《钟鼓楼》里有着历史与现实、传统与革新的诸多矛盾，但又有着下层人民在艰难困苦中的忍耐力和意志力，他们在日常生活中互相关照扶持的团聚力，以及他们在各种困境中缓慢发展的生命力。Bell and Drum Tower presents a lot of conflicts between history and reality, tradition and renovation, but also presents the resiliency and will of the great unwashed in the face of difficulties and hardships, their solidarity in mutual help and support in daily lives, and their vitality gradually developed in numerous plights .