The exhibition, from January 20 to the end of April, is jointly held by the Hai Phong Museum and the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum. (Photo: VNA)Hai Phong (VNA) – Nearly 60 traditional folk paintings of differentgenres such as Dong Ho and Hang Trong, and those of Tay and Cao Lan ethnicminority groups are on display at an exhibition in the northern port city ofHai Phong.
The event, from January 20 to the end of April, is jointly held by the HaiPhong Museum and the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum.
Those paintings feature daily activities and religious life of Vietnamese, reflectingtheir wish for peace, prosperity and happiness, said Tran Thi Huong, DeputyDirector of the national museum.
With diverse subjects found in everyday life, they have contributed topreserving and upholding national traditions, she added.
Nguyen Van Phuong, Director of the Hai Phong Museum, said the paintings havenot only mirrored the spiritual life of Vietnamese, but also have educationaland moral values.
Visitors to the exhibition will have a chance to learn how to make folk paintings. (Photo: VNA)Visitors to the exhibition will have a chance to learn how to make Dong Hopaintings in the northern province of Bac Ninh which date back to about the 16th – 17th centuries and developed until thefirst half of the 20th century.
A special feature of this woodblock printing art is that allmaterials are natural and found locally. Black colour, for example, is takenfrom burned bamboo or straw, while white colour comes from ground shells ofscallops.
The visual language used is simple and easy to understand and so tends to leavean everlasting impression on viewers.
Meanwhile, Hang Trong, another genre in Hanoi,was first known as worship paintings. Later, its topics expanded to coversocial activities like markets or dragon dance or famous stories like the Taleof Kieu and the classical drama of Son Hau./.
VNA
