Dragon-themed spring festival celebrates Lunar New Year

Ceramic sculptures depicting different postures of dragon – one of the four sacred animals in Vietnamese culture, are on display at an on-going exhibition in Hanoi.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 15:59

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Visitors enjoy a ceramic sculpture at the exhibition 'Vu Dieu Bach Long' (The Dance of a Hundred Dragons) of the Hai Phong-based artist Pham Van Tuyen.(Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Ceramic sculptures depictingdifferent postures of dragon – one of the four sacred animals in Vietnameseculture, are on display at an on-going exhibition in Hanoi.

Entitled Vu Dieu BachLong (The Dance of a Hundred Dragons), the exhibition presents 100artworks created by the Hai Phong-based artist Pham Van Tuyen to celebrate theLunar New Year of the Dragon.

The exhibition is part of the Giap Thin Spring Festival 2024 taking place atthe Vietnam Cultural and Art Exhibition Centre in Hanoi.

Visitors can enjoy dragon sculptures in various unique vases. In addition, the Rong Hoa section(Dragon Transformation) showcases the dragon’s different postures thatrepresent four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter, and associated withfour types of trees – pine, chrysanthemum, bamboo and apricot.

Finally, dragon sculptures that express the desire for peace and wishes forgood luck and prosperity during the up-coming Year of the Dragon are alsoincluded.

Each of the 100 sculptures is a unique creation, expressing the eminence yetmystique of the sacred animal. Presenting the exquisite creativity of theartist, these artworks are integrated into functional objects such as flowervases, lamp stands and incense burners.
As part of the Giap Thin Spring Festival 2024, visitors also havethe chance to contemplate a unique collection of dragon paintings created byartist Hoang Truc on areca spathe. The collection has been recognised by the VietnamRecord Organisation as the country’s largest collection of dragon paintings onareca spathe.

Painter Nghiem Diep Anh also has introduced 40 powder colour paintings at herexhibition Dragonsand Flowers. The image of the traditional dragon has been represented inher contemporary paintings, expressing freshness and modernity.

Especially, a collection of 20 Vietnamese royal costumes with richlyembroidered dragon patterns also are on display. A result of a hardworkingresearch of the Van Thien Y Company, the collection reveals the similaritiesand differences of the costumes in general and of the dragon in particularunder the Ly, Tran and Nguyen dynasties.

Artisans from famous pottery villages in the North such as Huong Canh in VinhPhuc province, Giang Cao in Hanoi, and Chu Dau in Hai Duong province, alsoshowcase their products associated with the dragon at the Spring Festival.

During the festival, alongside artworks on the theme of dragon, visitors canalso enjoy special art performances.

The Giap Thin Spring Festival 2024 is open until February 1 at the Vietnam Culturaland Art Exhibition Centre, 2 Hoa Lư street, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi./.

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