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City of Wuhan donates replacement steel frame for ceremonial bell donated to Christchurch for Friendship City Agreement (linked to Record ID#92127)

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•New ZealandDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•New ZealandSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2016

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • City of Wuhan

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Christchurch City Council

Loan description

City of Wuhan donates replacement steel frame for ceremonial bell donated to Christchurch for Friendship City Agreement (linked to Record ID#92127)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 4, 2006, the cities of Wuhan and Christchurch signed a Friendship City agreement (New Zealand's equivalent to a sister city agreement). Following the signing, the City of Wuhan gifted the Wuhan Bell to Christchurch. The bell was a “bianzhong” made of ornate bronze that is similar to the original bianzhong chime bells that were an important instrument in China’s ritual and court music going back to ancient times. In 2011, the wooden frame supporting the bell was damaged by the Christchurch earthquake, and the bell was placed in storage. In 2016, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the agreement, a replacement steel frame made and donated by Hubei Province arrived in Christchurch and the bell was refurbished and reconstructed (captured here). On March 23, 2017, the instrument was been put back on display in the foyer of the Civic Offices. The original donation of the bell is captured via Record ID#92127.