For centuries, Dong Ho paintings were used as precious decorations to celebrate the Tet festival. People bought the paintings to hang on their walls for a year, which are then replaced with new ones for the next New Year. Dong Ho painting was inscribed in the list of national intangible cultural heritage in December 2012.
The authorities of Bac Ninh and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on April 7 co-organised an event on learning about the northern province’s charming features, which gathered close to 150 foreign and domestic diplomats and representatives of foreign organisations and business associations in Vietnam.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Red River Delta province of Bac Ninh on February 24 inaugurated an exhibition house to introduce Dong Ho, an outstanding folk painting genre which is on the verge of oblivion.
The cat has played different roles in various societies for thousands of years. The fascinating animal has also been featured in Vietnamese culture and art since the birth of folk painting.
As part of the national intangible cultural heritage, Dong Ho painting or Dong Ho folk woodcut painting is a genre of Vietnamese folk painting, stemming from Dong Ho village in the northern province of Bac Ninh in the 17th century.
Collector and Director of Hanoi Ceramic Museum, Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa, has launched a new version of her book on Kim Hoang folk painting. While the first edition was published in 2019 and focused on the history, technique and aesthetics of Kim Hoang folk paintings, the latest edition has been updated on the development of painting in modern life.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for Organising SEA Games 31, attended a rehearsal for the event’s opening ceremony in Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on May 10 night.
And now, let’s take a look at Dong Ho folk paintings which were used as precious decorations to celebrate the Tet festival. The paintings vividly reflect the traditional agricultural society, along with the life and practices of rural Vietnamese people.
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Dong Ho folk paintings are one of the most famous folk painting genres in Vietnam. Beyond just decoration, though, the paintings also convey moral lessons.
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The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
Like many other traditional crafts, the change in people’s demand when the country switched to the market economy has caused numerous difficulties and challenges to the Dong Ho folk painting genre.
Traditional and contemporary Dong Ho folk paintings are being showcased at an exhibition that opened at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on October 31.
In the old days, Dong Ho paintings were used as decorations at every home during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). The folk paintings have become part of Vietnamese life through generations.
The National Cultural Heritage Council will appraise dossiers on the Vietnamese folk art of Dong Ho painting later this year, then complete them before submitting to the Prime Minister.
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