The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs through the north and south, and the Hunan-Jiangxi double-track runs through the east and west. Form a highway network with 320, 105 national highway and Jiangxi-Guangdong-Shanghai expressway as the backbone, connecting all counties and towns in the city; Yuanhe River and Jinhe River go straight into Ganjiang River, with a waterway voyage of 1000 kilometers.
Yichun drum tower-ancient observatory. This magnificent and quaint bell and drum tower is no ordinary drum tower. It has high historical and scientific research value. On may 25, 2006, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In the second year of Bao in the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 954), a watchtower (an ordinary drum tower) was built at the beginning of Cishizhan in Yuanzhou, which was then a part of Yuanzhou's official residence. In the 12th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 12 19), Tengqiangshu was known in Yuanzhou to be expanded and rebuilt, adding bronze pots, night Tianchi, Sun Tianchi, flat pots, ten thousand pots, water sea, shadow table, Dingnan needle, water bucket, changing tablets, iron plates and drums, and special personnel were on duty 24 hours a day. It is no longer an ordinary tower beating gongs and drums to tell the time, but a local time observatory integrating the functions of time measurement, punctuality and time service is built.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1573 1620), Zheng Chundian, the governor of Yuanzhou, renovated the Observatory, which not only restored the old appearance of Teng Qiangshu in the Song Dynasty, but also provided a statue of the ancient astronomer Yuan Tiangang (Tang Dynasty). It is said that Yuan Tiangang was buried 30 paces west of Yichun Prefecture after his death. Yuan Tiangang is an alien described in many ancient fairy tales and martial arts novels. He said that the terrain in Yuanzhou area is like a turtle, and Yichun City will dig five turtle nose, turtle eyebrow and turtle eye wells to do turtle-shaped geomantic engineering. Most of the remaining ancient wells in the city are dug according to his estimated position.
In recent years, Luan, an associate professor in the Department of Physics of Nanchang University, Bo, an expert in the history of astronomy at the Institute of Natural Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Astronomical College of Beijing Normal University have conducted many field visits and repeated demonstrations. Finally, it is determined that it is the earliest existing observatory site dedicated to time work in the local area, which integrates time measurement, punctuality and time service. It is two centuries earlier than the existing observatory built during the Timur Empire in Kazakhstan and 76 years earlier than the stargazing observatory in Dengfeng, Henan.
The ancient observatory is a masonry structure with a height of12.8m and a total area of 780m2. Shows the main platform and the north-south viewing roof.
Font layout, the upper ends of the east and west arches are respectively engraved with two big characters: Drum Tower and Yu Hui. There are 6 houses and 24 columns, all of which are skewed. East Eight Pillars and Middle Eight Pillars are to the east, and west eight Pillar is to the west. But the roof of the building is flat and will not collapse for hundreds of years, which is a masterpiece and miracle in the history of architecture.
Now, while restoring the ancient observatory, in order to fully display this historical treasure and give play to its popular science and tourism effects, an astronomical square covering an area of 30 mu has been built, and 15 pieces of ancient astronomical instruments have been restored and produced, including Zhang Heng's seismograph for predicting earthquakes, armillary sphere for observing celestial positions, astrolabe for demonstrating celestial movements, standard table for measuring solar terms and sundial for measuring solar terms (also known as. There is a four-stage copper pot dripping water, and a human body timer with digital time measurement. You only need to know the solar terms and look at your own shadow when there is the sun, so you can know the specific time. The completion of Astronomical Plaza not only provides a good place for citizens to relax and exercise, but also injects a strong cultural atmosphere into this ecological leisure city.