On the Phoenix Fortress,out side the monastery is “Shengji Evening Bell”Pavilion,there is a bronze bell in it.The bell is regarded as the King of Bells in the Sichuan area.It is called the Eight Diagrams Beronze Bell.Originally,it was located in Shengji Monastery,2.5km south of Emei county center. Shengji Monastery was able to regarded as the largest monastery at the entrance to the mountain. The bell ringing ritual occurred 24 times in the lunar Chinese calendar year, talking place on the first and the fifteenth evening of each lunar month.In the evening,after 9 o'clock, the monks walked up to the tower with their lanterns,and then chanted Buddhist scriptures commonly called “the Bell Sentences”. Each sentence consists of four Chinese characters. At the beginning of the scripture chanting the monks rang the bell once for each four-character sentence.This was called the slow ringing.Then the bells were rung for each sentence consisting of only one Chinese charater.Then the bell ringing accelerated even more as the monks chanted each one_character sentence faster and faster.This was called the quick ringing. The slow and quick ringing were repeated three times, to a total ringing of 108 times. Each bell ringing series lasted one minute and 50 seconds.Its sound was loud and deafening nearby,but clear and melodious at a greater distance. The sound of the bell traved even up to the Golden Summit in the late and quite evenings.In 1958, the Shengji Monastery was destoryed,and the bell was moved to the current pavilion outside the Baoguo Monastery.

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