As the sister building of Xian Bell Tower, Xian Drum tower is about 200 meters away from the Bell tower, enduring over 600 years.
This timber-brick drum tower was built in 1380 in the Ming dynasty and is used as a museum now,
which displays collections of various drums and cultural relics and the Muslim Quarter is right behind it.
There is a Chinese saying, “morning bell and evening drum”,
which describes the ancient Chinese stroke the bell in the bell tower and beat the drum at the drum tower to announce the time of the day.
As the sister building of Xian Bell Tower. Xian Drum tower is about 200 meters away from it, across the Bell and Drum Tower square.