Windy Day 11: Folk Sculpture – Beauty of Dragons and Fairies
Sun 12 Oct 2014, 6 am – 6 pm
The Dinh of Tho Ha (Bac Giang) and Phat Tich pagoda (Bac Ninh)
From the organizer:
You want to discover appealing secrets beneath old roofs of Dinh (Communal house)? You want to understand simple but splendid beauty displayed on its pillars and rafters? You want to find out the historical message sent by ancestors? You can do that all by joining the 11th tour: “Folk sculpture – Beauty of dragons and fairies” held by Tôi xê dịch.
Since the old days, Vietnamese people have been famous for their diligence, creativeness and ingenuity. A diversified world of folk sculpture has been structured with shapes, decorative patterns and colours, conjuring the panorama of Vietnamese life in the past.
Among various colours of history, it is luckily easy to trace back to clear indications of folk sculpture featuring Northern communal houses and pagodas. Emerging and flourishing during the period from the 16th to the 17th centuries, such traditional “colours”were not over shadowed by historical struggles during the long and fluctuated path of Vietnamese history, but strongly survived until modern time. They are precious keys leading us to the quintessence of folk sculpture attributed by previous generations.
Through exquisite and meticulous carvings, brilliant artists personified senseless woods and stones, transforming them into meaningful patterns – representatives of the history. They tell us the stories of daily life in the old day in such a rustic way: funny plants and animals’ stylisation, daily scenes of cultivation, festivals and even amusing activities of lovers in a lotus pond which pushed down the solidly conservative bastion of the feudal era in order to reach the world of freedom, love and aspiration.
Such patterns are “no-character documents” reflecting the process of exchanging and adopting values in everyday’s aspects ranging from economy, politics, and culture to religions in Vietnamese history.
Ticket information
– Classic ticket: 250, 000 VND (travelling fee, lunch and so forth)
– Sponsor ticket: 350, 000 VND (a unique handmade notebook made by Tôi xê dịch is available)
– Please confirm your attendance VIA THIS LINK
– Tickets will be directly delivered to all guests.
– Especially, you will receive a notebook from Tôi xe dich for each if you attend as a group (at least 2 members).
HOTLINE: 01677 858 898 (Ms. Hai Van Nguyen)
(*) Event may be adjusted. Changes will be informed in advance.
(**) This is a non-profit event. Money from ticket price will be used for organizing activities only. The balance sheet will be sent to attendants via email after the event.
