Dong Ho Folk Paintings: From Woodcut Blocks to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tet
Dong Ho folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bac Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
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What makes Dong Ho paintings unique compared with other painting traditions?
Dong Ho paintings stand out for their technique of printing entirely from hand-carved woodblocks, using colours made from natural materials (indigo leaves, red ochre pebbles, sophora flowers, scallop shell powder, bamboo leaf ash) and printing on do paper coated with diep. The printing process follows the principle that red is printed first and the black outline block is printed last, creating paintings that are rustic, familiar and highly colourfast.
From the article “Dong Ho Folk Paintings: From Woodcut Blocks to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tet”
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Khan Dong and Ao The: Traditional Vietnamese Men's Attire
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The Four Symbols Thanh Long, Bach Ho, Chu Tuoc, Huyen Vu in a land formation and where the minh duong sits among the four
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