Muyu is a instrument that is used for the Buddhist minority during a chant. It is also known as "Drum Fish", "Fish Plate", or "Drum Muyu". It is designed as a round fish shape with empty space in the center and functions as a metronome. The space enables the Muyu creates certain drum sound when knocking with a wooden stick. It is inspired by fish because the ancients thought fishes never close their eyes which symbolize as self-cultivation forgotten body, improving unremitting encouragement. It is symbolized as focus, spirit, and respect and often being seen hanging on a door, in front of a chant class, and during a funeral.
On the one hand, it allows the people to chant the heart against the voice of Muyu, to avoid falling into the hands of their lethargy and paranoia. On the other hand, the law also knocks on Muyu's rhythm. It recites the scriptures with rich sense of rhythm, and maintain offensive. The agreement does not slow the pace, just as spiritual heart of this study is continuously dense to hold on in the track line to improve the long-term heart.
Our Design Idea:
When we came up with this idea, we thought of how we can take two things that are completely different and make a design out of those two ideas. We thought of how we can use an everyday object, such as the cellphone as a metaphor for the wooden block. The cellphone ring tone in some ways is similar to the sound produced by the wooden fish, a repeated knocking rhythm. Instead of having a usual ringtone, we thought that it would be interesting if a cellphone can act as a wooden fish as well as a regular cellphone as well. The cellphone can be placed on a cushion and an accompany wooden stick will be used to hit the surface of the cellphone.
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