This is a fun little gong with a lot of Chinese Spirit and Sound.
The MA GONG is designed for and played in the Chinese Opera, the Peking Opera in particular. But of course, despite its size, it is one powerful little MOTHER.
You won't find many of these in the USA and so if you like the exotic or unique, and yet musical and delightful, go for it.
Did you know that in Chinese Writing the compound construction when you put together the symbol for "woman" with the symbol for "horse" -- it equals mother, and is pronounced ma? How many mothers feel like a packhorse some days? We salute all you Ma's. Rock on Maternal Force of the Universe!
And we suppose it is better than what the Chinese Freud suggested, that the symbol for "woman" be compounded with the symbol for "cold-hearted, denying witch"....
MA gongs. You don't need an umbilical cord to hang them.
Measurements:
The Ma Gong is 8 inches in diameter
It has a small rim
Golden Years Stand is about 15 inches high
15 inches wide.
3.5 inches deep
Mallet is about 9 inches long.