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Who invented wind chimes?

Who invented the clock and how did it spread? Why do people sometimes associate it with love?

The earliest origin. Hanging wind chimes in Tang and Song Dynasties had warning function. When used in home architecture, it means "good rhyme" to attract "good luck". "Fengling" is also a very important traditional craft in oriental civilization, and different materials of Fengling have different characteristics. For example, bamboo wind chimes are simple and natural, and there is the sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves.

1. Used to ring a warning bell.

1. Tang system: "The bachelor's college is deep and strict, and the bell is hung by the police. In the middle of Changqing, Hebei used soldiers, and often voiced at night to call for urgency.

2. Tang Kaiyuan Tianbao Legacy: "Wang Ning ... in the spring, in the back garden, HongLing is a golden bell and a flower tip. Every time birds and magpies get together, the history of the garden is shocked and the flowers are covered. "

Secondly, it is used in architecture.

1. History of Song Dynasty. Ceremony: "There are pine and cypress trees in the courtyard of Mingtang, there is no halberd at the door, and bells are hung at the corner of the hall." The so-called "Tang Ming" is a temple where politics and religion are integrated. According to Dai Li, "Tang Ming has existed since ancient times, so it is a vassal." Obviously, Tang Ming is an important political and religious place in China. There are no guards at the door, but bells are set at the four corners of the eaves, which is alert and peaceful, but there is no harsh atmosphere.

2. Wind chimes are used in geomantic mapping of buildings and homes, that is, the charm of wind chimes is used to change the magnetic field in the environmental space, so people in China think that hanging wind chimes depends on the orientation.

Third, for religion.

1. (bell) has three meanings in Buddhist meaning: alarm, joy and statement, which are commonly found in Buddhist instruments, musical instruments and tower temple cornices.

2. Understand the symbolic meaning of a Buddhist song "Wind chimes": "The whole body is like a hanging mouth, no matter what the wind is, it says prajna, ding, ding-dong, ding-dong." The so-called "ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong" is a speech.

Buddhism's doctrine of bitterness, emptiness, impermanence and selflessness is briefly described in the Tripitaka: "The wind chimes make the sky hoarse, the truth shines on the fire, and the teaching sound is silent."

3. In religious circles, whether it is a church or a Buddhist temple, bells are essential, and their main significance is to send out.

The signal represents an important link in the ceremony, arousing people to pray? Announce the occurrence and celebration of major events.

Wishing, warning and mourning, bells are always meaningful.

4. Bali worships many gods, and it is said that Fengshen (Shiva) plays bamboo flute loudly with wind by means of wind chimes.

The small frequency indicates the arrival of Fengshen and shows its great power.

Because wind chimes can spread far away, and they are also used to place an emotion in their hearts (far apart)! It is also reasonable to extend to love!