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What does a bowl mean?

Bowl is the provincial name of the Sanskrit word "Bodolo", also known as "Qi Ying", "Qi Ying" and "alms bowl". Bowl is a tool of Buddhism, and used to be a prop of monks and nuns, representing purity and symbolizing the personality of monks. The shape of the bowl is short, the waist is protruding, the mouth and bottom of the bowl are tilted back to the center, and the diameter is smaller than the waist. This shape can be "measured" and not easy to overflow, and it can also keep warm.

Bowls are a necessity for people to eat and drink every day. The origin of the bowl can't be verified at present, but it can be traced back to the bowl made of argillaceous pottery in Neolithic age. Its shape is not much different from today's, that is, the mouth is big and the bottom is small, the mouth is wide and the bottom is narrow, and there are bowls and feet under it. The height is generally half of the diameter of the mouth, mostly round. What is constantly changing is only the material, technology level and decoration means. The general purpose is to hold food.

Practice Bowl: Also known as Buddha's Sound Bowl or Buddhist Sound Bowl, there are many instruments with different shapes in Tibetan Buddhism, one of which is called bronze chime, also known as Buddha's Sound Bowl or Buddha's Sound Bowl. It consists of a bronze bowl and a hand-made mahogany handle.

Bowl: A vessel with a round concave center, used to hold food, usually hemispherical, generally deeper than a plate, larger and heavier than a teacup. Most bowls on the market now have beautiful patterns, which are both beautiful and practical.