The origin of Tianjin century clock

Century clock is a large-scale landmark urban sculpture building built in tianjin railway station Square to meet the new century. At 0: 00 on June 65438+1 October1Sunday, a sweet bell rang in front of jiefang bridge in tianjin railway station Square, ringing the bell to welcome the new century. From that moment on, the century clock has become one of the most concerned landmark buildings in Tianjin in the new century.

This 170 ton of life began at 0: 00 in 2000 1 month/day. It is a large-scale urban sculpture built in Tianjin to welcome the 2 1 century. It is located on Haihe East Road to the west of tianjin railway station. It is the largest artistic stereo clock in China, with a height of 40m, a diameter of14.6m and a base area of 74.4m. This is the basic information of the century clock. Next, let's talk about the ingenious design of the century clock. I never thought that there was Gan Kun in the Millennium Clock. The sun, the moon, the satellites in the sky, the Taiji culture in China and the twelve constellations in the west are all artistic fusion. There is a huge steel long pole shape on the side of the clock plate, with the sun hanging above and the moon hanging below. The long pole is in the shape of "S", which is based on the shape of Taiji dividing line. It means that yin and yang alternate, and the first and last are born. The relief of 12 constellation is adopted around the clock plate, because sheep represent auspiciousness in China; Aries is at the top of 12, and Libra is at the bottom of 6, because scale represents fairness.

The clock of the century combines Chinese and western cultures and condenses a universe. This century clock is not only ingenious in design, but also exquisite in materials. Its real body is made of various metal materials. Century clock is divided into clock plate, pendulum frame and base. The century clock stands for the Roman characters of 1- 12, Tianjin and 2000. The hour hand and minute hand of the clock are also made of stainless steel. The total weight of hour hand and minute hand is 180 kg. The cover of the clock plate is 8mm thick transparent acrylic, and the pendulum frame is composed of more than 30 steel gears, and the outside is forged with brass. Gears represent the flow of time, the end of the industrialization era in the 20th century and the arrival of the high-tech era in 2 1 century.

For more than 20 years, the century clock has become a business card of Tianjin, and many people's first impressions of Tianjin belong to it, which benefits from its superior geographical location, the design of integrating Chinese and Western cultures and concentrating the universe, and the combination of modern stainless steel forging and ancient casting technology.