Educating the nation's history through postage stamps
Circulating on the public postal network from today (March 22), 'Celebrating the 1.100th birthday of Emperor Dinh Tien (924-979)' This is the second stamp set launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications and is also the first commemorative stamp issued in 2024. The supply period on the public postal network will last until the end of December 12.
The postage stamp set about King Dinh Tien Hoang includes 1 borderless stamp sample with a size of 32 x 43 mm with a face value of 4.000 VND and designed by artist Nguyen Du. On this occasion, Vietnam Post Corporation - Vietnam Post also introduces to domestic and foreign postage stamp lovers a first-issue envelope - FDC, size 1 x 190 mm with a commemorative stamp release stamp. in 110 provinces and cities including: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Thua Thien Hue, Khanh Hoa and Ninh Binh - hometown of King Dinh Tien Hoang.
Postal Stamp Department, Vietnam Post - the postal enterprise assigned to operate the public postal network and responsible for designing and printing stamps, said that in the history of Vietnam's revolutionary postal stamps, there have been a number of sets of postal stamps. Commemorative stamps were issued with the purpose of honoring the contributions of kings in Vietnamese history.
Typical stamp sets are: King Quang Trung (1752-1792) issued in 1962, commemorating the 600th birth anniversary of Le Loi (1385 - 1985) issued in 1986, commemorating King Le Thanh Tong (1442-1497) issued 1998, commemorating Ngo Quyen's release in 1999; and the stamp sample represents the image of King Ly Thai To in the stamp set 'Thang Long - Hanoi thousand years of civilization' issued in 2000.
According to the reporter's research VietNamNet, 'Celebrating the 1.100th birthday of Emperor Dinh Tien (924-979)' is the first set of postage stamps about the historical figure who founded the Dai Co Viet state, in the history of Vietnamese revolutionary postage stamps. The Ministry of Information and Communications issued this stamp set to pay tribute to the great contributions of King Dinh Tien Hoang, as well as contribute to educating today's generations about the nation's heroic historical traditions.
Technology is involved in many stages of the stamp design process
As a creative product of artist Nguyen Du, the stamp set commemorating the 1.100th birthday of King Dinh Tien Hoang is designed in a graphic style. The main image on the stamp is the statue worshiping Emperor Dinh Tien in the temple of King Dinh at Truong Yen, Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh.
With strong colors, clear shapes and gilded lacquer material, the majestic, sparkling statue of King Dinh Tien Hoang appears hidden on the dark brown background of the stamp, giving everyone a deep, serene feeling. worn, bearing the mark of the 'color of time'.
Having long been involved in creating on the small scale of postage stamps, artist Nguyen Du has designed many stamp sets, including some on historical topics that are considered difficult to express. such as 'Bach Dang Victory (1288)' specially released in April 4 in Quang Ninh, or 'Commemorating the 2020th anniversary of the death of historian Le Van Huu (700-1230)' released in 1322.
Talk to reporters VietNamNet, artist Nguyen Du said that designing stamps with historical characters and historical events is really challenging, especially historical figures who lived more than a thousand years ago.
“For characters that no longer have documents, the artist must find images and build characters with descriptions found in poetry and history books. At the same time, you must read about the career background, the points that make up that character's characteristics, along with the costumes, the background of things... so that they are similar to the historical period in which that person lived.", artist Nguyen Du shared.
Talking about the process of designing the stamp to commemorate the 1.100th birthday of King Dinh Tien Hoang, artist Nguyen Du said he focused on researching and reading historical documents combined with resources provided by the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province. , the contribution of the Institute of History; And from there, think and find solutions to demonstrate the majesty, strategy, and virtue of the first emperor, enlightening independence and self-reliance for the Vietnamese people more than a thousand years ago.
Documents about King Dinh Tien Hoang provided by the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province are the statue worshiped at King Dinh temple. Due to its nature as a worship statue, the statue's posture is expressive and solemn, located in a quiet spiritual space. In order to transform the image on the stamp into a familiar and friendly style while still showing respect for an emperor, the author chose to express it using a graphic style.
Emphasizing that today technology is widely used in designing postage stamps, artist Nguyen Du analyzed: Instead of having to draw completely by hand, which takes many steps and time for stamps to be printed like before, With the support of technology, now, after the initial stage of hand design, the stamp author can edit, text layout, color array... on graphic software to express the content.
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Dinh Tien Hoang, full name Dinh Bo Linh, born in 924 and died in 979, was from Kim Lu village, Dai Huu village, Dai Hoang district (now Van Bong village, Gia Phuong commune, Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province). ). He was the one who was instrumental in pacifying the 12 warlords and unifying the country. In the year of Mau Thin 968, Dinh Bo Linh ascended the throne, becoming the first Emperor of Vietnam after the Northern domination. He took the national name Dai Co Viet and established the capital in Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh). Dai Co Viet State opened the era of independence, autonomy, and building a centralized monarchy in Vietnam. To develop the economy and facilitate trade, he minted and issued the first currency of the Dai Co Viet state, the "Thai Binh Hung Bao" coin. |
