Map of Vietnam made from 1,000 gold dragons
A map of Vietnam made from 1,000 gold
dragons worth nearly one billion VND will be highlighted at the “Quang
Nam Culture-Tourism Week” in Hanoi at the end of November.
A map of Vietnam made from 1,000 gold
dragons worth nearly one billion VND will be highlighted at the “Quang
Nam Culture-Tourism Week” in Hanoi at the end of November.
The map, made by a goldsmith in the central province of Quang Nam, measures six metres in height and three metres in width. The country is shaped into a dragon looking to the East Sea.
Each province, city and island is marked by gold-plated dragons in different shapes and poses.
The artisan Ngoc Minh, also plans to cast a statue of a rising dragon in pure gold, to be put on the map at the position of Hanoi city when the map is exhibited at the 1,000 anniversary of ThangLong-Hanoi next year./.
The map, made by a goldsmith in the central province of Quang Nam, measures six metres in height and three metres in width. The country is shaped into a dragon looking to the East Sea.
Each province, city and island is marked by gold-plated dragons in different shapes and poses.
The artisan Ngoc Minh, also plans to cast a statue of a rising dragon in pure gold, to be put on the map at the position of Hanoi city when the map is exhibited at the 1,000 anniversary of ThangLong-Hanoi next year./.
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