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Calligraphy exhibition marks 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi

A calligraphy exhibition and festival is underway at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on October 2 to celebrate the 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Calligraphy exhibition marks 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi ảnh 1A calligraphy exhibition and festival is underway at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A calligraphy exhibition andfestival is underway at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) inHanoi on October 2 to celebrate the 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

More than 100 works on display feature Hanoi’s land andpeople, cultural values, history and education.

The event also aims to connect calligraphy clubs inHanoi and calligraphers across the country through exchanges, while givingvisitors an insight into this kind of art.

The exhibition will go on until October 10.

A grand ceremony marking the 1,010th anniversary ofThang Long - Hanoi is scheduled to be held at Ly Thai To Garden in the heart ofHanoi on the evening of October 10.

As many as 500 delegates, including generations ofleaders of the city, heroic Vietnamese mothers, artists, and intellectuals willattend.

Two delegations of Hanoi will offer incense to King LyThai To at Den Do Temple in Bac Ninh province and the ancient royal capital ofHoa Lu in Ninh Binh province at 9am on October 4 and at the Imperial Citadel ofThang Long and Ly Thai To Monument at 7am in Hanoi on October 10.

More events will be held, including a seminar oncultural resources in Hanoi’s innovative city development strategy on September28, a high-level symposium on Hanoi initiative - smart city on October 2, agathering marking the 60th anniversary of Hanoi - Hue - Saigon twinningrelations (October 8) on October 3, and a music show marking the occasion atthe Hanoi Opera House on the same day.

The Hanoi chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion will host a “I Love Hanoi” festival, which features a high-levelconference on connecting overseas Vietnamese to build a national start-upecosystem, a music show “Proud of Vietnam”, a ceremony honouring good childrenin Hanoi, a junior sports competition on October 9, celebrations for theanniversary on Dinh Tien Hoang Street on October 10, and a music show, “Hanoi -Aspiration of a Flying Dragon”, at Ly Thai To Garden on October 13.

The city will also launch a design competition, “Hanoicreativity space”, on October 26./.
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