DIEM VILLAGE COMMUNAL

DIEM VILLAGE COMMUNAL

The hammock door of Diem village communal house in Hoa Long commune, Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh province is more than 300 years old, is a unique masterpiece of wood carving art, representing the pinnacle of wood carving art. Combined with red lacquer and gilding during the Le Trung Hung period, it has just been recognized as a National Treasure. Diem communal house, also known as Viem Xa communal house, formerly belonged to Cham Khe canton, Yen Phong district, now belongs to Viem Xa village, Hoa Long commune, Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh province. Completed in the 13th Chinh Hoa era (1692), this is one of the "first Kinh Bac" communal houses. Diem communal house currently preserves many artifacts of high artistic value, among which the hammock door of Diem communal house is a unique masterpiece of wood carving art. Accordingly, each floor is decorated with different themes, divided into separate floors and sections, but all 5 floors have a harmonious, flexible connection, bringing beauty to life, promoting human life, working and spirit. The god of democracy as well as the desire for prosperity, the desire for human proliferation in life. The top layer of the attic has a station shaped like the sun and clouds. The next part is delicately decorated with the highlight being four statues of fairies lifting the clouds and looking down. Mr. Nguyen Kim Vet, Head of Diem Communal House, said: "The beauty of Diem Communal House is the "unique" Hammock Door painting. This Hammock Door painting runs all the way from Thuong Luong at a height of 7m down to the communal house floor. consists of four large floors arranged in descending order until the main column inside. Each floor is delicately carved with many artistic shapes, symbols of the four sacred animals (dragon, lychee, tortoise, phoenix) and themes. full of art". The carved layer in the center of the hammock door is delicately carved with symmetrical images, demonstrating the skills of Kinh Bac sculptors at that time. The altar of Diem village communal house is carved very elaborately and vividly, creating a monumental but extremely delicate work of art. On one side are elephants and mahouts, on the other side are images of horses and people. In 1964, Diem communal house was recognized by the Ministry of Culture as an architectural and artistic relic and in January 2020, the hammock door of Diem village communal house was recognized as a National Treasure. Located in the ancient and solemn scenic complex of an ancient village on the banks of the Nhu Nguyet River in the land of Quan Ho's ancestors, the national architectural and artistic relic of Diem family along with valuable antiques and treasures has been converging and crystallizing the typical cultural beauty of the thousand-year-old cultural land of Bac Ninh - Kinh Bac and is one of the treasures of precious cultural and spiritual heritage of the homeland and the nation. Source: VOV electronic newspaper

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