STONE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS    磬

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCED USING STONE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Qìng 磬 refers to the musical instrument made of stone which was suspended on the wooden construction (usually in a set) and beaten with a wooden stick. This kind of instrument came into use already in the 3rd millenium B.C. Qìng 磬 was together with bells and drums the core instrument of ritual musical assemblages, and it is quite often found in aristocratic tombs dating from the Shang to the Warring States period (most remarkable being an assemblage of 32 pieces from the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng who died in 433 B.C.). By Han times it was already rare. 2. Qìng 罄 is another way of writing qìng 磬.
Modern Chinese Criteria
磬 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT　TOOLS USED FOR PRODUCING MUSIC. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 220

    Klangstein:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 766

    Klangstein:

    • Words (3 items)

    磬  qìng OC: kheeŋs MC: kheŋ 16 Attributions

    Qìng 磬 refers to the musical instrument made of stone which was suspended on the wooden construction (usually in a set) and beaten with a wooden stick. This kind of instrument came to use already in the 3rd millenium B.C. Qìng 磬 was together with bells and drums the core instrument of ritual musical assemblages, and it is quite often found in aristocratic tombs dating from the Shang to the Warring States period (most remarkable being an assemblage of 32 pieces from the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng who died in 433 B.C.). By Han times it was already rare.

      Word relations
    • Object: 擊/KNOCK
    • Assoc: 玉/JADE
    • Assoc: 鍾/BELL The current general word for a bell of any kind is zhōng 鐘/鍾. When hung up singly, it is called tè zhōng 特鐘, with round opening as in illustration SUN JI. Rhythmic instrument. Also, hung up in a series of tuned bells, in two rows of eight bells each. Note that these bells were already rare by Han times. [In use mainly from the Western Zhou till the Warring States.

      Syntactic words
    • nmusic stone, lithophone
    • nadVanalogylike a music stone, in the shape of a music stone, so as to make the shape of a music stone
    • viactplay on the music stones
    石  shí OC: djaɡ MC: dʑiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npluralstone instruments; musical stones 擊石 "knock/play stone instruments"
    罄  qìng OC: kheeŋs MC: kheŋ 1 Attribution

    Qìng 罄is another way of writing qìng 磬.

      Syntactic words
    • nloan for: music stone