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Korean wind chime

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A wind chime at Bongeunsa, with fish decoration.
Dragon's head with bell, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Korean wind chimes (Korean: 풍경, romanizedpunggyeong, lit.'wind bell') are various traditional bells hung from the exterior corners of Korean Buddhist temples, and functioning as a wind chime. The bell's clapper is often in the shape of a fish, an auspicious sign in Buddhism.[1][2]

An elaborate gilt bronze style of Korean wind chime and dragon's head finial became a type of object in later Silla / early Goryeo art.[3]

Hung from the eaves, and rung by the wind, it is a form of awakening practitioners of Buddhism to the external world.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Lee, O.-Young (2012-08-21). Things Korean. Tuttle Publishing. p. 367. ISBN 9781462908400.
  2. ^ "Wooden fish gongs and wind chimes: Symbols of Buddhist cultivation". koreatimes. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ^ "Rafter finial in the shape of a dragon's head and wind chime | Korea | early Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) | The Met". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  4. ^ Jang, Choong-sik. "풍경(風磬)" [Punggyeong]. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-10-24.
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