Consisting of a platform and a group of buildings at the crossing of Jiefang and Gulou strees in Yinchuan, the 36-meter-high Bell-and-Drum Tower was first built in 1821, the founding year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty. It is now the site of the Yinchuan Art Gallery. The second floor of the tower is devote to an exhibition of the history of the Chinese Communist Party.