Exhibition of documents and inscriptions at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam
The exhibition brings to the public new messages in preserving national traditions: studiousness, filial piety, respect for teachers.
The exhibition displays 130 images of documents, scripts and hundreds of Confucian artifacts of Hanoi and neighboring areas: Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Ha
The images of the documents displayed here are divided into 2 types: The first type includes 1 to 3 buildings, each building has 3 to 7 compartments; the second type is just an open-air altar (with or without a roof). That is the document of Vinh Tru, Ha Tinh province.
The altar of the first-ranked scholar Nguyen Truc at The Tru Temple, Nghia Huong Commune, Quoc Oai District, Hanoi (photo: Huy Anh)
The scale of the communal houses is smaller, gradually decreasing from the prefecture, district, to the village level. These are the communal houses of Tu Liem district, Hanoi to the Nhat Tao communal house of Tu Liem district; the communal houses of Cau Ranh village, Bac Ninh province. Currently, Thang Long - Hanoi still preserves many communal houses, including many relics that are quite intact such as: Hao Nam, Minh Tao, Bat Trang, Nguyet Ang, Ngoc Than, The Tru communal houses... and many valuable family temples of doctors.
Besides, there are also artifacts of ancient Confucian education such as: royal decree box, scroll, sacrificial object, book block, Kangxi dictionary, book shoulder, brush pen, inkstone...
The exhibition brings to the public new messages in preserving national traditions: studiousness, filial piety, respect for teachers... thereby contributing to preserving and promoting the value of literature and writings, which is also preserving and promoting the good cultural values of the nation.
The exhibition lasts until February 25, 2013./.
According to (vov.vn) - HL
