half-beast revelers in a ritual dating back to pre-Christian times. Clad in sheep and goatskins with heavy hand-forged bronze bells chained to their waists, the Bell People danced through the ...

According to The Junior Dancing Master, the Ministry of Rites, the Ritual of Zhou, "The emperor could have bells on the four sides of his palace, a duke or prince could have bells on three sides ...

Many of them bore inscriptions on events. The court of the Zhou Dynasty promulgated the ritual and musical institutions embodied by bells and musical stones, suited to the hierarchy. As a musical ...

Here you will find bells in the collections of the National Museum of Asian Art. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Bell (yong zhong) Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ...

said to be one of Japan’s three largest temple bells, in a dry run to ring out a year overshadowed by wars overseas. The Dec. 27 dress rehearsal was for an annual ritual on New Year’s Eve ...