13 Oct 2010

Longest painting about Vietnam’s history

Besides this painting, VietNamNet Bridge brings our readers photos about an embroidery painting of over 30m long featuring Vietnam’s history through the Dinh, Le and Ly dynasties, a Vietnam map made of 1,000 golden dragons and a ceramic-made magic turtle. These are special gifts for Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary.
The embroidery painting:
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Up to 1,000 artisans in Ninh Binh province worked hard in one year to make this embroidery painting, the longest embroidery painting in Vietnam. It is 33.3m long, 3.3m wide, featuring landmarks in Vietnam’s history through the Dinh, Le and Ly dynasties.
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Chapter 1: the childhood of Dinh Bo Linh.
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Chapter 2: Dinh Bo Linh united the country.
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Chapter 3: Dinh Bo Linh was enthroned, named the country as Dai Co Viet, with capital Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh today) (968).
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Chapter 4: Capital Hoa Lu today
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Chapter 5: Le Hoan acceded to the throne as King Le Dai Hanh, establishing the Early Le Dynasty.
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Chapter 6: King Le Dai Hanh defeated the Song invaders (China) and made successful expedition to Champa.
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Chapter 7: In 2010, King Ly Cong Uan moved the capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La (Hanoitoday). On the way from Hoa Lu to Dai La, he saw a rising dragon and renamed Dai La into Thang Long (rising dragon).Chapter 7: In 2010, King Ly Cong Uan moved the capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La (Hanoi today). On the way from Hoa Lu to Dai La, he saw a rising dragon and renamed Dai La into Thang Long (rising dragon).
The Vietnam map:
The map was made by 16 artisans within four years.
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Truong Sa Archipelago.
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Hoang Sa Archipelago.
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Phu Quy Island.
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Phu Quoc Island.
Special gifts for Hanoi:

This turtle is 4 tons in weight.


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The Vietnam map made by soil collected from 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam.


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The gift from Tuyen Quang province.


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The gift from Quang Nam province.


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A giant musical instrument.


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Stone-made Khue Van Cac (Hanoi’s symbol).


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A dragon-shaped natural wood artwork.


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A giant shoe.


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