首先，做为打击乐器出现。在原始时期，没有现在五花八门的各种音色美妙的乐器，将铜钟铸造成不同的口径、体积、形状等等，就可以在打击时发出不同的声音。
First, as a percussion instrument. In the primitive period, there were not all kinds of musical instruments with beautiful timbre, but copper bells were cast into different calibre, volume, shape, etc. so that different sounds could be produced when striking.
第二，随着时间的推移，逐步成为了各种活动的礼器。有个成语叫做“钟鼓齐鸣”，就是描述的活动中使用钟鼓等等的情况。
Second, with the passage of time, it has gradually become a ritual instrument for various activities. There is an idiom called "chime of bells and drums", which describes the use of bells and drums in activities.
第三，现代对铜钟的应用。现在主要是应用于寺庙等等地方，已经退出了活动、乐器这些舞台，平时人们也不再使用铜钟做为信息传递的工具。铜钟的发展成了一定限度的界定。
Third, the application of modern copper clocks. Now it is mainly used in temples and other places. It has withdrawn from the stage of activities and musical instruments, and people no longer use bronze bells as a tool of information transmission. The development of copper bell has become a certain limit.