California Inn Has Gathered Examples From Many Lands and Many Times In the Garden of the Bells in the 'Mission Ton riverside, Cal, hangs an extensive collection of rare old bells. 'They have been' gathered together from many lands and derive from many peoples and ages. Big bells, little bells, famous fells, -church bells, ship's bells, tocsin bells, bronze bells, silver felis, gilt: bells and iron. bells. Strings of little bells swing gently Paul Ti, the Pope who excommunicated Henry VILL. for marrying Anne Boloyn. He was Pope from 1534 to 1549. When the cow which bore this enormous bell around her neck grazed on the hills of Rome, 'Charles V. was Emperor of Austria, Spain and the Low' Lands; Francis I. was King of France and Catherine de Medici was preparing for her marriage to auspicious day of June in the] second era Teikwa." This date corresponds to the year 616 A.D.
In the sixth century. the Emperor! of Korea sent a gold statue of the! Buddha by a delegation of priests to the Emperor of Japan to introduce the Buddhist religion. Unfortunately a number of earthquakes occurred soon after, which shook the faith of the' converts and aroused them to destroy the Korean shrine and cast the gold statue into nearby lake. However, at al Tater date Buddhism gained in favour and in 630 A.D. a wealthy Japanese Buddhist, Honda Yoshi-mitsu, discovered the lost Buddha and erected a shrine for it on his estate at Zenko. This shrine exists to-day and is revered as the first] permanent Buddhist shrine in Japan. The Zenko gong is there-Fore one of the earliest Buddhist drinking was the most. important. Tt was made and drunk according prescribed custom, the teal canister, pot and cups, hanging! scroll, bouquet of flowers and bell all following fixed rules. There are many Tea Ceremony bells in the jssion Inn collection bat possibly the most notable is one of bronze ornamented with an elaborate design of dragons and lotuses. small-brass bell witha cross piece inside the bell from which a carp hangs brings to mind another Tapanese custom of great antiquity For many years in Japan' on the fifth of May is held annually the Boy's Feast of the Flags. On t day outdoors at the top of a pole is hung a gigantic carp made of cloth or paper which the wind fills and causes to flutter in a swimming motion. The carp was selected for emblem because Bells, was e> in 1733by order of the. Empress Anna Ivanovna. Itvis a marvelous work of art, being ornamented with many figures, cartouches and inscriptions. The measurements were originally twenty feet eight inches in hei by-a little over twenty: two fect in diameter at the mouth. It weighed 190 tons. Unfortunately in 1787-0 fire caused a fragment weighing. nineteen tons to break from the side of the bell so that it never was bung, but was finally mounted on a block of granite by Nicholas about a hundred years after it. was cast.
An historically interesting copy: of an old bell is that of the tablet bell used by William and Mary of Orange after Mary became Queen of England. The original is in the Kensington Museum, in London, the present time. The bell in tt fu the breeze; big bells hang suspended in arches. Bells from Spain, Italy, France, England, Holland, Russia, China, Japan, Arabia, Syria, Afviea—hardly a corner of the earth that has not contributed at feast one bell to this unique colle Bells have been in use for hundreds of -years. They have been uncovered in the ruins of ancient civilizations and have been designed for every conceivable purpose, Bells and banners for centuries have formed the most coveted spoils. of Bells and similar musical Gnstruments have been in use in China for more than 3,000 years, and from the seventh century have been important adjuncts to the religious services of the Christian church. Bells have rung out the alarms of fire and wav and have guided. peaceful pilgrims on their way. Domestic animals from the gout to the lordly elephant have been marked with strings of inkling bells and servants have Ween called by the peal of a ball from Japan to Jerusalem. Bells have ever rung out the glad tidings of birth and marriage and the sadder notes of funerals, Bells have been made in every country from every conceivable material from crystal to copper, There is something stirring and imagination provoking about bells!
The following inscription often ocetits on old bells used in the Roman Catholic Church and con~ cisely sums up their multiple usi "TI praise the true God; I call 1 assemble the clergy; T ent the dond; I drive tion; I honour the festivals.
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