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The Bell of King Seongdeok (Korean: 성덕대왕신종) is a large bronze bell, the largest extant bell in Korea. The full Korean name means "Sacred (or Divine) Bell of King Seongdeok the Great." It was also known as the Emille Bell ( 에밀레종 ), after a legend about its casting , and as the Bell of Bongdeoksa Temple , where it was first ...
Because the ringing of a temple bell could be heard over considerable distances, it was also sometimes used for other signalling purposes; there are records of temple bells being used for military communication from as far back as the Genpei War (1180–1185 CE). Smaller versions were subsequently cast for battlefield use, as the large temple ...
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The Angelus, depicting prayer at the sound of the bell (in the steeple on the horizon) ringing a canonical hour.. Oriental Orthodox Christians, such as Copts and Indians, use a breviary such as the Agpeya and Shehimo to pray the canonical hours seven times a day while facing in the eastward direction; church bells are tolled, especially in monasteries, to mark these seven fixed prayer times.
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The bell as depicted in fine art: This triptych depicts Benkei carrying the giant bell of Mii-dera Buddhist temple up Hei-zan Mountain. – Chikanobu Toyohara , c. 1890 . This bell is called Mii-dera no Bansho (三井寺の晩鐘), the evening bell at Mii-dera , a Buddhist temple in Otsu , which is near Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture , Japan .
The bell chamber in the campanile of San Massimo, Verona. Veronese bell ringing is a style of ringing church bells that developed around Verona, Italy, from the eighteenth century. The bells are rung full circle (mouth uppermost to mouth uppermost), being held up by a rope and wheel until a note is required.
A bell that is capable of producing a sustained musical note may be known as a singing bowl [4] [3] or Tibetan singing bowl. [4] Contemporary classical music scores use a variety of other names including temple bell, Buddha temple bell, Japanese temple bell, Buddhist bell, campana di templo and cup bell. [5]