The gong is one of the earliest musical instruments used by the ancient Pu and Luoyue people.
In 1978, a Baiyue gong from the early Western Han Dynasty was unearthed from the Luobowan Tomb No. 1 in Guixian County, Guangxi (called Bushan County in the Qin and Han Dynasties). The gong is 33.4 cm in diameter, and the diameter of the gong’s hilum is 22 cm. There is an arch line pattern cast ...
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