Wind chime Japanese glass wind bells known as "fūrin" () have been produced since the Edo period, and those at Mizusawa Station are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. Wind chimes are thought to be good luck in parts of Asia and are used in Feng Shui. Wind chimes started to become modernized around 1100 B.C. after the Chinese began to cast bells. A bell without a clapper, called a "yong-zhong", was crafted by skilled metal artisans and primarily used in religious ceremonies. Afterwards, the Chinese created the "feng-ling", which is similar to today's modern wind bell. Feng-lings were hung from
Open Sesame (phrase) Open Sesame (phrase) "Open Sesame" () () is a magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in "One Thousand and One Nights". It opens the mouth of a cave in which forty thieves have hidden a treasure. The phrase first appears in Antoine Galland's "Les Mille et une nuits" (1704–1717) as "Sésame, ouvre-toi" (English, "Sesame, open!"). No earlier oral or written version of the story is known in any language. Galland's phrase has been variously translated from the French into English as "Sesame, Open", "Open, Sesame" and "Open, O Simsim". Open Sesame has been classified