Especially in the dead of night, it is especially quiet to hear this bell, as if you are in heaven, which makes people extraordinary. It is said that people who enter the mountains to make pilgrimages are drunk, listening to the sound of the ancient clock to drive away the troubles of the world. In Beijing with a long history and numerous historical sites, there is a landscape called Dazhong Temple, formerly known as Juesheng Temple.
This small temple submerged in high-rise buildings is famous because it contains a world-class national treasure-Yongle Bell. It is said that the bell that rings at the Spring Festival party every year comes from this Yongle clock.
The Yongle Bell customized by Judy in Ming Taizu weighs 84,000 Jin, which coincides with the auspicious figures of Buddhism. There are 100 Buddhist scriptures with more than 230,000 words on the inner wall of the clock. It has a history of more than 600 years and is also the largest clock in the world.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the bell sank at the bottom of the long river in front of Manjuji outside Xizhimen. In the 11th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, Yong Zhengdi ordered people to take out the clock and put it in Juesheng Temple, a treasure house of geomantic omen, which is located at the dry edge of Beijing and the edge of Yuanmingyuan.
However, when people listen to the bell and appreciate the inscription on it, they may not notice the little dragon on the Hong Zhong button, shrinking his neck and glaring, grinning with his mouth open, holding the bell with four claws. If you pay attention, you will find the image of this little dragon on almost every clock in ancestral temples and temples all over China. Its name is Plough.