0 a round piece of metal that is hung in a frame and hit with a stick to produce a sound as a signal, also used as a musical instrument --
1 a piece of metal hanging from a frame which is hit with a stick to produce a hollow, ringing sound: --
a dinner gong
Old drawings also depict a smaller "yunluo" with just five gongs, which was held by a handle by one hand and played with the other.
The goong may be played in a set of 9 gongs from large to small.
There are various gongs used at different occasions.
Not to be confused with the planet gongs.
The synthetic one-liners that pass for humor and sentiment... are struck regularly, like gongs...
The assembled monks sing mystic hymns, ring bells, and strike gongs.
Bowl gongs are bowl-shaped, and rest on cushions and belong more to bells than gongs.
There is also a recommendation for the imposition of a duty upon bell gongs and bell domes.
