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  2. Bianzhong - Wikipedia

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    Bianzhong (pronunciation ⓘ) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells, played melodically. China is the earliest country to manufacture and use musical chimes. They are also called chime bells. [1] These sets of chime bells were used as polyphonic musical instruments and some of these bells have been dated ...

  3. Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng - Wikipedia

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    Zenghouyi Bells. The Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng (simplified Chinese: 曾侯乙编钟; traditional Chinese: 曾侯乙編鐘; pinyin: Zēnghóuyǐ Biānzhōng), or Zenghouyi Bells, is the name given to an ancient musical instrument made of bells (called bianzhong) unearthed in 1978 in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Leigudun Community (擂鼓墩社区), Nanjiao Subdistrict (南郊街道 ...

  4. Strobilanthes cusia - Wikipedia

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    Strobilanthes cusia, also known as Assam indigo or Chinese rain bell, is a perennial flowering plant of the family Acanthaceae. [1] Native to South Asia , China , and Indochina , it was historically cultivated on a large scale in India and China as a source of indigo dye , which is also known as Assam indigo. [ 2 ]

  5. Bell - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Chinese bronze chime bells called bianzhong or zhong / zeng (鐘) were used as polyphonic musical instruments and some have been dated at between 2000 and 3600 years old. Tuned bells have been created and used for musical performance in many cultures but Zhong are unique among all other types of cast bells in several respects and ...

  6. Bianqing - Wikipedia

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    The chimes were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet. Along with the bronze bells called bianzhong, they were an important instrument in China's ritual and court music going back to ancient times. The instrument was imported to Vietnam (where it is called biên khánh), [1] and Korea (where it is called pyeongyeong).

  7. Narcissus in culture - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese culture interest in narcissi centres on Narcissus tazetta, which can be grown indoors. Narcissus tazetta subsp. chinensis is widely grown in China as an ornamental plant [94] and often known outside China as Chinese sacred lilies (N. tazetta 'Chinese Sacred Lily', 水仙花) or joss flowers. [95]

  8. Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover ...

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    Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. For most, church bells are ...

  9. Platycodon - Wikipedia

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    Platycodon grandiflorus (from Ancient Greek πλατύς "wide" and κώδων "bell") is a species of herbaceous flowering perennial plant of the family Campanulaceae, and the only member of the genus Platycodon. It is native to East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East). [1]