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The Bell Tower and The Drum Tower/钟楼鼓楼 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/27/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

It’s very famous building in the center of the Xi’an City.


The Bell Tower

The Bell Tower was built in the 17th year of Hongwu(1384 A.D) of Ming Dynasty.It gained its name for a huge bell hung in the tower to tell the time.The tower is mixed structure of bricks and wood. The square-shaped base occupies an area of 1370 square meters and is 36 meters high.

 

The Drum Tower

The Drum Tower was built in the 13th year of Hongwu(1380A.D) of Ming Dynasty . It gained its name for huge drums Laid in the tower to tell the time. The tower is mixed structure of bricks and wood. The square-shaped base occupies an area of 1840 square meters and is 34 meters high.

 

The Bell Tower and The Drum Tower with the classical style of Ming architecture. It has undergone many repairs after 1949. Now it is an important historical unit under the national government protection.

 

Open hour:

Oct.26-----Mar.25  8:30—18:00( 17:30 stop selling)

Mar.26-----Oct.25  8:30—20:30( 20:00 stop selling)

Transportation:

Subway station: Line 2 钟楼站

Bus station:钟楼 No.7/32/205/215/221/222/251/252/612/618

Tickets:

The Bell Tower:RMB35/each

The Drum Tower:RMB35/each

If you really want to climb the two towers, you can buy the whole tickets: RMB50/the two towers.

 

The Drum Tower is 200 meters away from The Bell Tower, and the cache is near the Drum Tower.The container with magnet , please be careful the muggels. It's very difficult to search in weeken afternoon because of so many muggels.

 *****************update on 2018/5/6****************

Since there is something changed in this square and GPS jump, reload the container in 2018/5/6,Please find the cache according to the spoiler be careful the muggles and your wallet 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre yrsg fvqr bs gur orapu(hcqngr ba 2018/5/6)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)