Debbie & I visited the Bell Tower at the crossroads of the main North/South and East/West roads within the city walls of Xi’an.
Touring the tower, I realized that the Chinese word for “bell” (钟 or zhōng) is part of the word for “clock” (时钟 or shízhōng, literally “time bell”.) Who knew?
We also lucked into seeing the last performance of the day of a musical troop playing flute, guzheng, and bells. I got a bit wistful when the last song of the wee bonnie lasses’ set was “Auld Lang Syne”. 