我国古代汉族大型打击乐器编钟兴起于西周,盛于春秋战国直至秦汉,我国也是制造和使用乐钟最早的国家。编钟用青铜铸成,由大小不同的扁圆钟按照音调高低的次序排列,悬挂于一个巨大的钟架上,用丁字形的木锤和长形的木棒分别敲打铜钟能发出不同的乐音,且每个铜钟的音调不同,按照音谱敲打可以演奏出美妙的乐曲,木架上还悬挂有一组音调高低不同的铜钟,由古代侍女用小木槌敲打奏乐。 The ancient Chinese large percussion chimes rose in the Western Zhou Dynasty and flourished in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Qin and Han Dynasties. Our country was also the earliest country to manufacture and use the music clock. The chimes are cast in bronze and are arranged in pitch and pitch order in different sizes. They are hung on a huge clock stand, and different bells are struck by tapping the brass bells with the t-shaped wooden hammers and long sticks , And each brass bell is different in tone, according to the sound spectrum beat can play a wonderful piece of music, the wooden frame is also hung a group of different levels of copper bell, played by the ancient maid knock with a gavel.