Hai Phong introduces to the public a unique set of gold artifacts

In response to the Red Flamboyant Festival - Hai Phong 2024, Hai Phong Museum will introduce to the public a unique set of gold artifacts dedicated to female general Le Chan within the framework of the National Treasures Exhibition.

Accordingly, the total weight of the gold artifacts is nearly 4 taels, including: a pair of bracelets, a card, a leaf, a set of betel leaves - three areca nuts, a 999-bead necklace, a fan, a gold plaque, two gold plaques, two lip balm boxes and three pairs of earrings. The artifacts are exquisitely crafted, bearing the strong imprint of Vietnam's mother worship beliefs.

These artifacts are tentatively identified by researchers as dating from the Nguyen Dynasty, around 1920-1927, and were offered by a man named Phan Tran Truc at the Nghe Temple worshiping female general Le Chan. On the cards are the words Trung Thien Thanh Mau, Trang Huy Thuong Dang Than, Duc Bao Trung Hung, Phan Tran Truc.

The total weight of the gold artifacts is nearly 4 taels - Photo: Haiphong.gov.vn

According to the remaining documents, in 1959, Mr. Pham Ba Hung, who was then the custodian of Nghe Temple, deposited this set of antiques into the State Bank of Vietnam according to the regulations at that time, with a total weight of nearly four ounces. By 1976, this amount of gold continued to be deposited at the State Bank branch in Hai Phong.

After completing the procedures, in early February 2024, Hai Phong Museum received the handover of the above antiques from the State Bank of Vietnam, Hai Phong branch. Based on the decorative patterns on the gold items offered to the Nghe Temple Sanctuary, experts determined that the artifacts were crafted around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

These artifacts are tentatively identified by researchers as dating from the Nguyen Dynasty, around 1920-1927 - Photo: Haiphong.gov.vn

The Red Flamboyant Flower Festival - Hai Phong 2024 with the theme "Hai Phong - Brightening the heritage land" is an opportunity for the city to introduce to friends from all over the world about Hai Phong land with a long history and deep culture with a rich variety of tangible and intangible cultural heritages.

Along with the event of Cat Ba archipelago being recognized by UNESCO as a world natural heritage on September 16, 2023, the story of 18 unique gold artifacts offered by the people to General Le Chan, received by Hai Phong Museum and prepared for display to serve the people and tourists to visit and worship on May 11, will further clarify the content of the theme of this year's Red Flamboyant Festival.

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