Drum and Bell Towers

Just catching up, while in Beijing we visited the ancient Drum and Bell towers. You climb these steep stairs to get to the top and then have to climb down. Wow scary, took some pics of steps, I don't think by the photos you can appreciate the height and angle of the climb. The towers were used to let the people of Beijing know the time. The bell would ring and the the drums would follow with a sequence that people could tell time by hundreds of years ago.