Editing Splash cymbal (section)

===China===
[[File:Aachinasplashes.jpg|thumb|[[Saluda cymbals|Saluda]] Voodoo 12" china and 10" china splash, against a Paiste 20" china]]
[[China type]] cymbals of less than 14" are generally referred to as '''china splash''' cymbals when used in a drum kit, and are made in a wide variety of shapes and in sizes 6"-12".<ref name=cseries>{{cite web |url=http://www.china-gongs.com/product/cseries.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020109061923/http://www.china-gongs.com/product/cseries.htm |archive-date=2002-01-09 |title=Brass Percution Division}}</ref>

This [[terminology]] is not entirely consistent. Sabian for example call their rounded bell 12" china a '''mini Chinese''',<ref name=minichina>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabian.com/EN/products/AAX_Mini_Chinese_12_21216X.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304155110/http://www.sabian.com/EN/products/AAX_Mini_Chinese_12_21216X.cfm |archive-date=2008-03-04 |title=SABIAN Cymbals - AAX Mini Chinese 12}}</ref> and this same design is also available in 14",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sabian.com/EN/products/HH_Mini-Chinese_14_11416.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416182326/http://www.sabian.com/EN/products/HH_Mini-Chinese_14_11416.cfm |archive-date=2008-04-16 |title=SABIAN Cymbals - HH Mini-Chinese 14}}</ref> Paiste Twenty Series features a rounded bell '''mini china''' 8", 10" and 12", while in the Saluda Voodoo series the 12" square bell china is simply called a ''china'', while the heavier 10" rounded bell model is called a ''china splash''. This is not entirely illogical; Many of these cymbals have little or no taper, and as a result some of the heavier ones, unlike most splash cymbals, can be used as an exotic [[ride cymbal]] at moderate volume.

The 8" and 10" Sabian '''Rocktagon splash''' cymbals, smaller versions of their octagonal 16" and 18" ''[[Rocktagon]]'' crashes, are sometimes described as china splashes and have an intermediate tone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabian.com/EN/products/AA_Rocktagon_Splash_10_21032.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320091142/http://www.sabian.com/EN/products/AA_Rocktagon_Splash_10_21032.cfm |archive-date=2008-03-20 |title=SABIAN Cymbals - AA Rocktagon Splash 10}}</ref>

China splashes were used in Mike Portnoy's original cymbal [[#Stacking|stacks]], and remain popular as the top cymbal in a stack.

Examples:
* Hubei C series china 8" <ref name=cseries />
* Sabian AAX Mini Chinese 12" <ref name=minichina />
* Saluda Decadence China Blast 10"
* Paiste Twenty Mini China 8"