Bell

Japanese: 鐘 - かね

A metal bowl-shaped percussion instrument. There are two types: those that are struck by a tongue suspended inside the rim of the instrument, and those that are struck from the outside. The former include bells, bells, and bells, while the latter include temple bells and temple bells. Early ones were generally small and broadly divided into hand bells, which were rang by swinging a handle attached to the top, and ones that were attached to a string and sewn to clothing or hung on a person's limbs or the neck of a livestock. Large ones were first made in China (bells), and even larger temple bells were invented on the Korean Peninsula. They were introduced to Europe after the 5th century, and hand bells were first spread by the Celts. At the end of the 6th century, bells began to be cast in Italy, and developed in connection with Christian churches. A mechanical method of ringing bells was also devised (carillon).

Bell

A bronze, bowl-shaped percussion instrument used in Chinese gagaku music. In Chinese, it is called zhong. It is a type of bell. In the Chinese octave system, it is a type of gold. The body is slightly narrow at the top and widens as it goes downwards, with the bottom edge arching inwards. There is a handle at the top and numerous milk-shaped protrusions on the body, and the center of the bottom edge is struck with a hammer. In ancient times, it was a standard tool for tuning. A single one hung on a rack is called a special bell, and a set of several is called a bienzhong. It was popular in the Bronze Age Zhou dynasty, and bienzhong appeared in the mid-Western Zhou dynasty. Bienzhong was used to invite and comfort ancestral gods during festivals, while also praying for the prosperity of oneself and one's clan.

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Japanese:

金属製の椀状打奏体鳴楽器。楽器の周縁部を，中に吊した舌(ぜつ)が打って鳴るものと，外から打つものとの２種類がある。前者には鐸(たく)，鈴(れい)，ベルなど，後者には梵鐘，【きん】など。初期のものは全般的に小型で，頂上につけた柄を持って振り鳴らす鈴(れい)（ハンドベル）と，紐をつけて衣服に縫いつけたり，紐でつないで人の手足や家畜の首などに下げたものに大別される。大型のものは中国で作られたのが始まりで（鐘(しょう)），朝鮮半島ではさらに大きい梵鐘が誕生。ヨーロッパに移入されたのは５世紀以降で，初めはケルト人によってハンドベルが広められた。６世紀末にはイタリアでベルが鋳造されるようになり，キリスト教会と関連しながら発達。機械仕掛けによる鳴鐘法も考案される（カリヨン）。

鐘【しょう】

中国の雅楽で用いられる青銅製の椀状打奏体鳴楽器。中国語ではジョン。鐘(かね)の類。中国の八音では金の類。胴は上が少し狭く，下方へいくに従って広がり，下辺は内側に弧を描く。上部には柄が，胴には乳形の隆起が多数つき，下辺中央部を槌で打つ。古くは音律の基準の具であった。架に１個ずつかけたものを特鐘(トージョン)，いくつかセットにしたものを編鐘(ビエンジョン)と呼ぶ。青銅器時代の周に盛んで，西周中期には編鐘が出現。編鐘は，祭りのときに祖先神を招き慰めると同時に自己および一族の繁栄を願うためのものであった。

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