广东东莞资福寺始建于南汉,代有修缮扩拓,向为粤中名刹,寺内元至正年间所铸铜钟形制巨大,镌刻精良,铭文众多,内容涉及当时东莞建置、职官、币制、寺规等。元代采铜冶炼业不甚发达,大型铜器存世较少,该东莞资福寺铜钟不啻为粤中重器,即在全国亦属不多见者,特别是在铸造该钟材料中使用了来自中亚波斯地区的矿产——鍮石,反映了输石乃东西海贸物资之一类。 Capital of Guangdong Province Fufu Temple was built in the South Han Dynasty, on behalf of the repair extension, to the famous temple in Guangdong, Temple within the year to the bronze bell shaped huge, engraved well, many inscriptions, covering the establishment of Dongguan then, the officer , Currency system, temple rules and so on. In the Yuan Dynasty, the copper mining industry was undeveloped and the large-scale bronze wares survived. The bronze bell of the Zifu Temple in Dongguan was neither a medium nor heavy-duty kiln in Guangdong, nor was it seen in the whole country, especially when it was cast The mineral from the Persia region in Central Asia - stone, reflects the transport of goods is a kind of East and West sea materials.