{"product_id":"unlimited-chinese-opera-gongs","title":"Unlimited Chinese Opera Gongs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis listing includes a traditional Chinese mallet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"desc\" id=\"12084079820874\"\u003e\u003ciframe title='Unlimited 8.5\" Opera Gong (Example) | Gongs Unlimited' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6ABTYLBcGk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e 8.5\" Jin Ban Gong\u003c\/strong\u003e is perfect to hold in the hand, but also when you need a hand. It's style is similar to the pitch-bending Opera gong, in that the face is raised and the sound bends. But the face is a bit wider, so the pitch doesn't bend at such a feverish pitch. It's a more assertive and less shrieking call.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSure to bring a hand to help, to hold, to high-five.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"37231642189\" class=\"desc\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtswaTpyiR4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cstrong\u003e 8.5” Hand Gong\u003c\/strong\u003e is perfect to hold in the hand, but also when you need a hand. It's style is similar to the pitch-bending Opera gong, in that the face is raised and the sound bends. But the face is a bit wider, so the pitch doesn't bend at such a feverish pitch. It's a more assertive and less shrieking call.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSure to bring a hand to help, to hold, to high-five. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 8.5\" Hand Gong. Hold one today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"desc\" id=\"37231642317\"\u003e\u003ciframe title='Unlimited 10\" Opera Gong (Example) | Gongs Unlimited' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJlKuzB_yVY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e 10\" Opera Gong\u003c\/strong\u003e is extremely portable, which means it could be toted along while you are out strolling on the boulevard at rush hour. Give it a ring as a sort of siren's song to draw strangers into chatting, or toll it repeatedly to announce your position, allowing others to note your path and thus avoid collisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pitch-bent fluctuating tone of the 10\" Fong Gong can be used to alter your musings in the solo setting. Opening up paths your unconscious mind may have otherwise passed by. The dulcet yet cleansing tone of the gong also creates an expansive head-space in which your imagination can run wild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWork it however you want it to work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"37231642445\" class=\"desc\"\u003e\u003ciframe title='11\" Opera Gong (Example) | Gongs Unlimited' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOKW0OdZC_s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003e11” Opera Gong\u003c\/strong\u003e follows the Chinese Proverb that “Love for a person must extend to the crows on his roof.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou would not think it, but the 11” Opera Gong can prove most handy in love and romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWherever lovers' hearts beat, attempting to reach synchronicity, the Fong Gong can provide a way towards harmony. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor it is as Shakespeare (the Confucius of England) once said, in agreement with the Chinese proverb above, \"The course of true love never did run smooth\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes paths are crossed without the knowledge that a lover has trod that very route.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"37231642509\" class=\"desc\"\u003e\u003ciframe title='12\" Opera Tiger Gong (Example) | Gongs Unlimited' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JzeuNHd9urc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e 12” Tiger Gong\u003c\/strong\u003e hangs on the Chinese Opera tree, which has roots going clear back to the third century CE. CE as in China Enlightened or Close Encounters or Centaur Enthusiast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt any rate, this was when the Chinese started getting dramatic for fun! Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty decided to make the Chinese Opera more organized and founded Pear Garden for his amusement. (Yes, this is absolutely where our beloved orange drink of childhood, Tang, originates.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough the opera was mostly for the Emperor, the opera was for all and the Disciples of the Pear Garden used gongs, yes, you're catching on now, Opera gongs, to call the people to delight in the play and have a refreshing orange beverage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasked and dancing, the disciples banged gongs. Wowng! Wowng! Wowng! The pitch bending called one and all to relax, to enjoy, to clear their minds for something entirely new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMay the 12\" Tiger Gong do that also for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"37231642637\" class=\"desc\"\u003e\u003ciframe title='13\" Opera Tiger Gong (Example) | Gongs Unlimited' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ITqZyu69v0g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e 13” Tiger Gong.\u003c\/strong\u003e Often people ask where the Tiger Gong got its sound and name. For the sound bends like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne firm stroke and the gong cries, shrieks, sings. \"Wowng, wowng, wowng.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome say that this mimics the roar of the tiger. But actually, it mimics the sound of the creature the tiger fears the most: fearless, hungry babies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(DISCLAIMER: Neither this gong nor hungry babies will protect you from actual tigers in the wild.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"37231642765\" class=\"desc\"\u003e\u003ciframe title='14\" Opera Tiger Gong (Example) | Gongs Unlimited' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKMUr2mPmN4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese Opera Gongs, including Opera, Tiger, Hand and Fong Gongs\u003c\/strong\u003e, are traditional Chinese gongs that have a unique sound the world associates with Chinese Opera and other Chinese theater. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front of the gong is distinctly forward from the outer rim of the gong. It is almost like two gongs in one, a front gong and a bigger back gong: two distinct tones tied together. This connection creates an ascending or descending sound. Often called “pitch-bending”, this up or down bend accelerates as the gong goes from one note to another, making the Opera Gongs a special experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern Tiger Trainers - descendants of the not quite immortal Seigfried and Roy - know the only way to frame the fearful symmetry of a 'tiger' is with the ear- through the use of a \u003cstrong\u003e14\" Tiger Gong.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese Chinese-made percussion instruments possess all the necessary qualities for taming the 'tiger' in your own forest of the night- be that forest literal or metaphorical. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gongs Unlimited","offers":[{"title":"8.5\" Jin Ban","offer_id":48299159486634,"sku":"gu-8opera","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8.5\" Hand","offer_id":48299159519402,"sku":"gu-8hand-amz","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10\" Opera","offer_id":48299159552170,"sku":"gu-10fong-amz","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11\" Opera","offer_id":48299159584938,"sku":"gu-11fong-amz","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12\" Tiger","offer_id":48299159617706,"sku":"gu-12tiger-amz","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13\" Tiger","offer_id":48299159650474,"sku":"gu-13tiger-amz","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14\" Tiger","offer_id":48299159683242,"sku":"gu-14tiger-amz","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/1475\/4218\/files\/20231212-12Tiger.jpg?v=1778370078","url":"https:\/\/wiccancenter.com\/ms\/products\/unlimited-chinese-opera-gongs","provider":"Wiccan Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}