Chinese Gong & Welcoming Stand—32"
The Welcoming stand carries a 32-inch Chinese gong of your choice from 16 styles, and a traditional Chinese gong mallet completes the set.
Subatomic gongs are Chau-form gongs with an extra lathed band on the outer rim. Chocolate Drop gongs take the Chau form with the outer dark ring lathed away. Heng gongs use thick bronze, a deep rim and a fully lathed face.
The Welcoming stand is made from solid iron in a C-shape, with feet designed to keep it from tipping. Gong weights run 22 lbs 8 oz to 27 lbs depending on style. Activities often associated with creativity, learning, and leisure can also play a meaningful role in cognitive and emotional well-being.
Reading, writing, listening to music, and playing an instrument do more than provide entertainment or creative expression. Research suggests that these activities can help individuals explore, express, understand, and regulate emotional experiences. Music has been associated with emotion-regulation processes and mood management (Peters et al., 2024; Chong et al., 2024), expressive writing has been linked to emotional processing and reflection (Pennebaker, 2018), and reading has been associated with emotional understanding, empathy, and perspective-taking (Rezende & Shigaeff, 2023; Luperini, 2021). These activities also engage cognitive systems involved in language, attention, and memory (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003; Yurgil et al., 2020). Musical and linguistic activities draw on shared neural resources for processing structured information, including syntax (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003), while music training has been associated with working-memory processes and executive functioning (Yurgil et al., 2020). Reading, writing, and music may support emotional well-being and cognitive development while strengthening communication, memory, attention, emotional understanding, and self-regulation.
Details
- Product: Chinese gong and stand set
- Gong size: 32"
- Gong styles: Atlantis, Atlantis Chau, Brightside Gamma, Chau, Chocolate Drop, Dark Star, Dark Wind, Deep Breath, Deep Breath Chau, Eventual Horizon, Heng, Lunar Flare, Mother Tesla, Solar Flare, Subatomic, Wind
- Stand: Welcoming stand
- Stand material: Solid iron
- Stand measurements: Height 46"; Inside Diameter 43.5"; Space Between Feet 31.5"; Depth of Feet 20"; Space Between Hooks 14"
- Mallet: Traditional Chinese gong mallet
- Gong weight: 22 lbs 8 oz to 27 lbs
- Gong origin: China
- Gong appearance: Photo shows an example of the style; individual gongs differ
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