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October 17, 2026

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Zhihu Hot List via UAPI · saved Oct 17, 2026, 2:29 AM CST

The Yongle Bell from the Ming dynasty weighs 46 tons and is engraved with 230,000 characters of Buddhist scripture. Without cranes, how did craftsmen hang it in the bell tower?

Background: The Yongle Bell is a massive Ming dynasty bell commissioned during the Yongle period.

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