Tambor Tower: A Tower that Vibrate Xi’an’s Story

Its history began in 1272, but a fire forced it to rebuild only 25 years later. Since then, it resisted centuries, empires, wars and forgetfulness. Under the Ming dynasty it rose again and with its 24 drums —one for each solar period of the lunar calendar— it marked the rhythm of daily life for more than 600 years. In 1924 the curtain fell... but not forever. Today, the drums resound, not to order the day, but to honor the memory. Visiting it is…