Successful restoration of the general and special instrument in the Vietnamese royal music orchestra

On the morning of April 8, at The To Mieu (Imperial City - Hue), the Hue Monuments Conservation Center (CRCC) held a handover ceremony of Vietnamese royal musical instruments, including a big bell and a big gong that were successfully restored with a total cost of nearly 300 million VND.

This is the result of the second cooperation activity between the Hue Monuments Conservation Center and the National Center for Traditional Performing Arts of Korea (NGC), with financial support for restoration work from Korea.

The restoration project of the general and special grand orchestra, carried out from October 2011 to April 2012, contributed to completing the royal music orchestra.

The tuning of these instruments was done by traditional Korean musical instrument restorer, Mr. Kim Hyun Kon.

On the evening of April 8, the two instruments will be performed for the first time at the Nam Giao ceremony.

It is known that since July 2010, the cooperation between Hue Monuments Conservation Center and NGC started with the experimental restoration of a common set (including 12 bronze bells) and a set of stone gongs (including 12 stone gongs), which are unique musical instruments in the Vietnamese royal music orchestra.

At the end of December 2010, the restoration was successfully completed using traditional Vietnamese materials and manufacturing methods, carried out right in Hue with a total cost of more than 400 million VND.

The two sets of tablets and plaques are currently on display at The To Temple.

The restored border set from 2010



Joint edition restored from 2010

According to Thanhnien