The heat of midsummer is steaming, and the three traditional Japanese summer treasures are "wind chimes", "fans" and "cold noodles". The sound of wind chimes swaying in the summer breeze brings a sense of coolness to people. Therefore, in Japan, wind chimes are also called "cool".
Ordinary wind chimes are like an upside-down tea cup, with a small stick hanging inside, a piece of string hanging from the lower end of the stick, and a thin leaf called a "short book" tied to the string. scraps of paper. The short album is commonly known as The Tongue of Wind Chimes. It is used to increase the windward area and make the knocking point swing more sensitively so that it hits the inner wall of the bell and makes a crisp tinkling~dinging~ sound. It is said that wind chimes originated from the Feng Zhanduo in ancient China. They were mainly used for divination. Some people also used them to judge the direction of the wind. According to records, during the Tang Dynasty, King Qi, the son of Emperor Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty, hung many jade pieces in the bamboo forest in the palace where he lived, and listened to the collision of the jade pieces to determine the direction of the wind. These jade pieces are Zhanfeng Duo. Later, such wind chimes were brought home by Japanese monks who studied in the Tang Dynasty.
At first, wind chimes were hung in front of and behind the house as a ward off evil spirits. It is believed that within the range of hearing the bell, no evil spirits or ghosts can get close. There is a folk legend in Japan that tells that in the late Meiji period, there was a long steep slope near Kyobashi in Tokyo, where ghosts and monsters often appeared, and no one dared to walk after dark. One day, a wind chime vendor came home late. When passing by this barren hillside, he saw a slim woman standing on the roadside, covering her face with long sleeves and twitching. So the hawker asked, "Madam, why are you crying?" He asked again and again, but there was no answer from the woman. The hawker couldn't help but stepped forward and pulled the woman's sleeve. The woman slowly turned around, and it turned out to be a face as smooth as an eggshell with no mouth, no nose, and no eyes. The vendor screamed in fright and ran away. The wind chimes behind me rang loudly. The woman was about to give chase, but she disappeared as soon as she heard the bell.