Temple Bell - Toronto, Ontario
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N 43° 40.070 W 079° 23.643
17T E 629472 N 4836233
This Chinese bell is located in Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum.
Waymark Code: WMEYWC
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/24/2012
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The placard accompanying this bell informs us:
"Temple bell
cast by order of Wei Bin (died 1522)
Bronze
1518, Zhengde period of the Ming dynasty
This magnificent bell with a double-
dragon crown for suspension is covered
with Buddhist scriptures. Like all
Chinese bells, it does not have a
clapper, but was struck from outside
with a mallet or suspended beam.
A dedicatory inscription mentions that
the eunuch Wei Bin donated this bell to
the Honashan Temple southeast of
Beijing, where he was later buried. Wei
Bin was one of the most powerful men
in China during the reign of the
Zhengde emperor (1505-1521)."
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