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dangdang overview

dangdang Dangdang(pinyin:Dāng dāng), also known as Dangzi, is a kind of percussion instrument. It is a percussion instrument of Mongolian, Tibetan, Han and other nationalities. Popular in Buddhist and Taoist monasteries all over the country.
It has a long history. It was built on the main hall of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, Fujian in the Tang Dynasty. In the third year of Xuande (1428) in the Ming Dynasty, there is also Dangdang in the illustration of the "Buddha's Mother Big Peacock Mingwang Jing".
  • Classification:percussion instrument
  • alias:dangzi
  • popular area:Buddhist and Taoist monasteries across the country
  • pinyin:Dāng dāng

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