Hongshan Tower

The Red Mountain Tower was built in the 18th century of the Qing Dynasty and is one of the landmark buildings in Urumqi. It was originally built for the town to live in floods, also known as the town dragon tower. It is a pavilion-style solid brick tower, a total of nine floors, the plane is six corners, the whole tower is10.5 meters high, the tower structure is rigorous, beautiful, and the construction is quite strong. After experiencing snowstorms and earthquakes, the Red Mountain Tower is still intact, standing on the Red Mountain, and has become one of the famous old eight scenes in Urumqi.

The Red Mountain Tower is an iconic building in Hongshan Park in Urumqi. I must take a lot of photos of the tower when I come here, hahaha. All kinds of angles, colorful styles. I chose a few that felt good and sent it out to share with everyone.

[Red Mountain Tower] Located in Hongshan Park, Urumqi City, Xinjiang, standing at the top of the Red Mountain, it is the famous Red Mountain Tower in Urumqi. The Red Mountain Pagoda is10.6 meters high, a six-sided and nine-level blue brick solid pagoda, built in Qianlong 53 years (1788), has been more than 200 years of history, experienced wind and rain attacks and many earthquakes, still intact, can be called Urumqi.

The Red Mountain Tower in Hongshan Park, a famous attraction in Urumqi, is a scene of the park. The Red Mountain Tower looks simple and solemn, standing on the top of the mountain, witnessing the changes of the city. The signs in the park introduce the history of the Red Tower. Hongshan Park is a park built on a natural mountain, more than 900 meters above sea level. In the two years of 1785 and 1786, floods occurred in a row, and the people did not talk about life. Legends among the people that Urumqi will become a sea in the future due to the gradual convergence of the Red Mountain in the east and the Demon Mountain in the west. Fifty-three years ago, the local government decided to build a town tower on two mountains to ensure peace. The Red Mountain Tower is10.5 meters high and is a solid tower with six sides and nine levels. The tower body was originally blue, and the garden department painted the surface of the tower brick red in 1988. After a hundred years of change, the Red Mountain Tower has survived the wind and rain, and it still stands at the peak of the Red Mountain Tower. There are railings around the Red Mountain Tower, and the tower can't be close, but there are still many tourists waiting for the sunset scenery there. Urumqi's sunset time in early July is around nine o'clock. Near the Red Tower, there is a white marble statue of Lin Zexu, and Hongshan Park is the anti-drug education base in Urumqi.

The Red Mountain Tower is located in the Red Mountain Park in Urumqi City. It stands on the Red Mountain Mouth. It was built during the Qianlong Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 200 years. It was built for people to pray for peace and the town demon, and it is called the "Zhenlong Pagoda". It is the city business card of Urumqi. The Red Mountain Tower is the soul of the Red Mountain. Come to the Red Mountain Park, you must come to the Red Mountain Tower.