At present, the bell and drum towers on the left and right sides of the temple, which are common in front of the main hall, are equipped with bell and drum respectively, which are called "left bell and right drum". In addition, whenever the temple bells and drums are rung in the early morning, the police should be diligent and careful, which is called "morning bell and evening drum".
Don? In Li Xianyong's poem entitled "In the Mountains", there is a saying that "if you don't listen to the morning bell at dusk, the moon is lonely and the clouds are long", which means that you can't hear the morning bell in the temple, nor can you hear the sound of beating drums in the temple. You only see the bright moon hanging in the sky and the lonely clouds floating.
Meaning temple is not only the center of faith, but also the Dojo to carry forward the doctrine. The temple is solemn, with double eaves and flying eaves, and it is magnificent, showing the beauty of mysterious architecture. In the meantime, listening to the morning bells and drums and singing Sanskrit can give birth to a quiet and peaceful sense of pleasure, bring spiritual purification, spiritual encouragement and ideological inspiration, and produce a moral self-restraint on the hearts of the society.
"Twilight Drum and Morning Bell" is like a silent word, calling for the lost people to return to their pure and comfortable spiritual hometown. For example, Chinese mainland, Zhejiang Putuo Mountain and Fu Saiji's couplets "Wake up the fame and fortune in the world at dusk;" After the sound of the Buddha's name, the dream of suffering is fascinating. 」
The classic description of Buddha is shocking and is often described as "playing Dafa drums". It means that the Dafa announced by the Buddha sounds like a drum, which can alert people to stay away from life and death, so it is called Dafa drum. For example, in the preface of Hokkekyo, it says, "Blow the big French snail and play the big French drum. 」
As an idiom, "Twilight Drum and Morning Bell" is used to describe shocking remarks.
The source is Tang's Poems in the Mountains, Buddha Light Textbook and Buddha Light Dictionary p80 1. { 128}