Comic Hang Trong – The Earth Culture of Kinh Ky
As one of the typical folk paintings of Vietnam, the folk painting is empty crystallized with many aesthetic, mental, and beliefs of the ancient Kinh people.
* See storytelling pictures
The exhibition “Hang Trong comic” is taking place at the Vietnam Women’s Museum that attracts the attention of the public and traditional art lovers. 40 paintings drawing familiar stories in the cultural and spiritual life of the ancient Vietnamese. Each set of paintings consists of 4 pictures, vividly showing the familiar stories in the treasure of Han – Nom stories handed down in folklore from past to present. Through the sophistication and unique of wood engraving techniques, color -coloring techniques of artisans, the lines of folk paintings represent the typical representative of Vietnam’s unique folk art.
Expressing the excitement when watching the paintings at the Vietnam Women’s Museum, Ms. Nguyen Mai Phuong (Hoang Mai District, Hanoi) shared, before, she only knew about Hang Trong paintings with some paintings Worship, Tet paintings, so when she came to the Hang Trong comic show at the Women Museum, she was surprised to see the comic books on display here, in which many stories she had been read, or heard.
Ms. Mai Phuong is impressed with the set of 4 comics “Son Hau” with images describing the scene of Ta Thien Lang robbing the throne, the central god of saving the second and the lord, saving misery and victory on the middle side … In which, each picture is divided into 2 or 3 parts by the author, in each scene, there is a commentary about the content shown in the picture, helping the viewer both see the picture and understand more about the content of the story. .
According to researcher Phan Ngoc Khue, Son Hau painting series is a series of comics that have many successes in art. The content of the painting set is taken from the classical play. Author Dao Duy Tu (1572 – 1634) is the one who started the Son Hau Tuong. In 1871, Dao Tan (1845-1907) was then a letter in the Nguyen Dynasty’s cabinet, which was attached to this play. The content of the play is also the content of the Son Hau comic with the intention of promoting the moral example of Trung Trung, Hieu, Tiet, meaning of the heroic men with Dung – Luoc, such as: Dong Kim Lan , Khuong Linh Ta, Le Tu Trinh and the young women, such as: Dong Mau (Dong Kim Lan’s mother), Mrs. Nguyet Hao Tam Cung … are women who are strategic, ready to sacrifice her body to her body Save, Pho Nguyet.
Ms. Mai Phuong is also particularly impressed with the comic series “Nhi Do Mai”, because she has known the story of Nom poetry “Nhi Do Mai” and pressed the general with that story. Now seeing that story in the comic works of the folklore, she knows more about the very interesting way of telling the story of the folk artisans.
In addition to “Son Hau”, “Nhi Do Mai”, other comic series on display at the exhibition are also stories of Han – Nom familiar with Vietnamese people such as Tam Quoc, Warring States, Han So Hung Hung , Troops troops, or quartet paintings, depicting social occupations such as fishermen – fisheries on the river; Turns – a wood -cutting person in the forest; Nong Phu – a farmer and farmer; Poet – Poet …
According to researcher Phan Ngoc Khue, these are comic books by the owner of Thanh An Tranh Thanh – a famous painting brand in Hanoi in the early years of the twentieth century – presented to him, preserved by him until the day now. Based on these engraved planks, he said that this set of paintings was probably created from the nineteenth century until before 1945, so far has been over 100 years old.
* The valuable heritage of the nation
As a person who has worked for many years in the Vietnam Folk Art Association and the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, painter, researcher Phan Ngoc Khue said that Hang Trong painting is one of the unique folk paintings, bringing Bolded of the cultural imprint of Thang Long – Hanoi, which is a valuable capital of the Vietnamese nation, existed hundreds of years ago. As one of the typical folk paintings of Vietnam, the folk painting is empty crystallized with many aesthetic, mental, and beliefs of the ancient Kinh people.
According to the researchers, Hang Trong paintings with technical prints on engraving planks have a long framework, 1.45m or more high and wide from 0.45m or more. Hang Trong paintings are created by artisans through art that shows color, lines, post -production techniques such as bamboo paintings, axis to hang pictures … Technical process is highly professional. With the diversity in the genre, sophistication in the shaping technique, the folk painting has contributed to enriching the traditional cultural life, creating its own way in the tastes of the Kinh people and the part of inseparable of Vietnamese folk paintings.
Researcher Phan Ngoc Khue said that, along with worshiping paintings, Tet paintings, Hang Trong artisans also created many comics, based on the stories of Han Nom stories that were disseminated and handed down in folklore. old. However, due to the fluctuations of history, since 1945, artisans have no longer printed comics, if any, they are only small and single paintings.
According to researcher Phan Ngoc Khue, comics are a line of paintings that need great investment, from choosing to buy wooden planks to engrave in paintings, to grafting from 2 to 3 wooden planks together, then the workers Moc must process these wooden planks to be flat, then the process of processing and carving.
The stage from drawing to wood carving is a very wary, costly, time, more time, not every worker can engrave the printed version of the Hang Trong comic, the workers. Must have techniques, very high skills to be able to complete the most beautiful and sophisticated prints … Perhaps so, later, artisans made Hang Trong painting no longer creating comic books and more stories and More and less people know this unique series of comics.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet, Director of the Vietnam Women’s Museum, said that the drum folklore comics are masterpieces of old artisans. Before the one, the risk of loss and challenges and difficulties of the folk paintings in life today, the comic works of Hang Trong on display at the Vietnam Women’s Museum is a great opportunity to The public admires and feels more clearly the beauty and value of a famous line of Ha Thanh land.