The introduction of metal brought about the tongnao (a bronze percussion instrument resembling an inverted bell, sounded by a hammer), tongling (a small bronze bell) and tongzhong (a bronze bell).

Later the clapper was abandoned, and bronze bells were played by being hit on the outside with a hammer. Our single bell would once have been part of a set of either nine or fourteen. Each would ...

Later the clapper was abandoned, and bronze bells were played by being hit on the outside with a hammer. Our single bell would once have been part of a set of either nine or fourteen. Each would ...

I was surprised to have my lunch as my breakfast." The poem helped to build up a great reputation for the bronze bell of the Maha Nunnery. The bell is 1.60 meters in height, 0.95 meter in rim ...