An artisan from Van Canh commune of Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, demonstrates the making of a Kim Hoang folk painting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – An exhibition going on at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi is offering visitors an insight into six renowned Vietnamese folk painting genres. The event, which opened on October 24 and will run through November 10, is showcasing 50 works of the folk painting genres of Kim Hoang and Hang Trong of Hanoi, Dong Ho of northern Bac Ninh province, Kinh and Goi vai of the southern region, and Sinh of central Thua Thien-Hue province. It aims to help visitors understand more about the values of each genre. Opening the display, Director of the Hanoi Ceramics Museum Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa said folk paintings hold an important position in Vietnamese cultural heritage. With their special language, folk paintings reflect the outlook on life of generations of people in all corners of the country. The exhibition also features 30 paintings and 27 products created by Hanoi children. These exhibits were selected from more than 300 entries in a competition based on Kim Hoang folk paintings this year. At the opening ceremony, children also showed fashion designs inspired by Kim Hoang folk paintings.An artisan instructs a boy to make a folk painting at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) Kim Hoang is a folk painting genre in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, that reached its prime in the 18th and 19th centuries. It mainly depicts the daily life of people… [Read full story]
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