The windchime (wind chime) can trace its lineage back over 3000 years. The first evidence of wind chimes, found at archeological sites in South East Asia, dates them to about 3000 B.C. Primitive constructions of bone,
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In Asia and the ancient Mediterranean, wind chimes were believed to attract benevolent spirits. Windchimes (wind chimes) first appeared in private homes in China and Japan where they became a decorative art. In Japan, wind chimes are called f��rin. In the 19th and 20th centuries their popular use spread more widely among Western countries. Today,
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