Unique giant windmill, "clay pot palace" welcomes Christmas in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - To welcome Christmas 2018, people of Luu My parish, Tru Son commune, Do Luong district (Nghe An) designed a giant windmill and a unique "clay pot palace".
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Based on a Christmas tree grafted from 6,000 clay pots that was once recognized as a Vietnamese record, the people of Luu My parish have turned it into a giant windmill, called "Dai Phong Xa". Photo: Huy Thu |
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After having the idea, under the direct guidance of parish priest Hoang Trung Hoa, more than a dozen people with full tools, started to do it. Photo: Huy Thu |
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To install two large fan blades on the clay pot pine tree, scaffolding had to be built around the 25-meter-high pine tree. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The inside of the pine tree with its intricate steel system also turns into scaffolding for moving around and transporting materials and accessories. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa (28 years old) - one of the main assemblers on the pine tree said, installing the fan blade system on the pine tree was quite difficult because the fan blades were large, heavy, and high up, so it had to be done very carefully. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Each fan blade weighs 140 kg, with a wingspan of 9.19 m. The entire fan blade is equipped with LED lights to light up at night. To rotate the fan blade system, the workers here used 2 motors with a capacity of 0.35 kW and 0.55 kW. Photo: Huy Thu |
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In addition to the giant windmill, on this occasion, the parishioners of Luu My also built a "clay palace" which is a house spanning the village road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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What is special is that this house has hung and covered 2019 clay pots with the meaning of a project to welcome the new year 2019. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The house is decorated with clay pots. Photo: Huy Thu |
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After nearly 2 weeks of work, by the afternoon of December 22, the windmill and the “clay palace” were completed. Parishioners were excited to have new, unique constructions to welcome Christmas 2018. Photo: Huy Thu |
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According to parish priest Hoang Trung Hoa, the windmill and the "earthenware palace" both use the local specialty of earthenware as material with the profound meaning of honoring traditional cultural values, on that basis, kindling the aspiration to reach out and build the future. Photo: Huy Thu |
Windmill test run at night. Clip: Huy Thu |