According to a popular belief, the sound of a bell transcends the physical world, making a connection to the divine world. About the sound of some bells, there are specific traditions and that’s the case of the bell of the Kyoto Yata-dera temple, photographed here. The local tradition says that when this bell is ringed, it guides the spirits of the dead towards the afterlife.
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