A Gulou () is a
drum tower traditionally located in the center of Chinese cities. It may also refer to:
Individual drum towers
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Beijing Gulou and Zhonglou
The Drum tower (Asia), Drum Tower of Beijing, or Gulou (), is situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Inner City to the north of Di'anmen Street. Originally built for musical reasons, it was later used to announce the time and i ...
, the drum tower and bell tower of Beijing
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Drum Tower of Xi'an
The Drum Tower of Xi'an (), located in the heart of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, Northwestern China, along with the Bell Tower is a symbol of the city. Erected in 1380 during the early Ming Dynasty (Hongwu era), it stands towering abov ...
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Drum Tower of Nanjing
The Drum Tower of Nanjing () on Gulou Mountain in the Gulou District of downtown Nanjing, was first built in the 15th year of the reign of Hongwu, of the Ming Dynasty (1382 AD).
The Drum Tower, which is an important part of Drum Tower Park, is ...
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Bianjing Drum Tower
The Bianjing Drum Tower, also known as the Bianjing Pavilion 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 ...
Administrative divisions in China
Districts
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Gulou District, Fuzhou
() is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's admin ...
, Fujian
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Gulou District, Kaifeng
Gulou District () is a district of the city of Kaifeng, Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which litera ...
, Henan
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Gulou District, Nanjing
Gulou District () is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China.
It is named after the Drum Tower of Nanjing (Gulou).
Administrative subdivisions
Gulou has administrative jurisdiction to 13 subdistricts:
In 2013, ...
, Jiangsu
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Gulou District, Xuzhou
Gulou District () is a district of the city of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is named after the drum tower of Xuzhou, which built in 1379 but ruined in 1952 because of falling into disrepair. Gulou was a traditional business district before i ...
, Jiangsu
Subdistricts
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Gulou Subdistrict, Beijing
Gulou Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the seat of Miyun District of Beijing, China. It borders Miyun Town and Tanying Ethnic Township to its north, Mujiayu Town to its east, Henanzhai Town to its south, and Guoyuan Subdistrict to its west. ...
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Gulou Subdistrict, Ezhou
A Gulou () is a drum tower traditionally located in the center of Chinese cities. It may also refer to:
Individual drum towers
* Beijing Gulou and Zhonglou, the drum tower and bell tower of Beijing
* Drum Tower of Xi'an
* Drum Tower of Nanjing
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, in
Echeng District
Echeng District () is one of the three administrative districts into which the prefecture-level city of Ezhou, China's Hubei province, is divided. The district is quite small, and includes Ezhou's main urban area (i.e., in informal terms, Ezhou "c ...
, Ezhou, Hubei
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Gulou Subdistrict, Macheng
A Gulou () is a drum tower traditionally located in the center of Chinese cities. It may also refer to:
Individual drum towers
*Beijing Gulou and Zhonglou, the drum tower and bell tower of Beijing
* Drum Tower of Xi'an
* Drum Tower of Nanjing
* B ...
, in
Macheng
Macheng () is a city in northeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Henan to the north and Anhui to the northeast. It is a county-level city under the administration of Huanggang City and abuts the south sid ...
, Huanggang, Hubei
Townships
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Gulou, Anhua
Gulou Township () is an rural township in Anhua County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative division
The township is divided into 24 village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than ...
, Hunan Province
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Gulou, Dongkou (),
Dongkou County
Dongkou County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in west-central Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Longhui County, to the northwest by Xupu County and Hongjia ...
, Hunan
See also
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Gulou station (disambiguation)
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Drum Tower (disambiguation)
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