据了解，位于中大街钟楼菜市场南入口处的钟楼系清雍正二年（公元1724年）汝州知州章世麟改建于此。钟楼的建造是为了报时报警，为了声音传得顺畅，楼下建一3米高的砖砌台基。楼身建于高台之上，超出城内所有房舍。钟楼系六角檐攒式建筑。尖上置宝葫芦状装饰物，造型古朴，线条流畅，内悬大铁钟一口，重9999斤，铸于北宋靖康二年（公元1127年）。
It is understood that the bell tower at the south entrance of Zhongdao Zhonglou vegetable market was rebuilt here by Zhang Shilin, Zhizhou, Ruzhou, in the second year of Yongzheng Qing Dynasty (1724 A.D.). The Bell Tower was built to report the alarm to the Times, and a 3-meter-high brick platform was built downstairs for the sound to be transmitted smoothly. The building is built on a high platform, beyond all the buildings in the city. Bell Tower is a hexagonal eaves building. Baohulu-shaped ornaments on the top of the tips are simple in shape, smooth in line, with a large iron bell hanging inside, weighing 9999 kg. They were cast in Jingkang, Northern Song Dynasty (1127 A.D.).
楼内铁钟解放初期被毁。楼亦因年久失修破败不堪，1981年临汝县人民政府曾拨款修建，列为县级文物保护单位。市文物局局长李宗武在受访时表示，此次从外地定做的巨钟为铜质，重4000余斤，两月前运回后进行了科学悬挂，希冀重现昔日钟楼神韵，为改造后的中大街再添一景。
The iron bell inside the building was destroyed in the early liberation period. In 1981, the people's government of Linru County allocated funds for the construction of the building, which was listed as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level. Li Zongwu, director of the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, said in an interview that the giant bell, which weighed more than 4,000 kilograms and was custom-made from other places, had been scientifically suspended after being shipped back two months ago in the hope of restoring the charm of the former Bell Tower and adding another scene to the renovated Zhongdajie Street.