China donated the World Peace Bell to Kofukuji Temple in Nagasaki, Japan, what kind of bell cultur

A long history. Walking on the stone path of Kofukuji Temple in Nagasaki, Japan, there is a thick sound of bells, echoing in the vast mountains and forests. There is silence, only the sound of bells.

On the 26th, the installation of the World Peace Bell donated by Japan was completed and hung on the first floor of the Bell and Drum Tower of Kofukuji Temple. The abbot of the temple said that the bell is a symbol of peace, and the sound of the bell symbolizes the friendship between China and Japan, which has been passed down from generation to generation. So what kind of clock culture does my country have?

Legend has it that in ancient times, the sages cast ancient bells to worship heaven and earth, to drive away evil spirits and ward off disasters with the sound of righteous bells, and to bless the peace of one party. The grand bell naturally became a symbol of righteousness. According to the record of "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period", Ling Lun created the twelve rhythms of Lu, that is, the twelve musical scales, and took the yellow bell as the first rhythm.

In order to preserve it permanently, the Yellow Emperor ordered the casting of a bronze bell that presented the sound of the flute, so that the scale matched the bronze bell.

Ancient clocks are divided into three categories from the functional aspect, including music bells and chimes, bells for the court, bells for change, and bells for Buddha and Taoism. It is divided into two categories in terms of shape, namely round bells and flat bells, flat bells are also called tile bells, and music clocks and chimes belong to flat bells.

In the eyes of the ancients, ** can cleanse people's hearts and has an edifying effect. The music clocks come in different shapes, and with beautiful and rich rhythms, the ensemble plays a pleasant sound, which has a unique charm. It can express people's thoughts and psychological activities, and can express the forms of various characters, heaven and earth, and the artistic conception is very profound and lofty.

After the Western Zhou Dynasty, the chimes were an important ceremonial instrument, arranged in the order of pitch according to the different sizes of the flat round bronze bells, hung on the bell frame, and struck with wooden hammers and rods according to the musical notation, playing beautiful music. Among the ancient metal musical instruments, bell instruments are the main ones. <>

Historically, the emperor was happy to cast the bell, built a number of bell towers, and hung the big bell, rang the bell to tell the time, the civil and military officials at this time in the court, the people's life and breath are subject to this. After the Tang Dynasty, there were more types of bells and bells. The shape of the heavy weight of the clock, the fundamental frequency is low and the energy storage is large, and the bell is deep.

The bell of Buddha and Tao is basically used to worship Buddha, worship God, and pray and influence the activities of sentient beings, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the formation of Buddhism and Taoism, the Buddha bell and the Tao bell have become the mainstream of the ancient bell. In many Taoist temples, the hanging bell is a mass vessel, an iconic ritual vessel, and is believed to have the effect of removing demons. In the large palaces, bell towers are built, and there are related ceremonies such as morning bells and dusk drums every day, so that people can improve themselves and not indulge themselves.

In the ancient temple of the famous temple, there are bell and drum towers on the left and right sides of the main hall, and drums are placed respectively, which are called "left bell and right drum." The temple bell strikes once in the morning and at dusk, and each time it strikes one hundred and eight times. Such as the Yongle Bell.

In the ancient temple of the famous temple, there are bell and drum towers on the left and right sides of the main hall, and drums are placed respectively, which are called "left bell and right drum." There are also temple bells that strike once in the morning and dusk, and each time they strike one hundred and eight times. For example, the Yongle Bell.

The bell is the carrier of China's culture, and the "Bamboo Newspaper Peace" bell takes bamboo as the theme, integrates ancient and modern Chinese and foreign cultural elements, and is the material carrier of Chinese virtues and modern civilization. The design concept of the bell follows the core and essence of the yin-yang doctrine of "heaven and earth". It is the concrete embodiment of the theory of "heaven and earth" advocated by the ancient cultural heritage of yin and yang in the Zhong culture.

China's bell has a long history, there is a fable called covering the ear and stealing the bell, in which the "bell" is the bell, indicating that there has been a bell in China for a long time, and it can even be traced back to the Shang Dynasty.

Ringing the bell in our country has the meaning of vigilance, warning us to be serious and cautious in doing things. In addition, there is a chime, which is a musical instrument in ancient times, carrying ** culture. There is also the custom of ringing bells in temples to calm the mind and soothe people's hearts.