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Originally Posted by Kim
Driving north towards Huangtulingguan I made a short stop in Jiumenkou to photograph Zimutai (子母台). Zimutai means Mother and Son Platform, and when looking at it, it is not hard to understand why. According to my Funing County book this is a one of a kind tower.
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Local residents use to call this tower as "Mother and Son Platform" or "Generals assignment Platform"(Chinese : Dianjiangtai 点将台).I thought the "Mother and Son Platform" highlights its construction and "Generals assignment Platform" highlights its function .
It's construction was a combination of big circle tower and small half-circle tower , so it was called "Mother and Son Platform".
Because of there is a large space in front of tower , the top officer usually gathered troops here before battle , and stands above tower to carry out generals job assignment.
