Zhenhuai Tower is a landmark building of Chuzhou City, originally constructed during the Song Dynasty. It was initially known as the Zhenjiang Du Tong Si tavern, and during the Ming Dynasty, it housed a ‘bronze pot water clock’ for timekeeping purposes.
Due to its strategic location within the city, with its archway serving as a vital north-south thoroughfare, it earned the moniker ‘Key to the North and South’. During the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed ‘Zhenhuai Tower’, a name that symbolizes the suppression of frequent Huai River floods. Later, it was also known as ‘Zhongshan Tower’. Today, Zhenhuai Tower has been transformed into an exhibition hall of Huai’an City Museum, surrounded by gardens where snow pines, arborvitae, magnolias, sycamores, osmanthus, wintersweet, and cherry blossoms gifted by a former Japanese Prime Minister from his hometown are planted. The garden remains evergreen throughout the seasons, offering a delightful fragrance. The tower is enclosed by iron fences with iron gates on the north and south for visitors’ entry and exit. A stone tablet stands in the flower bed on the north side of the tower, inscribed with the three large characters ‘Zhenhuai Tower’ on the front and a brief introduction to the tower on the back. It is open all year round from 08:30 to 17:30, with specific business status subject to daily opening conditions.Zhenhuai Tower: A Symbolic Landmark of Huai’an
Zhenhuai Tower is a landmark building of Chuzhou City, originally constructed during the Song Dynast[...]
