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A Little History Of Wind Chimes

Wind chimes have been about for a deeply, utterly long grow dated and were even one of the world's first musical instruments. They are now enjoyed for their soothing and earthly sounds which are enjoyable for meditating or just for sitting benefits taking place and relaxing to their beautiful sounds. Even dated man knew how to use wind chimes as a source of pleasure. They would hang objects from a branch and watch them sway. Perhaps those swaying objects were seashells or stones clashing together, therefore making some of the first wind chimes. In South East Asia archeological sites, evidence of wind chimes were found and primordial to be from approximately 3000 B.C. The early wind chimes which were thought to ward off spirits, were made from bone, bamboo, wood, missiles or stones. They were with used by farmers to unease off nature and animals from the fields. By 2000 B.C. the Egyptians were casting wind chimes in bronze. The wind chime became more modernized by the Chinese