Fangxiang
Fangxiang ( 方 響 / 方 响 , fāngxiǎng , fang hsiang ) is a metallophone played in Chinese music from a set of sixteen tuned metal rods made of iron, which hang in two rows of eight on top of each other in a wooden frame.
The panels are the same length and width but differ in thickness. They are struck with a hammer. The fangxiang is similar to the ancient Chinese sound stone game bianqing and the glockenspiel bianzhong , which were used earlier in temple and court music.
In the Chinese musical instrument classification of the " eight sounds " ( bayin ), it belongs to the metal category.
