Wednesday, August 31, 2011

2005 : knocking the No 1 Bell of the World @ HanShanSi Temple 苏州寒山寺敲打世界第一钟


2005 : 600th Anniversary of the First Voyage of Admiral Zheng He exhibition, Taicang, China
2005 年中国太仓郑和下西洋邮展

One of the tour programmes provided by the organiser of the Taicang Philatelic Exhibition was a visit to Suzhou, and an interesting itenerary was the HanShansi - a famous temple I had read many a times in various Chinese novels and articles. There is a Bell known to be the First Bell of the World situated in a Pagoda in the temple compound. I was lured to hit this gigantic bell and experienced myself the sound resonance produced by hitting.

太仓邮展主办当局安排了官方观光节目把我们给带到邻近的苏州逛逛。其中一项重点景点是苏州寒山寺。在寺境内有个号称天下第一钟,就置在一个塔的楼阁处。亲身尝试敲响了这一个庞大的铜钟。

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