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    • Traditional folk painting enjoys a revival

    The demand for Kim Hoang paintings, a genre of Vietnamese woodcut paintings that originate from Kim Hoang village in Hanoi, has been increasing over the Lunar New Year.
    Traditional folk painting enjoys a revival ảnh 1Dao Dinh Trung has become a skillful craftsman in making Kim Hoang painting. (Source:VNA)

    Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The demand for Kim Hoang paintings, a genre ofVietnamese woodcut paintings that originate from Kim Hoang village in Hanoi,has been increasing over the Lunar New Year.

    Thanks to efforts of local authorities, artisans and collectors, Kim Hoang paintingshave avoided fading into oblivion and are experiencing a revival.

    Kim Hoang paintings were a common sight at cultural events over the festiveperiod at locations like the Temple of Literature, streets around Hoan KiemLake and the Old Quarter.

    Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa, Director of the Pottery Museum, said this year the demandfor Kim Hoang paintings increased remarkably, especially for paintingsfeaturing pigs, given 2019 is the Year of the Pig.

    She said pigs are depicted in various ways and styles in the paintings. Inaddition, red, the colour thought to bring about luck in the new year, is thetheme colour of these paintings.

    Traditionally, like Dong Ho and Hang Trong paintings, Kim Hoang paintings wereused to decorate in the Lunar New Year. Details in these folk paintings likeroosters, pigs and daily activities, represent wishes for a year of prosperityand happiness.

    To make a painting, craftsmen use the woodblocks to create outlines in thebackground of red or yellow paper, then paint the details by hand. 

    “Kim Hoang painting was at the height of popularity in 18th and 19th century.Kim Hoang was formed by the two former villages of Kim Bang and Hoang Bang. Inthe old time, a pair of roosters was one of the most popular images in Kim Hoangpainting at the Lunar New Year. It was believed that having a painting ofroosters in the new year would help ward off bad spirits and bring about peacefor the family,” deputy head of Van Canh commune Nguyen The Minh said.

    “In the 1940s, Kim Hoang suffered a serious flood which washed away all thewoodblocks and made this traditional painting fall into oblivion,” said Minh.

    After 80 years, Kim Hoang painting is on its way to a revival.

    Director of the Hanoi Pottery Museum, also acollector of folk paintings, Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa, felt sorry for the loss ofthis painting and decided to revive it in 2015.

    Hoa went to museums and met with collectors in and outside Vietnam to seek thelast remaining woodblocks. She then sought help from craftsmen, art researchersand local authorities to revive the genre.

    A native of Kim Hoang village, Dao Dinh Trung volunteered to join the revivalproject. He was sent to painting school and learned the craft of making Kim Hoangpainting.

    Trung said: “When I was small, I often heard the elderly talk about thistraditional genre of painting with a great sense of pride and nostalgia. Thatwas when I sensed a feeling of regret for a craft that lost. I wished I coulddo something to help this make a comeback.”

    To date, the project has recovered 33 woodblocks and organised several eventsto engage children and young people to learn about this painting.

    For the past three years, the paintings of Kim Hoang village have also beensent to local and international exhibition and cultural events and used indifferent items like calendars and lucky money envelops for the Lunar New Year.-VNS/VNA

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