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Welcoming Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019.
: 25/04/2019 12:00:00
Welcoming Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019, today (April 25th, 2019) Hue Monuments Conservation Center organizes the two exhibitions “Imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty seen from the Imperial Archives - the Documentary Heritage in the Memory of the World” at the covered corridor of Dai Cung gate (Imperial City, Hue) and “Imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty with the quintessence of Vietnamese crafts” at Hue Royal Antiquities Museum.

The imperial workshop was the craft production unit of the state during the monarchy, providing daily use items for the royal family, serving economic and defensive activities of the court.

About 50 Imperial Archives referring to the activities of imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty in the process of preparing materials, labor and production organization in the fields of minting, manufacturing weapons, manufacturing and repairing boats and ships, manufacturing royal utensils, and producing materials for construction are selected to introduce at the exhibition “Imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty seen from the Imperial Archives - the Documentary Heritage in the Memory of the World” in order to provide more authentic evidences from the perspective of historical documents on the activities of the imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty - one of the important components contributing to the construction of Hue royal cultural heritage.

Coming to the exhibition “Imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty with the quintessence of Vietnamese crafts”, visitors can admire the royal objects which are diverse in types, unique in style and sophisticated in decorative patterns, created by the skillful hands and delicate aesthetic thinking of craftsmen, as well as understand more about the organizational structure, operating methods and operation of the imperial workshop system  under the Nguyen dynasty.

The objects and materials introduced in the two exhibitions are authentic evidences on the activities of the imperial workshops under the Nguyen dynasty - one of the important components contributing to the construction of Hue royal cultural heritage.

 
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