The Ancient Bell Museum in Dazhong Temple is in northern Haidian District, Beijing. Built in 1733 during the Ming Dynasty, the Dazhong (giant bell) Temple) was originally named Juesheng Temple and was where emperors presided over rituals praying for rain. The local people preferred to call it the Dazhong Temple because it housed a giant Buddhist bell cast in the Yongle Period (around 1420) of the Ming Dynasty. The Ancient Bell Temple Museum is the only one of its kind in China. The museum has on display 700 or more bells, made of bronze, iron and jade. The oldest dates back to the Western Zhou Period (C.1100-771 BC), and the most recent to the late Qing Dynasty and Republican China. The museum bell exhibits are from China and overseas. [China.org.cn]

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