Where did that start? What is the History of the wind chime?
2006-11-07 09:15:44 · 7 answers · asked by PATRICK R 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Thanks for the tip. I did not know people were doing that. I can understand why though. It represents peace and believed to bring joyful spirits.
Remember, the old movie "It's a Wonderful Life" when they said "every time you hear a bell ring, another angel has gotten its wings" (something like that) Maybe that are wishing that person to have a happy afterlife and become an angel. Just a thought since wind chimes sound like little tiny bells.
2006-11-07 09:29:18 · answer #1 · answered by makeitright 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Importance of Wind Chimes in Feng Shui
Wind chimes are believed to have healing powers and to enhance the mind, spirit and body of the whole person. Tubular wind chimes, in particular, are said to enhance the Chi of a home. The number of tubes and the material of the wind chime are very important to Feng Shui beliefs.
Steel and brass tubes represent the metal element and are best suited for placement in north, northwest or west corners. The number of tubes on the chime will change the purpose. 6 or 8 tubes will give you luck but if you wish to avoid bad luck you should use a chime with only 5 tubes.
Bamboo and coconut wind chimes represent the wood element and should be placed in the southern corner to bring fame and the east or southeast to create luck. If you place metal chimes in the south corner (wood element) you are asking for trouble because metal destroys wood. The preferred number of bamboo rods is 3 or 4.
2006-11-07 09:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by sweetkas_69 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if this is right or not but I think it is. Way back a long, long time ago, people who went into commas, were thought to be dead. But when they woke up they were already burried and in their coffin. After sometime, when a cemetary needed to be moved or a grave needed to be dug up for what ever reason, people started to notice scratch marks under the lids of the coffins and realized that they had burried someone alive. To stop this from happening, they would tie a string to the dead person's finger and it would be attached to a chime above the ground so that if that person woke up the chime would ring and they would know to dig them up.
I'm pretty sure that is where that came from.
good luck
2006-11-07 09:30:51 · answer #3 · answered by crystalc419 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 08:31:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know,,but,,I love chimes.Im looking for some that I had as a child.They were chinese & made out of glass with paint on them.
2006-11-07 09:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who started it? Probably a redneck.
2006-11-07 09:23:04 · answer #6 · answered by relztnad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im 50 years old and that is a new one on me............
2006-11-07 09:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by BLOODHOUND 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋