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Bianjing Drum Tower
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The Bianjing Drum Tower,[1] also known as the Bianjing Pavilion[2] and by its Chinese name as the Bianjing Lou, is a drum tower in Shangguan, the seat of Dai County, Xinzhou Prefecture, Shanxi, in the People's Republic of China. It dates to 1476 and is 39.3 meters (129 ft) high.
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Traditional Chinese | 邊靖樓 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 边靖楼 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Frontier-Pacifying Building | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 瞧樓 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 瞧楼 | ||||||||
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Drum Tower | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鼓樓 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 鼓楼 | ||||||||
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