In the verandah on the north side of the Ta Ch’eng Men (Gate of Great Perfection) which leads to the main enclosure, there used to stand ten drum-shaped blocks of black granite, the famous “STONE DRUMS."[…]

About seven miles south of Fenghsiang, in the province of Shensi, is a place still called Shih Ku Yuan (Stone Drums’ Origin) which is probably the spot where they were first hewn out.]