Introducing 40 pictures about ancient stories

The paintings displayed at the exhibition “Hang Trong Paintings” are familiar ancient stories in the cultural and spiritual life of the Vietnamese people. The highlight of the paintings in the collection is the aesthetic value, the sophistication of woodblock printing techniques, color mixing techniques, and especially the crystallization of human values ​​and unique cultural identity of the ancient Kinh people.

Painter Phan Ngoc Khue, Researcher of Vietnamese Ethnic Arts

Paintings on display at the exhibition "Hang Trong Comics"

Artist Phan Ngoc Khue said: “It has probably been a long time since we had the opportunity to come into contact with this type of painting. It has been around for hundreds of years, but in the conditions of our country's turmoil, the war in 1945 - 1954, we did not print these types of paintings, only small ones. For these types, the owners of the art shops had to buy wood to engrave the paintings, each painting like this had to be made from at least 2-3 wood panels, had to be carpentered to make it even and beautiful, then painted.”

Each painting depicts important details in the folk tale, from the colors to the brushstrokes, vividly recreating the images of people and nature in the story, bringing many impressions to art lovers:

Ms. Chu Thi Thuy Van, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi shared: "The drawings have the true folk character of the ancient Hang Trong, that is, not colorful, not sharp, that is, there are modern features inserted but it is preserving the traditional features of the ancient Hang Trong, to be kept for today."

In particular, within the framework of the event, there was also a ceremony to receive the set of paintings of Zhaojun paying tribute to the Ho Dynasty from artist and researcher Phan Ngoc Khue as a gift to the Vietnam Women's Museum. The set of paintings of Zhaojun paying tribute to the Ho Dynasty is part of the collection of paintings introduced in the exhibition "Hang Trong Comics". The exhibition is open to the public from now until March 31, 2024 at the Vietnam Women's Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.

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