When playing, hold the handle of the bell in the left hand and shake the bell mouth downward. It is used in Buddhist Dharma chanting and Buddhist music.
It is used in lama monasteries in Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Inner Mongolia, as well as in the distribution areas of Lamaism in Southeast Asian countries. When the monks are chanting sutras collectively, they are used by the leading lamas or living Buddhas.
Among the Naxi people in Lijiang County, Yunnan Province, Jingang bells are mostly used at the beginning and end of the music of the cave scriptures.
In Tantric Buddhism, the vajra bell belongs to the father, representing convenience; the vajra bell belongs to the mother, representing wisdom. Convenience and wisdom are inseparable, so the bell and pestle must be a pair. Usually the right hand holds the pestle and the left hand holds the bell.