During the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient Chinese bells were divided into musical bells, Buddhist bells, Taoist bells, imperial court bells and bells for sounding the night watches. Their ...

Thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians worked ... and dragons Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Shaft bell (yong) with spirals and dragons; from a set Freer Gallery of Art and ...

synonymous with the austere vessels used in ancient state rituals or ancestor worship from about 1500 B.C. through A.D. 200. ...