南京钟,因最早起源于南京,故名。后来制造地遍及江苏,为区别“广钟”又称为“苏钟”。该钟的外壳造型仿造中国传统的插屏模式,故又有“插屏钟”之名。 南京钟与广钟,并列为我国古代两大自鸣钟体系。自鸣钟诞生于西洋,是明万历年间,由西方传教士带入我国,最早的先驱是西方文化使者利玛窦,最早的登陆口岸是广州。由于广州的特殊的历史与地理的背景,那里成为中国仿制西方机械时钟的基地,其后波及到江苏在广州制造的自鸣钟虽然成为清皇宫的贡品,今天我们能在北京的故宫博物院钟 Nanjing bell, because of the earliest origins in Nanjing, hence the name. Was manufactured throughout Jiangsu, to distinguish “wide bell”, also known as “Su Zhong.” The bell’s shell model imitation of traditional Chinese plug-in screen mode, so there is “plug-screen clock” in the name. Nanjing bell and wide bell, tied for two ancient Chinese system since the bell. Since the Ming Bell was born in the West, is the Ming Dynasty, brought by Western missionaries into our country, the earliest pioneer is the messenger of Western culture Matteo Ricci, the earliest landing port in Guangzhou. Because of its special history and geography, Guangzhou became the base for imitating Western mechanical clocks in China. Since then, the self-proclaimed bell made in Guangzhou in Jiangsu Province has become a tribute to the Qing Imperial Palace. Today we can get the clock at the Palace Museum in Beijing