Weiyuan Building

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The history of Weiyuan Building in Xiwei can be traced back to Song Renzong when Han Wei Jiance, and a building in the north and south of the city was built, named Weiyuan Building. Jin Tianxing three years (1234 AD), Gongchang (now west of the Yangtze River) Yanchuan Wang Shixian (that is, Yuan Dynasty Feng is the right king) according to Gongchang, self-made Gongchangfu cheap general handsome after expanding the city pool to build the building to the city center, Yuan to Zhengyuan guarded the copper pot dripping and more drums to the upper floor, Weiyuan Building became the Bell and Drum Tower. Weiyuan Building Ming Hongwu was rebuilt in the first year, Qing Kangxi was rebuilt again in the fifty-five years, and it was now. In the sixteen years of Daoguang, the cast clock in the first year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty was upstairs. When I went, it was not open. Weiyuan Building has undergone maintenance and expansion. Now the building is 11 meters high, 27 meters long, 17 meters wide, 15 meters high and 26 meters high. Three floors on four sides, majestic. The wooden structure building is hanging from the north and south sides: "Gongchangxiong Town" and "Sound and Sound". There is a square on the side of Weiyuan Building. The ancient Xiang Wuxu archway was built on the square, and the statue of the dragon female sheep was plasticed not far away.