In the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign (1759), there were the unearthed ancient bells and the triumph of the five-year Northwest War. The two originally independent events were linked together. In addition, Emperor Qianlong's appraisal of the ancient bells made the manufacture of bells full of energy. A mysterious and auspicious atmosphere. The bell and the special chime have been recorded in the records of music in all dynasties, but they were vacant in the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the bell is already available, the special chime should also be available, which is called "the sound of gold must be accompanied by jade vibration". Therefore, all the ministers played on the emperor, requesting to buy a special chime, and both the bell and the bell to be hung in order to prepare for the prosperity of neutralization. And please pluck Hetian beautiful jade, cut it into a special chime, which is better than the Lingbi stone chime used in the past.
So far, the production of the special chime bell was determined in the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong (1761). The special chime was originally made, but due to time constraints, Lingbi stone was still used, and it was shipped from the origin to the Jingshi Club within a limited time. The first use of special chimes in the Qing Dynasty should have begun in the Winter Solstice Ceremony in the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign. Later, with the continuous tribute of Xinjiang jade, the special chime was changed to jasper.