Thanh Lieu woodblock village artisans demonstrate woodblock carving

The program took place on August 23 to open the opening event of Ngu Ha Vien cultural space (181 Xuan 68, Phu Xuan ward, Hue city).

Here, visitors can listen to artisans share about the history of this unique craft village and see ancient engravings, ancient picture boards, engraving tools, and woodblock publications of Thanh Lieu craft village. In addition, artisans also guide visitors to experience and practice woodblock engraving and printing.

Thanh Lieu woodblock printing has a history of nearly 600 years, famous for its sophisticated and valuable woodblock carving techniques. The village's ancient artisans are famous for creating famous woodblock sets such as the Nguyen Dynasty woodblocks, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda woodblocks and Phuc Giang School woodblocks, which have been honored by UNESCO.

It is known that after this event, Ngu Ha Vien plans to organize many more cultural and artistic events with the orientation of becoming a meeting place for heritage and culture lovers, a place to connect artisans and designers to meet, dialogue and create.

N. MINH

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