The origin of the midnight bell of Hanshan Temple and the Nanping evening bell of Nanping Mounta

To put it simply, in ancient times, drumming and playing were the same thing. The night is divided into five shifts, every two hours, from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. The "midnight bells" of the verse "midnight bells to passenger ships" that you are talking about are probably the drums of the sub-hour; The "Nanping Evening Bell" of West Lake should be before the sub-hour, but we cannot know the exact time.

The drum tower beats the drum to set the change (report the change), the bell tower hits the bell to tell the time, in the ancient times when there was no clock and watch timing, the bell and drum sound plays a very important role in the living and labor of the old Beijingers, so people often say "the evening drum and the morning bell".

In the Qing Dynasty, it was originally stipulated that the bell tower would report the time day and night, but after Qianlong, it was changed to only report the two watches at night, and the two watchmen climbed the bell tower and the drum tower respectively, first beating the drum and then striking the bell. Its timekeeping method is calculated according to the ancients to divide the night into five watches, each watch is an hour, that is, the current two hours, 19 o'clock is the fixed watch, 21 o'clock is the second watch, 23 o'clock is the third watch, 1 o'clock is the fourth watch, 3 o'clock is the fifth watch, 5 o'clock is the bright watch. The bell and drum tower first beat the drum every time it arrives, and then rings the bell to remind people to go to sleep, and the second to fifth watch only hits the bell and does not beat the drum, so as not to affect everyone's sleep.

At dawn, the drum is beaten first and then the bell is ringed, indicating that it is time to get up. The method of beating the drum is to hit 18 times quickly and then 18 times slowly, for a total of 6 hits, for a total of 108 sounds. Striking a bell is the same as beating a drum.

What was said upstairs was very true. However, I think that the midnight bell in the night park of Fengqiao may be a special rule of Hanshan Temple, rather than something more drumming. Because the monastery is not responsible for the task of watching.

Maybe it's a night class at the temple, or maybe it happens to be the bell ringing at a special time in the temple. Later, the poem became famous and became a common practice. After all, the sound of drums and bells cannot be confused.

Every year the New Year's bell in Hangzhou will ring in Jingci Temple, I really haven't encountered the evening bell, but now the bell is open to tourists, 10 quick money to strike. The bell hung on the second floor of the Jizo Hall.

The Nanping evening bell strikes twice a day, mostly at 4:40 a.m. and 8 p.m., each time for about 25 minutes, at 4:40 a.m. and 8 p.m.

The evening bell of Nanping is related to Kangxi's southern tour.

The Jingci Temple at the northern foot of Nanping Mountain was founded in the first year of Zhou Xiande (954 AD) after five generations, and has a history of more than 1,000 years. It was built by Qian Hongyue, the king of Wuyue, to support the founder of Nanshan Buddhism, Yongming Zen Master, and was originally known as "Huiri Yongming Zen Temple". It is located in the Nanping Mountains with strange rocks and mountains, like a barrier.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was renamed "Jingci Temple", and Lingyin Temple, Zhaoqing Temple, and Shengyin Temple were called "the four jungles of West Lake". When Jingci Temple was first built, there was a bell tower. Ming Dynasty Hongwu eleven years (AD 1378), the old bell is too small, recast a giant bell weighing 10 tons, because the bell is loud, coupled with the temple behind the Nanping Mountain many empty holes, so the evening bell rings, the bell is through the hole reverberation, spread the valley, far away half of Hangzhou.

When Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty toured the south, the sky was about to break, "the night air is clear, all the sounds are silent, the bell is rising, ringing into the clouds, and it is thought-provoking", and it was renamed "Nanping Evening Bell".

Attraction introduction.

Among the ten views of the West Lake, the only one that takes the ritual utensils in the Buddhist temple as a landscape is the "Nanping Evening Bell" in the Jingci Temple. The "Nanping" here refers to the Nanping Mountain behind the Jingci Temple, and the "evening bell" refers to the bronze Dafa Bell in the Jingci Temple.

Jingci Temple is located at the foot of Huiri Peak in Nanping Mountain on the south bank of West Lake, was founded in Wuyue, and was called "Yongming Zen Temple" earlier, and is one of the four ancient temples in the history of West Lake. There is a release pond in front of the mountain gate, and there are historical sites such as Zongjing Hall, Huiri Pavilion, Jizu Palace, Yunmujing and so on in the temple. Legend has it that the Living Buddha Jigong once practiced here, and used his divine power to transport wood from the well to build the Jingci Temple.

The recast bronze bell is 3 meters high and weighs more than 10 tons, and the bell is cast with more than 10,000 characters of the "Myoho-renge-kyo", and on Chinese New Year's Eve, many citizens and tourists will gather inside and outside the bell tower of Jingciji Temple to hold a New Year's bell ringing event to welcome the old and welcome the new. When the one hundred and eighth bell rang, it was the beginning of the new year. This activity, which symbolizes peace, joy, stability and unity, has injected new meaning and charm into the ancient Nanping evening bell.

Opening hours: Please consult the scenic spot for specific opening hours.

Transportation guides. It is 164m away from Jingsi Station of Dahongdou Digital Tourism Line, and it is < 5min walk

The two experts upstairs didn't seem to see the topic clearly.

The morning bell and dusk drum may just be the rule in the imperial city of Beijing (not a temple anywhere), the clock tower at the rising sun rings the bell to tell the time, and the drum tower beats the drum when the sun sets.

The ancients divided the day and night into 12 hours, which were ordered by the earthly branch (Zi Chou Yin Mao), and each hour was equivalent to two hours today. The hour was measured with a table or a copper kettle, and the drum was beaten to tell the time so that the people could know it. However, the scope of the drum transmission is limited, and when Emperor Wu of Qi (483-493), in order to make the palace can hear the sound of the time, he hung a large bronze bell in the Jingyang Tower, and changed it to only beat the drum at night to tell the time, which was the first time.

In order to make the bell spread farther, in addition to the bronze bell being cast bigger and bigger, a higher bell tower was also built, opposite the drum tower, and the bell was struck in the morning and the drum in the night.

Answerer: Li Jiasi - Senior Magician Level 7 3-30 02:20As for the Nanping Evening Bell, it is unknown whether the author heard it or the creation of literature, and I have not been to Nanping.

The morning bell and dusk drum are just a saying, and it may also be the direction of the construction of the bell tower and drum tower, that is, the general bell tower in the temple is in the east and the drum tower is in the west, but there are also differences, such as the Shaanxi tower viewing platform. The bells and drums have their own order in daily life, and they are mainly used to tell the time. But on the battlefield, the drum is always in front and the bell is behind, and the drum is beaten to the battle.

As for the 'Nanping Evening Bell', it should have its special significance.

West Lake, Hangzhou.

The "Nanping Evening Bell" of the Nine of the Ten Scenic Spots of the West Lake is the evening bell of the Jingci Temple in Pingshan Mountain, which is on the south shore of West Lake in Hangzhou, north of Yuhuang Mountain, and east of Jiuyao Mountain. The main peak is 100 meters high, the forest is luxuriant, the stone wall is like a screen, at the foot of the north foot of the mountain is the Jingci Temple, the bell is clear and melodious in the evening.

Hope it helps.

Morning bell and dusk drum It is not about the morning bell and the evening drum.

Rather, it is said that the bells and drums of the morning and evening.

Similar to "Qin Shi Mingyue Han Shi Guan".

Nanping Evening Bell West Lake Ten Views No. 9 Nanping Mountain is on the south shore of Hangzhou West Lake, north of Yuhuang Mountain, and east of Jiuyao Mountain. The main peak is 100 meters high, the forest is luxuriant, the stone wall is like a screen, at the foot of the mountain is the Jingci Temple, the bell is clear and melodious in the evening.