Speaking of bells, what most people can think of may be limited to those hanging on some buildings or hanging on the neck of livestock. In fact, since ancient times, there have been many kinds of bells, and the functions are even more varied. Among them, there are wonderful things that laymen can't imagine. Recently, the first bell exhibition in China was carried out at the Exhibition Center of Shaanxi North Road, China's historical and cultural street in Jing'an District. More than 520 kinds of 20 series of bells from ancient and modern Chinese and foreign appearances made the audience look refreshed.
The "bell" is a sounder made of metal or the like, with a small tongue hanging in the body and shaking. "é“›" is a sound that describes the impact of metal and other objects. People connect the "bell" and its sound "é“›" together, called the bell.
"Long-legged and bell-hearted"
The history of the bells produced in China can almost wear the history of the development of the entire Chinese nation. In "Poetry Zhou Wei", there are: "Long-legged, and bell-and-hearted." Reflecting the momentum of the military; every encounter with the great sacrifice, that is, "Ming Bells should be chickens." Ancient Chinese bells are mainly made of copper, called copper bells or old copper bells. Today, in the excavator, in addition to the instrument being interpreted, pure bells are often accompanied by saddlery and weapons.
In the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, copper bells existed from the middle of the Neolithic Age and are generally considered to be instruments used in certain sacrifices. From the unearthed situation, it is mainly distributed in Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Hebei and other places. A copper bell unearthed from the cemetery of the Tao Tao Temple in Shanxi Province belongs to the earliest copper bell in China. The discovery of the Taosi copper bells has pushed the origin of China's copper bells one step further, indicating that in the late Longshan culture, copper bells appeared. The copper bell may have evolved from the Tao bell, because the Tao bells resembling the bell bell shape were discovered at the same time as the copper bells of the Tao Temple.
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