Thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians worked with foundry technicians to cast matched sets of bronze bells of different sizes to produce a range of tones. They developed oval-shaped bells that, ...

The introduction of metal brought about the tongnao (a bronze percussion instrument ... With the introduction of Buddhism into China after the Qin Dynasty, ancient bells gradually became important ...

By European standards, these ancient Chinese bronze bells are enormous. Nothing on this scale would be cast in Europe until the Middle Ages, over fifteen hundred years later. But the role of bells ...

China entered the Bronze Age around the 16th century BC ... played the role of a dragon's head in the development of ancient bells. The Yongle Bell of the Ming Dynasty was an outstanding ...

By European standards, these ancient Chinese bronze bells are enormous. Nothing on this scale would be cast in Europe until the Middle Ages, over fifteen hundred years later. But the role of bells ...