The 2018 spring calligraphy festival will be held at Ho Van in Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) from February 9-25. 2018 spring calligraphy festival More than 35 works of calligraphy will go on display at the Temple of Literature. Le Xuan Kieu, director of the Centre for Scientific and Cultural Affairs of Van Mieu-QuocTu Giam said 55 calligraphers have been carefully chosen to participate in the calligraphy festival. Visitors will have the opportunity to observe and learn about the process of making do (poonah) paper and Dong Ho folk paintings, visit pavilions of traditional craft villages, participate in a lantern festival, enjoy special art programs on folk music, and get stuck in with the process of wrapping Chung cake. VOV
This year’s event, lasting until February 15, comprises two main activities: a calligraphy exhibition and calligraphy writing activities on the first days of the Lunar New Year. At the opening ceremony, two young calligraphers, Nguyen To Tam An and Nguyen Hoai Thu, gave calligraphy performances on stage. The exhibition, themed ‘Uong nuoc nho nguon’ (When drinking water, remember its source), displays nearly 100 calligraphy works by freelance calligraphers and members of Calligraphy Clubs in Hanoi. The exhibits were composed using a variety of materials in a variety of styles. They record famous sayings, lines of poetry, proverbs and folk verses…... [read more]
(VOVworld) – Spring newspapers’ festivals are taking place across Vietnam to mark the 85th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and welcome the lunar New Year Festival. In Thanh Hoa, an exhibition of spring newspapers and a calligraphy festival opened on Friday, displaying newspapers and magazines of 316 central and local press agencies which feature an overview of Vietnam’s renewal process. The same day, a spring newspaper festival kicked off in Vinh Long province with two exhibitions on themes of "the Communist Party of Vietnam: 85 years of establishment and development" and "Vinh Long provincial agricultural utensils". The 1st…... [read more]
This year’s event, lasting until February 11, comprises two main activities: a calligraphy exhibition and calligraphy writing activities on the first days of the Lunar New Year. The exhibition, themed Ton su trong dao (“Respect the Teacher, Value Morality”), features nealry 30 calligraphy works that were selected from over 70 submitted from dozens of calligraphy clubs in Hanoi. The exhibits were composed under a variety of materials in a variety of styles, recording famous sayings, lines of poetry, proverbs and folk verses featuring the tradition of respecting the teacher and valuing morality over the historical eras. According to the Deputy…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 artworks from 54 calligraphers have been showcased at the 2016 spring calligraphy festival which closed on February 15 in Hanoi's Temple of Literature. Do Thi Tam, deputy director of the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam’s Scientific and Cultural Activities Centre presented second prizes to Truong Van Thinh, Tran Van Son and Nguyen To Tam An Le Xuan Kieu, director of the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam Scientific and Cultural Activities Centre presented the first prize to Nguyen Duy Thanh A calligraphy work by Nguyen To Tam An A calligraphy work by Truong Van Thinh dedicating to Vietnam’s…... [read more]
Phu My Hung Spring Flower Fair set for next weekHung Le Phu My Hung Spring Flower Fair 2018 will take place from February 8 to 14 (the 23rd to 29th of the 12th lunar month) in Crescent Lake area in Phu My Hung Urban Area in District 7, HCMC, Phu My Hung Development Corp told a news conference last week. The upcoming event is expected to bring tourists a cultural space reminiscent of the old days of Nha Be, currently an outlying district of HCMC. Taking advantage of its unique geographical position, this year’s flower fair will comprise four main…... [read more]
