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Kaiyuan Temple Great Hero Hall: Bell

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開元寺銅鐘

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位於臺灣臺南市開元寺大雄寶殿內,是臺灣傳世最古老的佛寺梵鐘。鐘上鑄有「康熙乙亥年(1695)孟春鑄造」的年款,及「當代住持福宗建造」銘文,印證此鐘是該寺第二任住持福宗和尚所鑄造。
 鐘重960公斤,高170公分,頂端有銅鈕。上端呈半圓弧球體,中間逐漸加寬,底部圓圈平直,口徑105.7公分,整體造型接近宋式的窄口鐘。表面以凸出的橫直棱線,劃分鐘體成上下二個區段,每區段內各分成五個方框,框內鑄銘文。
 在十框銘文中,除了《般若波羅蜜多心經》經文與「往生淨土神咒」外,另有興建檀越主等功德芳名,涵蓋僧侶、文武百官、善男信女,人數總計達二百零四人,所鑄字數一千二百八十三字,是臺灣現存清代(1644~1911)梵鐘中,銘文字數最多的一口鐘。此鐘因是官民集資所鑄,故空前盛大,彌足珍貴。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 156.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kaiyuan Temple Great Hero Hall: Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 156.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Kaiyuan Temple Great Hero Hall: Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:156.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Kaiyuan Temple Great Hero Hall: Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 156).
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