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Yü pang

Yü pang *slit drum of China, carved to resemble a fish, with a slit along its back and a loose ball of wood in its mouth; found chiefly in temples and monasteries (142). Cf. mu yü. Moule, A. C. “A List of the Musical and Other Sound-producing Instruments of the Chinese,” in Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 39. London, 1908.

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