Editing Wind chime (section)

=== Eastern and Southern Asia ===
[[File:Wind-powered bell under temple eaves,. Banna-ji. Ashikaga, Tochigi.jpg|thumb|Wind-powered bell or wind chime under temple eaves,. Banna-ji. [[Ashikaga, Tochigi]]. Japan]]
In [[India]] during the second century CE, and later in [[China]], extremely large [[pagoda]]s became popular with small wind bells hung at each corner; the slightest breeze caused the clapper, which was also made of bronze, to swing, producing a melodious tinkling. It is said that these bells were originally intended to frighten away not only birds but also any lurking evil spirits. Wind bells are also hung under the corners of temple, palace and home roofs; they are not limited to pagodas.<ref name=batm>
{{cite book
 | last = Westcott
 | first = Wendell
 | author-link = Wendell Westcott
 | title = Bells and Their Music
 | publisher = [[G.P. Putnam]]
 | year = 1970
 | lccn = 76077762
 | chapter = Chapter 1: Bells of the Orient
 | url = https://www.msu.edu/~carillon/batmbook/chapter1.htm }}
</ref> [[Japan]]ese glass wind bells known as ''[[fūrin]]'' (風鈴) have been produced since the [[Edo period]],<ref name="nikkei">
{{cite news|last = Amano|first = Kenichi|author2=Kawakami, Takashi |title = Foreign tourists find real Tokyo|newspaper = The Nikkei Weekly| date = May 28, 2007}}</ref> and those at [[Mizusawa Station]] are one of the [[100 Soundscapes of Japan]]. Wind chimes are thought to be good luck in parts of Asia and are used in [[Feng Shui]].

Wind chimes started to become modernized around 1100 C.E. after the Chinese began to use [[metal casting]] to create bells. A bell without a clapper, called a ''yong-zhong'', was crafted by skilled metal artisans and primarily used in religious ceremonies. Afterwards, the Chinese created the ''feng-ling'' ({{lang|ja|[[wiktionary:風鈴|風鈴]]}}), which is similar to today's modern wind bell. Feng-lings were hung from shrines and pagodas to ward off evil spirits and attract benevolent ones. Today, wind chimes are common in the East and used to maximize the flow of [[Qi|chi]], or life's energy.