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Zhong Qin's Significance of the Times

Zhong Qin has existed in people's lives since human beings started civilization. The oldest Zhong Qin in the world was unearthed from the Babylonian ruins, and it existed in people's lives 3, years ago. Whether it is practical or religious, Zhong Qin has been knocking people's hearts. "From single tone to melody, the bell and piano came into being." In medieval Europe, Zhong Qin's performance was very developed. At first, there were Belgian bell towers (47 bells), and later, Holland, Germany, Austria, etc., all of which saw large Zhong Qin. In Japan, Zhong Qin of Tokyo National University of Music (47 bells) was also very famous.

In the 19th century, a new musical instrument was developed based on Zhong Qin technology.

Zhong Qin was basically used for outdoor performance, but it was too loud when used indoors. Therefore, in order to play beautiful music indoors, people made great efforts to develop the organ. "Playing with a computer" At the beginning, Zhong Qin's performance was to hit the clock face with a rope by hand, so he needed good physical strength and proficiency. Now, the computer playing method is to play the input music with an electric-driven automatic mechanical device, so that he can specify the time and track and play it anywhere. Zhong Qin, the immortal of playing time. The complex between man and clock, like civilization and history, found the remains of clock in Babylon, one of the oldest cities in the world. Originally, the clock was only used to tell the time, but in the Middle Ages, due to the change of the size and weight of the clock and the making of scales, it developed into a combination of different intervals; And can play the music clock, which is the origin of Zhong Qin or the playing clock.

At first, Zhong Qin was a large-scale combination connected by ropes and iron wires, so it was very laborious to play and required high coordination. Later, Zhong Qin with automatic performance was developed by using magnetic mechanical type and electric type using cassette, and it was widely used in all parts of Europe. Representative buildings with Zhong Qin can be seen in Belgium, West Germany, Austria, etc. Now Zhong Qin is more widely used because of the rapid development of electronic technology and the use of computer control system.