A drum tower ( Chinese : 鼓楼 ; pinyin : gǔlóu ) or gulou is a tower in the center of an old Asian city or village, mainly China, housing signal drums . There was usually also a bell tower nearby.
3-576: Drum Tower or drum tower may refer to: Drum tower (Asia) , a tower in the center of an old Asian city, or in Chinese, gulou Drum tower (Chinese Buddhism) , a drum tower in a Chinese Buddhist temple Drum tower (Europe) , a shape of tower on some European castles Drum Tower (Bangkok) , a historic tower in Bangkok See also [ edit ] Gulou (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
6-416: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Drum tower (Asia) They were once found all over China in villages, marking the symbolic center of the settlement and used to mark nightfall and to summon the people for civic ceremonies and significant occasions, such as Chinese New Year . The drum tower often being located in the symbolic center of
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