铜钟还有警醒人的作用，它可以将人们心中的杂念敲打干净。可以使人们重新步入正途。当寺庙有什么大的事情发生或者是寺庙里的老人们圆l寂的时候都会将铜钟敲响。当然不同的事情对铜钟的敲打次数也是不一样的。
The bronze bell also has the function of alerting people. It can knock the miscellaneous thoughts in people's hearts clean. It can get people back on track. When something big happens in the temple or the old people in the temple are silent, they will ring the bronze bell. Of course, different things have different striking times for copper clocks.
而现代，铜钟就是主要用来参观纪念的，在很多地方，我们都可以看到，上面会注明时间地点和朝代，来让我们参观。当然在电视剧里，我们也会看到，重庆铜钟，有很多演戏用的钟，镇宅铜钟，那种铜钟就是现在的科技做出来的，和古代用的铜钟材质都是不一样的。
In modern times, the bronze clock is mainly used to visit the memorial. In many places, we can see that the time, place and Dynasty will be indicated on it for us to visit. Of course, in the TV series, we will also see that Chongqing Tongzhong has many performance clocks, zhenzhai Tongzhong, which is made by the current technology, and the material of the ancient Tongzhong is different.