Cartoon on legendary Hanoi founder to screen
A cartoon on a legendary Emperor, who founded Thang Long capital, now Hanoi, is scheduled to air on September 17.
A cartoon on a legendary Emperor, who founded Thang Long capital, now Hanoi, is scheduled to air on September 17.
The film, entitled “Dragon’s Son”, is the first long cartoon using 3D technology in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, Executive Director of the Cinematography Association Studio said at a press briefing in Hanoi on September 13.
The 90-minute footage is about the childhood of King Ly Thai To, or Ly Cong Uan at birth, who founded the 216-year-long Ly Dynasty in 1009.
Painters have animated over 30 characters, designed 20 major scenes and conducted almost 850 acts.
Director Pham Minh Tri said the “Dragon’s Son” is “100 percent Vietnamese”, from sounds to music and costumes. The cartoon is characterised by northern countryside sceneries such as banian trees, ferry stations, pagodas and buffalo boys playing and fishing.
Ly Cong Uan was born at Co Phap Pagoda, in the village of same name, Bac Ninh province, in 974.
At the age of 3, his mother took him to the pagoda for monks there to bring him up. He was named Ly Cong Uan by the monks and became a monk.
Under the protection and support of Ly Van Hanh, also known as Van Hanh monk, who was a respected monk in the holy Anterior Le Dynasty court, Uan came to the capital and took several promotions to the Left Guard-Commander of the Anterior Citadel, a high rank in the army system. In 1009, Le Ngoa Trieu, the last king of the Anterior Le Dynasty died under the wrath of the people because of the ferocity and cruelty brought on them in his time. Dao Cam Moc, a senior official, and Vạn Hạnh monk used their power to enthrone Ly Cong Uan without any debate, beginning the Ly Dynasty.
The then capital Hoa Lu in the northern province of Ninh Binh was a tiny area with craggy geography bounded by mountain ranges, which had been suitable for a turbulent era but was not conducive to peacetime development and growth. Ly Thai To chose to move the capital to a broader area lying in the flat alluvial delta named Dai La, now Hanoi . In 1010, he began the move and while travelling from the former capital to the new land, he saw a Yellow Dragon ascending, so he changed the new land's name from Dai La to Thang Long.
Vietnam is celebrating the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi on October 10, which is called the Grand Festival./.
The film, entitled “Dragon’s Son”, is the first long cartoon using 3D technology in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, Executive Director of the Cinematography Association Studio said at a press briefing in Hanoi on September 13.
The 90-minute footage is about the childhood of King Ly Thai To, or Ly Cong Uan at birth, who founded the 216-year-long Ly Dynasty in 1009.
Painters have animated over 30 characters, designed 20 major scenes and conducted almost 850 acts.
Director Pham Minh Tri said the “Dragon’s Son” is “100 percent Vietnamese”, from sounds to music and costumes. The cartoon is characterised by northern countryside sceneries such as banian trees, ferry stations, pagodas and buffalo boys playing and fishing.
Ly Cong Uan was born at Co Phap Pagoda, in the village of same name, Bac Ninh province, in 974.
At the age of 3, his mother took him to the pagoda for monks there to bring him up. He was named Ly Cong Uan by the monks and became a monk.
Under the protection and support of Ly Van Hanh, also known as Van Hanh monk, who was a respected monk in the holy Anterior Le Dynasty court, Uan came to the capital and took several promotions to the Left Guard-Commander of the Anterior Citadel, a high rank in the army system. In 1009, Le Ngoa Trieu, the last king of the Anterior Le Dynasty died under the wrath of the people because of the ferocity and cruelty brought on them in his time. Dao Cam Moc, a senior official, and Vạn Hạnh monk used their power to enthrone Ly Cong Uan without any debate, beginning the Ly Dynasty.
The then capital Hoa Lu in the northern province of Ninh Binh was a tiny area with craggy geography bounded by mountain ranges, which had been suitable for a turbulent era but was not conducive to peacetime development and growth. Ly Thai To chose to move the capital to a broader area lying in the flat alluvial delta named Dai La, now Hanoi . In 1010, he began the move and while travelling from the former capital to the new land, he saw a Yellow Dragon ascending, so he changed the new land's name from Dai La to Thang Long.
Vietnam is celebrating the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi on October 10, which is called the Grand Festival./.
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