Rare items of the Nguyen Dynasty in Saigon

Many rare and precious original artifacts including costumes and supplies of the Nguyen Dynasty are on display at the exhibition "Golden velvet and brocade" in Ho Chi Minh City.

On December 21, Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History co-ordinated with the Southern Women's Museum to organize a thematic exhibition of "Golden Son of Velvet" - Costume of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

The exhibition presents 70 artifacts with diverse collections to honor the creativity, dexterity of the Vietnamese people and bring a profound cultural, social and aesthetic meaning to the works. This unique art.

Costume collection with 24 original artifacts are types of prince, king and queen's coffin, the crown of the crown prince, princess and other types of attire.In the picture is the prince identified as the shirt of King Dong Khanh (1886-1888), belonging to the type of clothes worn during regular ceremonies with the lines of Han Dong Khanh showing.

The shirts of the king and the crown prince were embroidered with dragon statues, the leading mascot in the four spirits (long, unicorn, rules, phoenix).During feudal times, dragons were seen as symbols of kingship associated with the king's image.Non-dragon statues (flying dragons), Japanese dinosaurs (dragons turning their heads toward the sun) . are embroidered with thread silhouettes, threaded diamonds, and dragon eyes with gemstones.

The crown prince's dress is only embroidered with a chevron, a secondary variant of the dragon.

The queen's coat (the cell) is designed more simply with many different patterns.

The trunk of the lacquered dragon of the Nguyen dynasties was also engraved intricately with the dragon and gold.

Around the display of the clothes of the Nguyen dignitaries and martial artists, in which the Dai Trieu shirt of the literary bureaucracy was displayed solemnly.

Regulation of the cape (the crown of the crown) of the Nguyen dynasty from the two or more products: the front and rear crowns are all 6, each with 5 strings of algae, 6 titles of 6 beads of pearl material.Around the crown, the copper swath is engraved with the cloudy pattern.

Austria Usually the most famous of the martial arts dynasties, the stamens are also embroidered with dragons.

Female dress for Nguyen court.

Although well preserved, some cellophane, cellar or ceremonial ceremonies are also damaged by some time and the environment's impact.

The exposition of the hat introduces four hats, two of which have been discovered through archaeological excavations before 1975, which are defined by the colonialist Le Van Phong - the brother of Ta Quan Le Van Duyet. Phu Nhuan district (HCMC), and Thien Vuong Marshal in Bien Hoa (Dong Nai).

In 2014, Ho Chi Minh City History Museum has restored these two hats and first introduced them to the public.In addition, there are also Xuan Thu hats collected by Vu Kim Loc.

The objects in the Nguyen Dynasty were painted with gold with jewelry containers such as chests, trunks, caskets, and many precious materials.

The wooden style room creates art by painting techniques, drawing gold to create typical royal patterns of the Nguyen Dynasty.

Jewelry group with 16 artifacts are jade brooches, silver brooches, gold bracelets and rings with sophisticated and beautifully crafted gemstones.

Two royal gold rings.

Besides, at the ceremony, the organizers also exhibited some artifacts donated by museums and individuals recently.This seminar is open to the public from December 21 to March 2017 at Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History (No. 2, Nguyen Binh Khiem, District 1).