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明宮塔大鐘

緬甸

位於緬甸曼德勒省(Mandalay)明宮塔(Mingun Pagoda)北側。明宮塔為世界上最大的磚造佛塔之一。大鐘為貢榜王朝(Konbaung,1752∼1885)孟雲王(Bodawpaya,1782∼1819在位)於一八○八年四月詔令金屬工匠開始鑄造,一八一○年完成。為該國保存完整、尺寸最大的懸吊式鳴鐘,亦為世界最大銅鐘之一。
 鐘主要以青銅為材質,加上金、銀、鐵及錫各種金屬鎔鑄而成。鐘體高大,斜腹,撇沿,高3.66公尺,口徑約5公尺,鐘口圓周逾15.5公尺。頂部隆起,設雙獸鈕,兩獸相背而坐,中作一懸梁。鐘身外展呈傘形。鐘壁寬厚,音聲厚實優美,附一柚木製作的鐘槌。
 鐘身外壁通體無紋飾,僅下部飾數道凸弦紋。正面鑄有緬文55555,係表緬甸的重量制,相當於90.52公噸。據梁上的銘文,得知一八一○年三月二十三日此鐘於伊洛瓦底江(Ayeyarwady River)一座小島上鑄造完成,後以大型貨船渡江運送至曼德勒城。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 191.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mingun Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 191.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mingun Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:191.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mingun Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 191).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 191,
title = {{Mingun Bell}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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