Exhibition documents life of patriotic King Ham Nghi
The exhibition that
opened on January 14 has been co-organised by the Hue Monuments
Conservation Centre and culture and history researcher Nguyen Dac Xuan
to mark the 70th anniversary of the death of the patriotic Nguyen
Dynasty king, Nhan dan newspaper reported.
The exhibits date
from August 1884 when the emperor, whose real name was Nguyen Phuc Ung
Lich, came to the throne, to July 1885 when he called upon intellectuals
and people to join the Can Vuong (Support the King) movement against
the French colonists and for national independence.
The
three-year movement failed, with emperor Ham Nghi exiled to Algeria. He
died there in 1944 and his body was interred in France.
Works
on display at the exhibition also include copies of two paintings
entitled ‘Decline of the Day’ and ‘Picture of Countryside’, which he
produced during his exile.-VNA