The Divine Bell of King Seongdeok
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The tale
The Divine Bell of King Seongdeok is a bronze bell of the Unified Silla period.
An inscription on the bell records its completion in 771.
It is among the large bells surviving in Korea today.
A tale says a child was cast into it; this is not confirmed by any record.
The bell is at the Gyeongju National Museum.