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Version 1.0.0
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Hello friends, this is a typical building in some cities in the Canton region, China. You can see him in cities like Hong Kong, Macao, etc. I wanted to experiment a little with the textures and do something different from European buildings, I hope you like it. 1x1 residential. stage 3 1x1 commercial. stage 2 -
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ShuDe Building ( Chinese :树德楼 ) is a really normal traditional Chinese House located in MeiZhou City(梅州市) JiaoLing Country(蕉岭县). ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS R$ : Lot size : 3x3 Growth Stage: 4 Capacity Satisfied: R$$ 350 Building Style: All Occupant Group: Middle Rise Resident Building ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: Only "DarkNite" version are available. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: SimFox Day and Nite Modd ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Reviews
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LaiKitLau (Chinese:勵潔樓) is a really normal high-rise apartment located in Hong Kong Wanchai district.(香港灣仔區) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS R$: Lot size: 2x5 Growth Stage: 8 Capacity Satisfied: 2588 Building Style: All ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: Only "DarkNite" version of the building are available ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: DarkNite: SimFox Day and Nite Modd ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/ )- 5 Reviews
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HuaEBuilding ( Chinese :花萼楼) is a really normal traditional Chinese architecture located in Meizhou Dapu County.（梅州市大埔县) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS R$ : Lot size : 4x4 Growth Stage: 4 Capacity Satisfied: R$ 800 Building Style: Euro ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: Only "DarkNite" version of the building are available ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: For DarkNite SimFox Day and Nite Modd ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/ )- 5 Reviews
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ZhenHai Tower (Chinese：镇海楼) Located in the Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou City (Canton),ZhenHai Tower is a comprehensive history museum with local characteristics. Established in 1929, it is a place used for collection and exhibition of historical data and cultural relics of the city. It has two major exhibition areas – the Zhenhai Tower housing the historical relics and the Art Gallery showing many exquisite local craftworks. A Little History: In 1380. Zhenhai Tower (Sea Guard Tower) is 28 meters (92 feet) high and 31 meters (102 feet) wide. It has been destroyed and rebuilt five times and was changed from a wooden structure to reinforced concrete in 1928. The reddish-brown bricks and grey tiles made the building primitively simple and unique. At the front of the building, there is a pair of two-meter-high stone lions in red sandstone made in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The tower houses nearly a thousand pictures, data and other exhibits on history of the city's history. Those collections display the changes of culture, custom and city developments. Walking into it, you can see a geographical model and a diagram of the ancient Guangzhou city at the first floor. On the second floor, there are historical relics (4000 BC - 589 AD) and unearthed remains of the Neolithic Age. When you come to the third floor, you can look around the historical relics of Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The fourth floor mainly exhibits plentiful historical relics of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). Modern Chinese cultural relics since the Opium War (1840 - 1842) are displayed on the fifth floor. Besides, there are also special showrooms at the east side of the tower where all kinds of temporary or memorable special exhibitions are often held. At the west side, there is a barbette with cannon on it and 23 ancient stone tablets. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS LM : Lot size : 3x2 Plop Cost : 9000 Budget Cost: 350 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: Download "MaxisNite" or "DarkNite" ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: None Optional: (For DarkNite) SimFox Day and Nite Modd ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- There is "no" Easter egg in this building. -
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The Sun Co Ltd (Chinese: 大新公司) ( Today: NanFang Building ( Chinese: 南方大厦 ) ) is a historic high-rise building in Guangzhou, China. At the time of its completion in 1922, it was the tallest building in the country. Since then, it has served as offices, department stores, electronics markets, and hotels. To be honest, when I export it into the game and compare it to Oi Kwan Hotel. It feels it is taller than OiKwan, but I double-check its scale that I find nothing incorrect about it. It is just because of the game view prespective. So now OiKwan has its big brother now! This building is the main part of the complex. The Wet side of the The Sun Co Ltd is another independent building. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS LM (with CS$$$) Overhang : Lot size : 4x4 Capacity Satisfied: CS$ 1550 CS$$ 1225 CS$$$1550 Occupant Group: Landmark with CS$$$ Job STATS LM Overhang : Lot size : 4x4 Plop Cost : 19000 Budget Cost: 600 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: Download "MaxisNite" or "DarkNite" Do Not Delete "TheSunCoLtd(BlankBox)"&"TheSunCoLtd(Plop)"! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: None Optional: (For DarkNite) SimFox Day and Nite Modd ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- There is "no" Easter egg in this building. Go find it if you want.- 7 Reviews
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DaQingBuilding (Chinese : 大庆大厦) is located in ShenZhen FuTian district ShenNan Ave No.6072 which is a really normal office. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS CO$$ : Lot size : 5x4 Growth Stage: 8 Capacity Satisfied: CO$$ 4281 Building Style: Euro Occupant Group: Medium Wealth Office Building STATS LM : Lot size : 5x4 Plop Cost : 50000 Budget Cost: 900 STATS CO$$ (ScaleAbjust): Lot size : 4x4 Growth Stage: 8 Capacity Satisfied: CO$$ 4281 Building Style: Euro Occupant Group: Medium Wealth Office Building STATS LM (ScaleAbjust): Lot size : 4x4 Plop Cost : 50000 Budget Cost: 900 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: There are two available options for you: One is "original" version, which is bigger. You can download "DarkNite" or "MaxisNite" version. Another is "ScaleAdjust" version, which is a littel bit smaller and closer to the realistic scale. Also there are "DarkNite" or "MaxisNite" versions available. Both version dose not conflicts, which means if you have the "original" version that you can choose to live with both versions. However, If you want to replace the "original" version to the "ScaleAdjust" version that you have to bullzone all the existing "original" version of the building. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: None Optional: (For DarkNite) SimFox Day and Nite Modd ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- There is no Easter egg in this building. -
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Zhencheng building is located in the central and southern part of hongkeng village, Hukeng Town, Yongding County, Longyan City, Fujian Province. It was built in 1912 by Lin Hongchao brothers, the 21st generation of hongkeng Lin family. Commonly known as Bagua building, it is famous for its magnificence and exquisite interior space design. ts local architectural style and the colors used in the gate, interior wall, ancestral hall and flower wall boldly adopt the principle of diversity and unity emphasized by western architectural aesthetics, reaching a very high aesthetic realm. It can be called a masterpiece of native land residential buildings combining Chinese and western. The building faces south and covers an area of about 5000 square meters. It is composed of two concentric rings. Outer ring civil structure, 4 stories high, 57.2m in diameter, inner corridor type. It is divided into inner and outer circles. There are four outer rings with 48 rooms on each floor, which are built completely according to the layout of "Eight Diagrams" in the book of changes, with 6 rooms on each. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS R$$ : ( I am not kidding this is technically a resident building ) Lot size : 6x6 Growth Stage: 6 Capacity Satisfied: R$$ 500 R$ 850 Building Style: Euro Occupant Group: Medium Wealth Resident Building STATS LM : Lot size : 6x6 Plop Cost : 15000 Bulldoze Cost: 550 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol01 ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1180 ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Download either " MaxisNite " or " DarkNite " version. Simply unzip it into your plugin file. Do Not Delete The File with " .SC4Model "!- 9 Reviews
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The Oi Kwan Hotel or Aiqun Hotel (Chinese: 爱群大酒店) is a hotel in Art Deco style in Guangzhou, China. At 64 meters tall with 15 floors, it surpassed the neighboring Nanfang Building to become the tallest building in the city from upon its completion in 1937 to 1967.The hotel has a revolving restaurant on the top floor. This was the first one in the city. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATS CS$$$ : Lot size : 5x4 Growth Stage: 6 Capacity Satisfied: CS$$$ 1000 CS$$ 1300 CS$ 4000 Building Style: Euro Occupant Group: High Wealth Commercial Service Building STATS LM : Lot size : 5x4 Bulldoze Cost: Free STATS LM ( For anti-grid ) : Lot size : 2x2 Bulldoze Cost: Free ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remind: Do not delete "BlankBox" File !! Only keep one of version, either the MaxisNite or DarkNite Simply unzip the file into your plugin file. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence: BSC Textures Vol 01 ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=90 ) BSC Textures Vol 02 ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=638 ) BSC_TexturePack_Cyccledogg_V 01 ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/15322-bsc-texture-pack-cycledogg-v01/ ) BSC-VIP Girafe Poplars ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3579 ) SM2 mega Prop Pack Vol1 ( https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/32980-sm2-mega-prop-pack-vol1/ ) BSC-VIP girafe carpack vol. 1&2 ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2821 ) BSC-VIP girafe carpack vol. 3 ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2860 ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contain an Easter Egg !! If you find and figure it out what it is. Please leave it in the comment below.- 10 Reviews
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This kind building can usually seen in the southern Chinese province ( Such as : GuangDong Specially there are a lot of higher version of these can be found in ShenZhen, Usually this is called as "农民房" in Chinese) --------------------------------------- STATS R$ : Lot size : 1x1 Growth Stage: 4 (At least Medium Density) Capacity Satisfied: R$ 121 Building Style: Euro Occupant Group: Low Wealth Residential Building --------------------------------------- STATS LM : Lot size : 1x1 Bulldoze Cost: Free --------------------------------------- DEPENDENCIES: None --------------------------------------- This zip file contains both MaxisNite and DarkNite version, just choose one of it and unzip the file and put it in your plugin file.- 5 Reviews
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Version 1.0.0
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This kind building can usually seen in the southern Chinese province ( Such as : GuangDong Specially there are a lot of higher version of these can be found in ShenZhen, which is called as "农民房" in Chinese) Honestly, the reasons why I choose this building is because my modeling skill is not skillful enough. --------------------------------------- STATS R$ : Lot size : 1x1 Growth Stage: 3 (At least Medium Density) Capacity Satisfied: R$ 31 Building Style: Euro Occupant Group: Low Wealth Residential Building --------------------------------------- STATS LM (This for preview purpose) : Lot size : 1x1 Bulldoze Cost: Free --------------------------------------- DEPENDENCIES: BSC Textures Vol 01 ( https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=90 ) --------------------------------------- This zip file contains both MaxisNite and DarkNite version, just choose one of it and unzip the file and put it in your plugin file. ( I personally recommend the DarkNite version which is because this is the version I fully tested. ) -
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TCC Grand Hotel is a luxury hotel built in classical Chinese palatial architecture and based on/inspired by the real-world Grand Hotel, 圓山大飯店 located in the Zhongshan District of Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China). The real-world version was established in May, 1952, with the Main Building being completed in October, 1973. It was designed by Taipei-based architect Yang Cho-Cheng. Each of the hotels floors represents a different Chinese Dynasty. There have been many notable guests who have stayed at the hotel, including Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, South African President Nelson Mandela, US Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan and Clinton, British PM Margaret Thatcher, King Hussein of Jordan and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The hotel also features two air-raid tunnels (which were kept (somewhat) secret from the public until 1995) which lead from the hotel to a nearby park. Today, these tunnels are open for public tours. === STATS === You will find the building on a 9 x 9 lot in your Landmarks Menu. It is a Ploppable CS$$$ Landmark that comes with 600 CS$$$ High Wealth Jobs. The Building costs $88,000 and $50 to bulldoze, but will net you $200 in income per month derived from the local Hotel & Tourist Tax. Pollution Levels = 25 Air (R=5), 40 Water (R=5), 90 Garbage (R=0). To use, simply extract the contents of the .zip file into your SC4 Plugins directory. === DEPENDENCIES === BSC Mega Props CP Vol 02 (v.1.0) BSC Mega Props - SG Vol 01 nos.17 Essentials SHK Parking Pack TRP: Flags of the World - East Asia Enjoy!- 1 Comment
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Din Tai Fung is an upscale and modern restaurant chain that has receieved a Michelin star and numerous awards for its food and signature Xiao Long Baos (soup dumplings). Din Tai Fung is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. As of 2018, Din Tai Fung operates 136 restaurant locations worldwide. In the United States, there are currently 6 locations in California, 5 locations in Washington state (including one that operates during Seattle Seahawks NFL games at CenturyLink Field), and 1 location coming soon to Oregon. Internationally, the chain operates restaurants in Taiwan, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. This version is loosely based on the chain's Seattle (University Village) location. It is 4x3 and can be found in your Landmarks menu. This is a Beta release that has been tested for bugs but does not currently feature nightlighting. Nightlighting should be available in future updates (hopefully). Dependencies: SHK Parking Pack 1.2 SuperSHK Mega Parking Textures 1.0.1 BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol 01 (v1.0) BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol 02 (v1.0)- 4 Reviews
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P.F. Chang's China Bistro is a casual sit-down restaurant chain serving Americanized Chinese and Asian Fusion cuisine. As of 2018, there are 305 P.F. Chang's locations worldwide. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. This lot is based on a typical American suburban P.F. Chang's location. It is 4x3 and can be found in your Landmarks menu. This is a Beta release that has been tested for bugs but does not currently feature nightlighting. Nightlighting should be available in future updates (hopefully). Dependencies: SHK Parking Pack 1.2 SuperSHK Mega Parking Textures 1.0.1 BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol 01 (v1.0) BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol 02 (v1.0)- 2 Comments
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Advice | How to build a Chinese city I've been playing SC4 for a very very like time, I got it for my 13th birthday, and I'm now 26! 99% of what I may is a hybrid between US And British styles, but I've never tried anything different. I've been looking at a lot of big Chinese cities and want to have a go. I know my custom content will all need changing, but other than just changing the building style, what else can be done? Are there any CJs which follow a chinese style city? I want to make a modern style city etc.
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Storefront Church (#1 of 3) - Grace Chinese Christian Church
Don Miguel posted a file in Civic & Non-RCI
Version 1.0
1,937 Downloads
This is a small and simple storefront church for your lower wealth sims... Churches like this are pretty common around New York City. They are small congregations, oftentimes consisting of immigrants who do not have the finances or the size to have a dedicated church building and instead set up in spaces originally intended to be stores or residences. Unlike the Maxis "House of Worship", which caters to middle class (R$$) sims, this building caters to the lower class. It is a low wealth ploppable landmark lot and provides 5,000 in R$ demand cap relief. It doesn't cost anything to plop or maintain. I originally wanted it to be a reward that would come up once you hit 10,000 R$ sims, but couldn't figure out how to do that. Instead, it's a landmark. This lot is the first one in a set of 3 storefront churches that I am working on (one for low density, one for medium density, and one for high density). This one is for low density. Below are the stats: Building Type: Landmark (plopable) Building Wealth: Low ($) Lot Size: 1x2 Pollution at center: 1, 1, 3, 0 (air, water, garbage, radiation) Pollution radii: 2, 3, 0, 0 (air, water, garbage, radiation) Flammability: 31 MaxFireStage: 1 Power Consumed: 2 Water Consumed: 5 Mayor Rating Effect: 2, 55 (magnitude, radius) Demand Cap Relief: R-$ - 5000 File Creator: Don Miguel Dependencies: none- 16 Comments
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Hello everybody! This forum is something missing on Simtropolis. While browsing on STEX I see a lot of Asian Chinese/Japanese buildings. This list is meant for indexing them all. These buildings could be useful for anyone who wants to create an Asian city. Some of the links may lead you to Chinese sites so if you don't understand it like me then use an internet translator. For those who know the language that should be no problem...... This list has just been started so it's not complete yet.If you know good Asian buildings then post it. Now I will start... Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Dajhong Jhihjheng Gate The National Theater Hall in Taipei China Pavilion World Expo 2010 The National Concert Hall in Taipei Lung Yun Temple Lung Yun Temple ver 2 China Town gate Dong He night market THZ XiangHehLou BGTCN Maitreya Budda Ishimaru Denki summer house parks zhingua zutao China Cityblock pack Yangzburg Castle BlueV part 1 china Yangzburg Castle BlueV part 2 china
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This is my first show in simtropolis.But this is not my first Sim City.I published some works in simcity.cn and This is just a scene on AsM.O.L..This city built on the hillside, layer after layer.Like my hometown.I think simcity to show the author's mind, dreams, and the growth environment.So, I want me and my city to show to you.The theme of this show is a FEVER!Just as the summer weather.I think that my picture will make you heat up.O(∩_∩)OHave fun.
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61, 68, and 80 Bayard Street, Chinatown, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Welcome again to a slice of Chinatown for SimCity 4. More specifically, the "Happy Corner" district. Here, Bayard Street meets Mott Street in the heart of Chinatown, home of the New York’s Chinese New Year parade and one of the largest (and ever-growing) Chinese populations outside of Asia. In recent years, the neighborhood has seen unexpectedly high growth despite the effects of 9-11 and the late-2000s recession. Tourism is still depressed, but sectors such as food and restaurant services are booming, including the addition of two major supermarkets in less than 24 months. Furthermore, property values and immigration are still on the rise. However, Chinatown’s division between its previously dominant Cantonese population and the recent wave of Mandarin-speaking Fuzhou immigrants seems to be growing by the day. Everyone has their own opinions, positive or negative, about Chinatown. In my personal opinion, the people I've met there seem pretty mellow... even if you don’t always know what they’re saying. CS$ medium density buildings 126, 129 and 131 jobs Grows on 1x2 lots Also comes as ploppable landmarks with the same properties as the growables. No dependencies! Just unzip in your plugns folder and you're good to go! *Note that there are two subfolders, one for growables and one for ploppables. Feel free to delete either one, as long as you don't delete both, because that would be absolutely pointless. You can also select specific sub-sub-folders to delete if you don't like a specific building. Love it? Hate it? Leave a comment! Why stop at just 3 NYBT Shops when there are many more? Chinatown (2009) Little Italy Two Bridges The Bowery As always, I'd like to thank the members of NYBT, those who visited our BAT room, those who download, and everyone else I may be forgetting. -
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This skyscraper is currently under construction in Guangzhou, is a super skyscraper of 530 meters in height, its location is in front of the west tower of Guangzhou. The BAT contains a landmark release, a commercial poplable, with some 26,000 offices. Hope you enjoy Kiju. -
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Beijing National Stadium, or colloquially as the Bird's Nest, is a stadium in Beijing,China.The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Item :Landmark. Lot Size:21x21. Flammability 40/255. Landmark Effect: 100, 200cells. MaxFireStage:5/5. Mayor Rating Effect:10, 256cells. Plop Cost 110,000 Power Consumed 60. Water Consumed 0. Soccer Game play at 18:00~22:00. Fireworks:January 1. Dependency: None. Update:Not yet. Model: Original Sketchup Type model from Google Earth (about0~30%). Other Model and other work by Thianz (about 30~100%). Thanks smtfrank and everyone. -
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(Key) Beijing Part3: Drum Tower This part (Beijing Drum Tower) contains three editions: Deluxe edition, Full edition and Traffic edition. You can choose the edition according to need of your situation. Deluxe edition: Menu Position: Museum Plop Cost: 50000 Bulldoze Cost: 500 Budget Item Cost: 180 Lot Size: 11×9 (Actually 1×9) School Coverage Radius: 1024m School Student Capacity: 1600 Full edition: Menu Position: Museum Plop Cost: 50000 Bulldoze Cost: 500 Budget Item Cost: 180 Lot Size: 11×9 (Actually 1×9) School Coverage Radius: 1024m School Student Capacity: 1600 Traffic edition: Menu Position: Museum Plop Cost: 45000 Bulldoze Cost: 450 Budget Item Cost: 160 Lot Size: 5×3 (Actually 1×1) School Coverage Radius: 1024m School Student Capacity: 1500 Bell Tower: https://www.simtropolis.com/STEX/details.cfm?id=23735 The Drum and Bell towers are situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Beijing Inner City to the north of Di' anmen Street. The Drum Tower was built in 1272 during the reign of Kublai Khan, at which time it stood at eh very heart of the Yuan capital Dadu. At that time it was known as the Tower of Orderly Administration (Qizhenglou). In 1420, under the Ming Emperor Yongle, the building was reconstructed to the east f the original site and in 1800 under the Qing Emperor Jiaqing, large-scale renovations were carried out. In 1924, the name of the building was changed to the Tower of Realizing Shamefulness (Mingchilou) and objects related tot eh Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of Beijing and later the May 30th Massacre of 1925 were put on display. Nowadays, the upper story of the building serves as the People's Cultural Hall of the East City District. The first level of the Drum Tower is a solid square terrace four meters high, 55.6 meters long and 30 meters wide. The front and rear of the terrace are pierced with three arched openings and the two sides with one opening each. The broad, squat multi-eaved wooden structure built atop the terrace is impressive with its red wall and yellow glazed roof. In ancient days, the Drum Tower was the time keeping center for the whole city and was equipped with bronze clepsydras (water clocks) and drums that were beaten to mark the hours. The four bronze clepsydras, which once functioned in the Drum Tower, were reputed to date from the Song Dynasty. Set between these four devices was a large bronze gong, which through a series of mechanical devices was linked to the water clocks and sounded each quarter of an hour. When the system of telling time with incense coils, which burned for hours were introduced, the clepsydras fell into disuse. In ancient times the upper story of the building housed 24 drums, of which only one survives. Its head is made of an entire ox hide and is 1.5 meters in diameter. A sword score on the side of the drum is a souvenir of the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of Beijing in 1900. In the Qing Dynasty, the hours were marked at night beginning at 7:00 p.m., a procedure that was popularly called "setting the watch." At this hour, the drums were sounded 13 times. After the watch had been "set" in this fashion, each subsequent two-hour interval was marked by a single drum beat. Civil and military officials oriented their lives around these time signals. At the sounding of the third watch (1:00 a.m.) officials attending the morning court audience rose from there beds and at the fourth (3:00 a.m.) assembled outside the Meridian Gate (Wumen). At the sounding of the fifth watch (5:00 a.m.) they entered the Imperial Palace and knelt on the Sea of Flagstones (Haimen) before the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian) to await instructions from the emperor. Close behind the Drum Tower stands the Bell Tower, a 33-meter-high edifice with gray walls and a green glazed roof. Each face of the base of the building is pierced with an arched opening and each side of the Bell Pavilion, which stands on the platform, has an arched gateway as well. The Bell Tower first came into use during the reign of the Ming Emperor Yongle, which it was converted, from the main hall of the former Temple of Eternal Peace (Wanningsi), which had been built during the Yuan Dynasty. The new Bell Tower was destroyed by fire after only a brief existence and it was not until 1747 that Emperor Qianlong undertook the reconstruction of an attractive durable stone structure. This building was so sturdy that he only damage that it suffered during the Tangshan earthquake of 1976 was the loss of a single stone animal head decorating the roof. The Bell Tower originally housed a huge iron bell. But because its tolling was not loud enough, this was replaced by a massive cast bronze bell over 10 inches thick that is in perfect condition today. The iron bell was moved to the back of the Drum Tower where it has remained for over 500 years. As recently as 1924, the bronze bell could be heard ringing out the 7:00 p.m. chime from a distance of over 20 kilometers. According to legend, an official named Deng tried unsuccessfully for over a year to cast the bell. On the eve of the final casting, his daughter, fearing that further delays and loss of working time would bring blame on her father, decided to sacrifice her life in order to move the gods to bring about a perfect casting, and threw herself into the molten bronze. Her panic-stricken father could only recover a single embroidered slipper from the flames. The casting was a success and the emperor, moved by the young girl's spirit of sacrifice, named her the "Goddess of the Golden Furnace" and built a temple in her honor near the foundry. By the ordinary people she was remembered as the "Goddess Who Cast the Bell." After the bell was installed, the chimes could be heard clearly and resonantly all across the city. But on stormy evenings, the bell would emit a desolate moaning sound similar to the word xie, which means "shoe" in Chinese. Recalling the old legend, mothers would comfort their children with: "Go to sleep! The Bell Tower is tolling. The Goddess Who Cast the Bell wants her embroidered slipper back."
