A wooden fish, also known as a Chinese temple block, wooden bell, or muyu, is a type of woodblock that originated from China that is used as a percussion instrument by monks and lay people in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism. [1][2][3][4] They are used in Buddhist ceremonies in China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other Asian countries.

Mokugyo is used by Buddhism monks and laity in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. It serves to keep the rhythm during sutra chanting.

It is used in Zen Buddhism, Tendai Buddhism, and Jodo Buddhism. There was a time when the use of wooden fish was forbidden in the Jodo sect, but later it came to be used when reciting the Nembutsu,...

Appearance: Mokugyo daruma are the tsukumogami of mokugyo —fish-shaped wooden gongs used in Buddhist temples. After years of service helping monks to focus on their meditations, these gongs have also achieved enlightenment. Origin: Mokugyo have multiple purposes in a Buddhist temple. They are used to keep the rhythm when chanting sutras.

By whatever name—mokugyo in Japan, muyu in China, mock gnu in Vietnam, moktak in Korea, shingnya in Tibet—the piercing pang, pang, pang of the fish drum can be heard at virtually all rituals. Any chanting of sutras or mantras is likely to accompanied by …

2013年5月27日 · By whatever name—mokugyo in Japan, muyu in China, mock gnu in Vietnam, moktak in Korea, shingnya in Tibet—the piercing pang, pang, pang of the fish drum can be heard at virtually all rituals. Any chanting of sutras or mantras is likely to accompanied by the trance-inducing wooden fish drum.

Here a Choka a la Hokuozan to share with the world wide sangha this great beat....more. Mokugyo - the wooden fish played by Choon Koji from the Danish One Drop Zen Sangha. Harada Roshi has...

2024年9月13日 · The mokugyo, also known as a “fish drum” or “wooden fish,” is a traditional percussion instrument of East Asian Buddhist traditions, including China, Japan, and Korea. The word “mokugyo” comes from the Japanese characters “moku” (木), meaning wood, and “gyo” (魚), meaning fish, which reflects its shape and material.

2005年4月8日 · Results show that (a) the sound spectra consist of two common peaks [F 1 (Hz): first peak frequency, F 2 (Hz): second peak frequency] close together, with an average ratio (F 2 /F 1) of 1.15, and (b) a drumstick beating the mokugyo is translated into an impact force applied over a period of time from 1 to 6 ms related to the mass and stiffness o...

Small hand-held mokugyos (slit drums), and large ones resting on cushions, are used to accompany chants (sutras) in Taoist and Buddhist ceremonies. Some possess handles and are in the form stylized fish, which hold in their mouths a ball, symbol of the universe. Having no eyelids, the fish symbolizes wakeful attention and vigilance in devotion.