A visitor is watching the paintings at the exhibition
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In addition to famous types of folk paintings as Dong Ho, Kim Hoang, Hang Trong, Sinh Village, the exhibition will display the rare ones such as Do the Nam Bo (spiritual paintings, burned to pray for health), Thap vat (spiritual paintings printed from sculpted-wooden planks, only in black colour and burned for the dead), Kinh Hue (Hue royal glass paintings dating back to Nguyen Dynasty, crayoned into the back of a piece of glass with pastel mixed with glue, or colourful paints), Kinh Nam Bo (spiritual folk paintings for worship in the South of Viet Nam, also crayoned into the back of a piece of glass with pastel mixed with glue, or colourful paints, or inlayed with shell of turbinidae), Tho dong bang (spiritual folk paintings of amulets, sacred figure, etc.), Goi vai (spiritual paintings with silk background and some details produced by folding silk fabrics, which look like 3D figures).
During the event, the folk paintings collection of the Ha Noi Museum is also be introduced, such as: paintings and printed boards of Hang Trong paintings; Dao people worship paintings; ancient statues, etc. combined with making folk paintings. This is a meaning activity to introduce local and international visitors the quintessence of Vietnamese folk paintings, including the little-known or lost ones such as Thap vat, Sinh village, Kinh Nam Bo, etc.
It also aims at arousing and spreading the love for traditional art in general, Vietnamese folk paintings in particular, at the same time, contributing to protecting, preserving and promoting the cultural traditions of the nation. The exhibition opens from 8am to 5pm at the first floor of Hanoi Museum in Pham Hung Street, Me Tri Ward, Nam Tu Liem District.
Hanoi Museum and Hanoi Ceramics Museum also held a seminar themed “Preserving and promoting the values of Vietnamese folk painting.” The seminar drew the participation of many researchers, artists, painters to contribute to clarifying the values of Vietnamese folk paintings, helping the traditional art lovers have deeper understanding of history and the development of the Vietnamese folk painting, and set out some orientations to conserve and promote the values of folk paintings.
