Nghe An village through the brushstrokes of a Thanh Nam artist

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(Baonghean.vn) - Stilt houses, jars of rice wine, old ladies sitting leisurely in the quiet afternoon, and fish vendors in the mountainous region of Nghe An appear vividly through the drawings of comic artist Nguyen The Linh.

Họa sỹ truyện tranh Nguyễn thế Linh vẽ tại bản Hủa Mương, xã Hạnh Dich - quế Phong - Nghệ An. Ảnh : Hữu Vi
Comic artist Nguyen The Linh draws in Hua Muong village, Hanh Dich commune - Que Phong - Nghe An. Photo: Huu Vi

Nguyen The Linh is a Nam Dinh artist who has been working in the comic book industry in Hanoi for 15 years. Since 2013, every summer, the artist born in 1985 has traveled across Vietnam by motorbike and painted about the places he has been.

While other people often take pictures of the places they have been, Linh chooses to draw. It could be a person playing the guitar, a girl reading a book or using her smartphone in a coffee shop, or a person he accidentally met while drinking iced tea on the sidewalk.

Cảnh bán cá tại một bản người Thái ở Con cuông qua ký họa của Nguyễn Thế Linh. Ảnh Hữu Vi
Fish selling scene at a Thai village in Con Cuong district through a sketch by Nguyen The Linh. Photo: Huu Vi

Linh said he especially likes the highland villages of Nghe An. During his 2-day stopover from August 13 to 15, 2018 in Nghe An, he visited mountainous districts such as Que Phong, Quy Chau, and Con Cuong to paint about the villages and the lives of the residents there.

Hua Muong village, Hanh Dich commune, Que Phong district through the brushstrokes of artist Thanh Nam. Photo: Huu Vi

In Hua Muong village, Hanh Dich commune, Que Phong district, the cartoonist was particularly impressed with the peaceful life under the sa mu roofs of the people here. It is an ancient Thai village hundreds of years old by the Nam Viec river, preserving many cultural features such as drinking rice wine, weaving...

Một ngôi nhà sàn ở bản Hủa Mương
A stilt house in Hua Muong village. Photo: Huu Vi

Chân dung cụ bà Vi Thị Phương, 80 tuổi ở bản Hùa Mương.
Portrait of 80-year-old Vi Thi Phuong from Hua Muong village. Photo: Huu Vi

Ché rượu cần
Jar of rice wine. Photo: Huu Vi
“I will come back to paint about the mountainous region of Nghe An, especially the Dan Lai community. Although I have only learned about it through books and newspapers, I am impressed with the information about this community that only exists in Nghe An,” Nguyen The Linh shared.

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