"It is presumed by historians that gongs were made and used before the second millennium B.C. They are the oldest and most genuine Musical Instruments of South Eastern Asia. But they are not noted in Chinese history until about 500 A.D. Chinese history attributes gongs to the HSI YU nation, located between Burma and Tibet.
It is believed by historians that Java, Annam, Burma, and China were the main gong producing centers. It is known that these centers produced at least seven gong forms and corresponding sound-structures. Therefore, Gongs have for a long time been at the center of thoughtful system of sound and music.
Gong making in Asia, like bell making in Medieval Russia, was a true ancient family secret. Gong makers' knowledge was considered so set-apart, that they believed the making of a successful gong requires the assistance of higher powers. Indeed, this is true - whether it was the higher power of the universe, it's Creator or both, creating a gong requires forces and powers that human beings did not invent. The process of gong making is so intense that gong artisans understood they were expose to powerful forces that most people are never exposed to.
For centuries, a gong was a symbol of success and status among Asian families - and still is to a degree"
In Britain during the Tudor period "gong" was a coloquial term for "excrement". A "Gong Pit" is one method of disposing of this waste.
a gong farmer gathered waste and took it out to a field to be fertilized
Miriam E.Benjamin the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels.
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Tai Chi or Tai Gong.
Liang Gong has written: 'Tian gong gui fu' -- subject(s): History, Science, Technology
Runtan Gong has written: 'The gold mining history of Zhaoyuan with a review of gold industry in the P.R. China'
hede Gong has written: 'luan dan ji' -- subject(s): Chinese drama, History and criticism
Xuchun Gong has written: 'Sichuan jun xian zhi' -- subject(s): Administrative and political divisions, History
Guoyu Cai has written: 'Zhong gong dang shi' -- subject(s): History, Zhongguo gong chan dang
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Gong Qin has written: 'Jing ji shang de sheng ming' -- subject(s): Chinese fiction, History and criticism
Gong Chang has written: 'Jin jun Shenyang' -- subject(s): Civil War, 1945-1949, History, China, Fiction
kwento mo gong .
Haomin Gong has written: 'Uneven modernity' -- subject(s): Chinese literature, Motion pictures, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Civilization
Guansheng Jiang has written: 'Zhong gong zai Xianggang' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Zhongguo gong chan dang, History
Liben Gong has written: 'Yan ting yong huai' -- subject(s): Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, China, Biography, History