钟鼓，是中国古代最为重要的两种乐器，但其作用却远非乐器能比。在古人的生活中，撞钟用来报时，击鼓用来定更，可以为人们提供计时服务。后来遂有佛教中"暮鼓晨钟"的说法。
Bell drum is the two most important musical instrument in ancient China, but its function is far from musical instrument. In the life of the ancients, the clock was used to tell the time, and the drum was used to fix the change. It could provide time service for people. Later, there was a saying of "evening drum and morning bell" in Buddhism.
因此，不管是佛寺，还是城镇中，钟几乎是必不可少的物件。在开封尉氏县的钟楼，悬挂这一口紫铜钟。这口钟远比这座钟楼的历史更悠久，底蕴更深厚。
Therefore, whether it is a Buddhist temple or a town, the clock is almost an indispensable object. In the bell tower of Weishi County in Kaifeng, this purple bell is hung. This bell has a long history and a deeper foundation than this bell tower.
据历史记载，这口钟最早铸造于北宋咸平二年（公元999年），并于公元1000年悬挂与尉氏县的太平兴国寺中，至于如何铸造出来的则无人知晓。根据考证，这口钟应该是太平兴国寺的基础设施之一，主要用来为寺僧提供早课的计时服务。
According to historical records, the bell was first cast in two years in the Northern Song Dynasty (999 AD), and was hung in Taiping Xingguo temple in 1000. According to the textual research, this bell should be one of the infrastructure of the Taiping Xingguo Temple, mainly used to provide time service for early lessons for monks.