present to the capital city of Hanoi in celebration of the city’s
1,000 th anniversary this October.
A ceramic
mosaic mural along the Red River dike in Hanoi is scheduled to
complete on September 25, on time for the anniversary on October 10.
Painter Nguyen Thu Thuy, the brains of the project, said the 3,950m
mural has been recognised in the Guinness Book of the World Records as
the world’s longest ceramic picture.
Experts of the Guinness World Record are scheduled to visit Vietnam from October 2-5 to present the certificate.
Working since 2008, domestic and foreign artists have completed 21
stretches of the ceramic road which features the history, beautiful
sites and famous pottery villages of Vietnam .
As part of Hanoi ’s 1,000 th anniversary celebrations, the largest
personal collection of Hang Trong folk paintings, with 149 painting, by
Pham Duc Si opened in the VietArt Centre, Hanoi on September 9.
Si has spent almost 10 years to search for the paintings which are
unique to Hanoi but are falling into obsolescence, including dozens
of paintings based on Chinese legends and paintings for hanging on the
altar.
On this occasion, the Ninh Binh
provincial Business Association and Dong Thanh Craft Import and Export
Company on September 9 coorganised an inauguration ceremony of an
enormous embroidery.
The 35m × 3.5m embroidery,
weighing 250kg, using Italian wool and around 180kg of thread, has been
completed after one year.
The embroidery contains
images of significant events in the history of Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh
province), which was the capital under the reign of the Dinh, Le and Ly
dynasties.
Also, in celebration of the capital’s
anniversary, Dong Ngac commune, Tu Liem district, Hanoi on September 8
started the casting of a two-tonne incense burner, which is to be put
in front of the monument of King Ly Thai To in central Hanoi .
The lotus-form bronze burner, measuring 1.2m high and with a
circumference of 1.4 m, costs nearly one billion VND, funded by
donations from members of the Thang Long Antiques Association.
It is expected to complet on September 25./.
