It is made of bronze, arranged in pitch order by flat round clocks of different sizes, hung on a huge clock rack, and tapped with a T-shaped wooden hammer and a long stick respectively, which can produce different musical sounds.
Because the tone of each clock is different, you can play wonderful music by tapping on the sound spectrum. A set of bronze bells with different tones hung on the wooden frame, and the maid beat the music with a mallet.
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The chime of bells by Ceng Houyi, a cultural relic in the early Warring States Period, was successfully excavated in Suixian County, Hubei Province (now Suizhou City) from 65438 to 0978. The bell stand of this set of chimes is very high, and it is vertically intersected by two facades of different lengths, showing a square shape. Both ends of seven painted wooden beams are reinforced with copper sleeves with dragon patterns.
It is supported by six sword-shaped copper columns and eight columns, forming three layers: upper, middle and lower. There are 246 clock stands and hooks (including detachable parts). The chime with a short stand (left) of 335, a height of 273, a long stand (middle and right) of 748 and a height of 265 cm is an ancient percussion instrument and a ritual vessel symbolizing the master's power. Mainly popular in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.
There are 65 chimes in Ceng Houyi, which are divided into eight groups: the upper three groups are button chimes, 19 chimes; The third group of the middle layer is Nanzhong, with 33 pieces, which are divided into three types: short pieces, no pieces and long pieces; The lower floor consists of two groups of long chimes, 12 pieces.
Another battle. The largest one is 1 piece height 152.3cm and weighs 203.6kg; the smallest one is 20.2 cm high and weighs 2.4kg.. The total weight of the bell body is 2567kg, and the copper part of the bell frame (including the hook) is 442 1.48kg.
There are three ways to hang chimes: the lower bell is hung by a ring, and the middle bell is hung by two kinds of hooks, namely, the tiger-climbing collar and the double-rod collar, the rack hook and the welding hook; The clock is plug-in, and a pin is used to swing and hook the clock knob.
There are 3,755 words engraved on the clock, the bell stand and the bell hook, the contents of which are numbering, recording, phonetic notation and music theory. Most of the inscriptions are wrong gold. The inscription on all notes of Yongzhong is "Ceng Houyi is the clock bearer", which indicates that the manufacturer and user of the clock is Ceng Houyi.
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