(1778-1802) are on display at an exhibition in HCM City .
The exhibition at the Vietnam History Museum features
terracotta items like tiles, bricks, vases, plates and cups as well as
several official documents including letters and royal decrees signed by
Emperor Quang Trung.
The display also has ancient coins
and weapons including swords, bayonets and a huge cannon found at Thi
Nai Lagoon, considered very rare by collectors. Some spoons and bows
found on the riverbed in the Rach Gam-Xoai Mut area in the Mekong Delta
are also on show.
Organisers said many of the objects are being exhibited for the first time.
Nine museums and historical sites nationwide have lent their antique
collections for this exhibition as have six collectors in HCM City
and Dong Nai province.
Although the dynasty's reign was
short-lived at 32 years, the Tay Son peasant rebellion that crowned it
is a landmark event in Vietnamese history.
Even though the
succeeding Nguyen dynasty forbade the use of materials and the
intellectual heritage of the Tay Son dynasty, destroying many of its
vestiges, the material remains of that period have not disappeared
completely.
The exhibition, titled The Eternal Halo,
celebrates the 240th anniversary of the Tay Son Uprising (1771- 2011)
and 222nd anniversary of Quang Trung's victory over the Chinese Qing
invaders in 1789.
The exhibition at Nguyen Binh Khiem Street in District 1 will remain open until October./.
