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Art gallery in Washington takes visitors back to Chinese Bronze Age...with bells

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When you think of bells, you might think of a call to dinner or sounding an alarm.
But if you lived in ancient China, bells were used quite differently–to track pets and as part of funeral rituals. Perhaps the most striking: how they evolved into complex musical instruments. CGTN’s Frances Kuo is in Washington, DC.
But if you lived in ancient China, bells were used quite differently–to track pets and as part of funeral rituals. Perhaps the most striking: how they evolved into complex musical instruments. CGTN’s Frances Kuo is in Washington, DC.