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Bianqing

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A named set of tuned stone chimes of early Chinese court rite. Not Bianzhong the bronze bells, not Tingsha, and not a generic bell.

Chinese tradition

  • Bianqing appears in Chinese tradition.

    Laufer’s Jade seats resonant stones carved from jade (and related sounding stones) among Chinese musical hardstone objects of the collection (Plates LIV–LIX; index resonant stones). A named bianqing / stone-chime neighborhood in that survey, not bianzhong the bronze bell set and not a generic bell dump.

    from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912

    appears in · sourced · culturally specific

sources

  • Jade · Berthold Laufer

    Berthold Laufer, Jade: A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion.