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56 CHWESE MUSIC. ceremonies was on the right side of the hall; it sounded one note at the beginning of each word. The pien-chung has now quite taken its place, and even single specimens of quadrate bells are seldom to be found. No. rn.-The Wei-shun (rul if) is a very ancient bell of the Chou dynasty. It had the shape of a ~alloon, and was suspended singly upon a frame. It was r.35 feet in height; the upper diameter was 1.1 feet, and the lower diameter measmed 8.3 inches. It w . . k . . as suspended by a knob shaped somewhat like the if (we'I.,), mon Tey. This ammal is said to have ll . g rey head, a forked tail, and an upward nose ; in rainy weather it hangs from th ha· ye ow 1 sh . . il . "t ils d e Ianches r· trees by putting the two ends of 1t~ ta ~to 1 s nostr , an so forming a circle. From . 0 derived the Chinese idea of suspendmg then· bells. it was The wei-shun was used mostly for the ceremonies at the Temple of An . . h h 1 . cestors h it corresponded to some kind of drum wh1c as a so disappeared. , w ere It has been said that this instrument "is simply a large bell with 8 ll ' ma round suspended in it to act as a tongue, the sound thereby produced being exceedingly shrill."l bells , N. B. DENNYS, " Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic S . t ocre y, 1s 74 _,,