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People: Man knows for whom the bells toll

Over the past 22 years, 68-year-old collector Zhang Shuxin has collected more than 3,500 bells from all over the world. "I still remember buying the first bell at an arts and crafts shop in Chaoyang, Liaoning province in 1997," said Zhang, from Harbin, Heilongjiang province. From then on, he began collecting different bells. Among his bells, the most expensive one is a high-end ceramic bell made in Germany, which cost him more than 3,000 yuan ($434). The largest is about 60 centimeters high, and the smallest is only as big as a walnut. "I will continue my collection and research the history of bells," he said.

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