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Although wind chimes have existed from prehistoric times in many
cultures, it received its most elegant and prolific development in
east and south Asia, from Bali to Tibet and Japan, where wind chimes
often were elaborately decorated, cast, or carved and where hung
from the eaves of sacred structures.
Buddhists especially made use of wind
chimes and wind bells, attaching them profusely by the hundreds or
even thousands to the eaves of temples, shrines, and pagodas,
causing during breezy moments an almost overwhelming auspicious
sensation of sound. In China and Japan wind chimes became a
decorative art in private homes as well as on sacred structures, and
in the 19th and 20th centuries their popular use spread more widely
among Western countries.
Today, we are bridging the worlds of
ancient and modern times, the wisdom of the East is spreading to the
West and being met with enthusiasm and intrigue.
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