar】 Fried mantou slices, drizzled with sesame sauce, then sprinkled with white sugar, just like a carb bomb. Come to Drum Tower Street citywalk to have a taste. -end-

I was lucky enough to encounter the first snow in Beijing when I was traveling alone, and the Drum Tower after the snow is really too beautiful! Follow my camera and take you to cloud travel this beautiful Drum Tower after the snow! 🌟Attraction Introduction One of the iconic buildings of the ancient capital Beijing, located at the north end of the central axis of Beijing in the north-south direction, situated at the north end of Di'anmen Outer Street in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The Drum Tower has a height of 46.7 meters, faces south from the north, covers an area of about 7,000 square meters, is topped with grey tube tiles and green glazed trim, and is a double-eaved three-drip water wooden structure building. There is a low brick wall around it, and a pair of stone lions in front of the gate. 📷About Photography ✅Position one: Directly opposite the road from the Shichahai subway exit, this is a popular spot, and many people queue up here to check in. ✅Position two: The street sign of the Drum Tower West Street, where many photographers take pictures for a fee, and the red wall makes for great photos. ✅Position three: Drum Tower Square, where you can capture the full view of the Drum Tower, also a spot where it's easy to take good photos. 🌟Solo Travel How to spend time in Beijing alone? Sharing my solo travel strategy. 1️⃣About accommodation: First of all, when traveling alone, I choose youth hostels, which are economical and also a great way to meet many new friends. 2️⃣About food and drink: When eating alone, I mostly try snacks and taste the special cuisine of Beijing. 3️⃣About getting around: The most convenient way to travel in Beijing is by subway, which can take you directly to most attractions. 📷About Tickets 🎟️Ticket price: 20/person ⏰Opening hours: 09:00-18:00 🚗About Transportation 🚌Bus travel: You can take bus routes 60, 82, or 5 to the Drum Tower station and walk there. 🚇Subway travel: Take the subway line 8 to Shichahai station (C Southeast exit) and walk there. 📍Detailed address: No. 9, Zhonglouwan Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Tour the Drum Tower at night, enjoy the music and exhibitions, and immerse yourself in time. 🏮 The Drum Tower in Beijing is located at the northernmost end of the central axis of Beijing. With its red bricks and black tiles, it is solemn and solemn. It has experienced vicissitudes of life, but still retains its ancient charm. The bell tolls, precipitating the memory of history; witnessing time, guarding the annotations of the years. 🏮 The 'Bell and Drum Ritual Music, Sound Moving Central Axis' event at the Beijing Bell and Drum Tower, celebrating the New Year on the central axis, welcoming spring and good fortune, is festive and lively, full of New Year's flavor. The dragon-shaped beautiful decoration is even more dazzling at night, reflecting the simple and elegant Drum Tower. 🏮 Immerse yourself in listening to the national music concert brought by the Beijing National Orchestra, with ancient rhythms and drums ringing together. Not only will you learn a lot about musical instruments and music theory, but you will also immerse yourself in the appreciation of familiar ceremonial music, including the ensemble and solo performances of 'Golden Snake Dance', 'Step by Step High', 'Flower Good Moon Round', 'Jasmine', 'Dragon Boat', 'Dragon Leaping Tiger Jump', 'Gusu Row', 'Spring River Flower Moon Night', 'Joyful', a feast for the eyes and ears, full of joy. 🏮 After the concert, the Drum Tower staged a 'hard tech'. 720 ° full immersion light and shadow show, four layers of digital light and shadow art, immersive experience of the Drum Tower's time and space changes, feel the hundreds of years of history and charm of the central axis. 🏮 The 'Story of Time' digital immersion exhibition is themed on timekeeping instruments and time, reflecting the past and present. Time architecture, Chinese time, discovery of the central axis theme exhibition hall. Reporting time drums, Yongle big clock, virtual drumming and bell ringing, evening drums and morning bells, drums for orders, bells for transmission. Understand traditional timekeeping methods, the timing principles and exquisite construction of sundials, copper engraved leaks, and stele leaks, and understand the wisdom contained in arrow rulers, twelve hours, and twenty-four solar terms. 🏮 Images, sounds, and words open up the five senses, fully understand the history of the Bell and Drum Tower. Listening to the bell in the four nine cities, virtual drumming experience, old Beijing hawking sounds and other interactions, time and space travel, instant transfer to old Beijing in the four nine cities. Especially the old Beijing hawking sounds, each loudspeaker corresponds to a hawking sound, open one by one, listen to it completely, warm in the heart.

Day1 (Drum Tower - Yandai Xiejie - Shichahai to watch the sunset) After getting off the plane at noon, we first settled in the hotel. We chose to take a taxi because we had a lot of luggage and were too lazy to transfer by subway. We stayed in Dongsi, which is very convenient to go anywhere, and there are many characteristic bread coffee shops nearby. After settling down, we went to the Drum Tower to eat candied haws and take pictures, and then strolled along Yandai Xiejie to Shichahai, just in time for the sunset🌄, which was too beautiful. After strolling around, we went to Yaerlijie for dinner, sitting in the scenic spot, surrounded by dusk, eating a warm hot pot is so comfortable. Day2 (The Palace Museum + Jingshan Park)🏯 The Palace Museum is scheduled for the morning, entering from the East Gate, recommending the live explanation of the Palace Museum official, which is available on both sides of the security check. We took the Central Axis - West Six Palaces - Treasure Museum route, 2.5 hours 350r, very worth it. With the explanation, you won't just glance over it. (I have to say that the things in the Treasure Museum are really too exquisite. After the explanation, we toured the Palace Museum on our own, visiting the cultural and creative shops and buying things. We left at two o'clock, and after leaving, we took a number at the Four Seasons Minfu Palace Museum store, then went to visit Jingshan Park, and returned to the roast duck shop at about 4:50, just in time for us. The position we queued up was good, next to the scenic spot. The taste is still appetizing for Cantonese. After dinner, we strolled back to the hotel. Day3 (Universal Studios)🌍 We left the hotel at 9:30 in the morning and took a taxi to Universal Studios. We played in a low-key manner during the off-season. We brushed Harry Potter's Forbidden Journey, Hippogriff Flight, Overlord Tiger Roller Coaster (which made me grit my teeth), Minions Turn the Sky, Jurassic World Adventure, etc. The projects in Universal are really dizzying, and I felt dizzy all the way. As for food, the Three Broomsticks Butterbeer tastes okay🧈. After watching the fireworks show in the evening, we bought some small souvenirs and left the park. Day4 (Yonghe Palace + Temple of Heaven) We got up early in the morning and went to Yonghe Palace to worship sincerely. We didn't ask for the opening of the rosary and so on. Maybe the day we went was the first day of the lunar month, and there were a lot of people. After worshiping, we rode a bike to Guozijian Hutong, strolled around Guan Xia, and then rode back to the hotel passing by the Coffee Manufacturing Bureau, and had a pistachio dirty, which was well-deserved and delicious. After a rest, we went to the Temple of Heaven🎑. We entered from the North Gate, passed through a forest of ancient trees to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The forest of ancient trees is really beautiful, with snow on the ground, and occasionally a little squirrel would run down, feeling healed by nature. We also went in to see some exhibitions in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, which is worth seeing. In the evening, we had Xiaodiao Pear Soup, which was delicious and moist. I couldn't get used to the dishes, which were sweet. I ordered a chili sauce and I could eat it😅. Day5 (Mutianyu Great Wall)🗿 Few people and beautiful scenery! High playability! We went to both the east and west lines, the slide down the mountain on the east line was exciting, and the scenery on the west line was shocking. There are many chubby cats on the Great Wall, and I found that they recognize Chinese people. Many foreign friends teased them and they didn't move. They took the initiative to come to my feet and act like a baby😎 Day6 (Summer Palace) The last day's itinerary was arranged in the Summer Palace. Ice skating⛸️ is so much fun! It's just a bit cold on the feet. We were super lucky to encounter snowfall❄️! Touring the Summer Palace in the snow, it feels like traveling through time. There are many places worth visiting in Beijing, I like Beijing and will come again🇨🇳❤️

💛Hello everyone, I am Beijing photographer Weipan Liuye 💛The recent hot shooting theme of travel photography must be the festive atmosphere before the Spring Festival 💛The photo was taken recently, the location is near Beijing Drum Tower, a very popular place, full of Beijing flavor 💛The little sister is wearing modern clothes this time, considering the red walls, gray tiles and other buildings, the white coat with a red scarf is not too creative, but at least it will not be too exaggerated, and street shooting is also relatively natural 📍The sunny sunset time is definitely the best, the whole street and alley will be illuminated by the sun, enhancing the atmosphere 📍Must use RAW format, so it will be easier to adjust the color to the best at the moment of sunset, restore the real environment 📍Communicate well with the little sister, normal action POSE is fine, be a little more natural, continuous shooting is fine 📍Personal opinion: I don't like the feeling of pure empty mirror without passers-by, I prefer the street shooting style with a sense of reality, so it doesn't matter if there are some passers-by 📍When taking pictures on the street, both the photographer and the model sister must pay attention to traffic safety 🔍Specific camera position coordinates: around the Drum Tower, you can go to Drum Tower West Street, Bell and Drum Tower Square, Bell Alley and other places 📸Equipment: Sony A7m4+Sony 24-70GM+Sigma 85 1.4dgdn

A winter without the Drum Tower is incomplete! The New Year vibe in Beijing is really awesome. 📷Best photo spots ·The Di'anmen Outer Street on the south side of the Drum Tower, for a full view of the Drum Tower ·The entrance of the south gate of the Drum Tower, to capture the red wall and the sign of the Drum Tower ·The street sign on the East Street of the Drum Tower, for a slightly upward shot ·The red walls around the Drum Tower, for full-body and half-body portraits ·The candied hawthorn cart near the Drum Tower, using candied hawthorn as a prop ⚠️tips ·It is recommended to go there around 2-5 in the afternoon, just when the light is right ·It is recommended to take public transportation, as traffic jams are quite serious nearby ·You can prepare some props for a more atmospheric feel ·Exit from Exit A2 of Shichahai Station, and walk for 5 minutes

🍡The Drum Tower in winter is full of life 🏮Crowded and bustling ⛸The Shichahai ice rink is also packed with people ☀️The afternoon sun in winter combined with the atmosphere of the Drum Tower is perfect 📷The best time to take photos is from 2pm to 4pm ‼️Since there are always a lot of people, here are 4️⃣ recommended photo spots and tips 💯Few people, good light, and a great atmosphere 1️⃣The front angle of the Drum Tower, between the Huali Jie video game store and Changying Three Brothers, is the best spot. You can capture a complete view of the Drum Tower and avoid other people 🌷Also, if you're taking photos on the sidewalk, try to stay close to the flower beds by the curb, take half-body shots, slightly upward, and zoom in 2-3 times on your phone 📮Tip: Sometimes when there are fewer people and cars, you can take photos in the bike lane. It's relatively safe because there are parked cars in front, and both full-body and half-body shots work well 2️⃣The front spot of the Drum Tower, the street sign of Drum Tower West Street and the zebra crossing This is a great spot, but it's usually crowded. If you come on a weekday, definitely take a shot! If it's crowded, it's better to give up 3️⃣The second spot is on the left side of the Drum Tower, where you can capture the entire side of the Drum Tower and another super photogenic zebra crossing. Plus, there are no cars constantly driving by, so it's safe. The sunlight here at 3pm is also great! 4️⃣Don't just take photos of the Drum Tower, the grey Bell Tower at the back is also very beautiful! 🍃Use the small alley as the main scene, with the Bell Tower as the background, combined with the sunlight and trees, it's also very beautiful, and there are very few people here! 🧡These are the four free, less crowded, and super photogenic spots I've recently found 🍭🍢🍬Experience the winter atmosphere in Beijing, with the sweet smell of candied hawthorns filling the air Drum Tower

Getting There - easily take subway line 2 to the andingmen stop. it’s pretty easy to find from there. Attractions - Walk up and down the hutong area before getting to the drum tower. You can go inside the drum tower for 30¥ to see the de show and a small museum of ancient time keeping devices. #beijingtrip