Buddhist sculpture art exhibition opens free to the public from October 25 to November 15

Towards the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23), the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized an exhibition of Buddhist sculpture art at the Hung Yen Provincial Museum to expand cooperation, introduce and promote the collection of Buddhist statues and National Treasures to the public.

Exhibition space of Buddhist sculpture art at Hung Yen Provincial Museum.

The exhibition space introduces 21 artifacts that are versions of typical sculptures, unique in form, with artistic value, reflecting the history and Buddhist ideology of the nation through historical periods. Typically, the Amitabha Buddha statue at Phat Tich Pagoda is the largest known stone Buddha statue of the Ly Dynasty, representing the quintessence of stone sculpture art of the 11th-12th century and is considered a treasure of Vietnamese Buddhist art. The Kim Cuong statue at Long Doi Pagoda shows the development of the pagoda form of the Ly Dynasty. The Thousand-eyed and Thousand-armed Bodhisattva statue at But Thap Pagoda is a unique work of Vietnamese Buddhist art of the 17th century.

Visitors admire the statue of Bodhisattva with a thousand eyes and a thousand hands at But Thap Pagoda.

The Buddhist sculpture art exhibition is open to the public free of charge from October 25 to November 15.

Do Chuan

Source: https://baohungyen.vn/trien-lam-nghe-thuat-dieu-khac-phat-giao-mo-cua-mien-phi-phuc-vu-nhan-dan-tu-ngay-25-10-den-15-11-3187027.html