The Tran Dynasty's three-metal inlaid saber, the palace maid's card from the early Le Dynasty, the Khai Dinh's pacifying sword... are newly recognized national treasures.
On January 18, the Prime Minister recognized 29 more national treasures, including the Sao Vang bronze drum of the Dong Son culture, dating back 2,000 years. This is the largest of the Dong Son drums discovered. The treasure is currently kept at the National Museum of History, Hanoi.
Khanh Son lithophone collection, 2,500-3,000 years old, is kept at Khanh Hoa Provincial Museum. The instrument is made of igneous rock, with 12 bars.
The Law on Cultural Heritage stipulates that national treasures must be original, unique artifacts with special value related to important events of the country or the career of national heroes and famous people.
National treasures can also be famous works of art in terms of ideological, humanistic, and aesthetic values, representing a trend, style, or era; or typical inventions and creations with high practical value, promoting social development in a certain historical period; or natural specimens demonstrating the stages of formation and development of Earth's history and natural history.
From 2012 to present, the Prime Minister has recognized 294 national treasures 12 times.
Collection of Buddhist scripture columns from the Dinh Dynasty, 10th century, in the capital Hoa Lu (now in Ninh Binh), erected by King of Nam Viet Dinh Khuong Lien, eldest son of King Dinh Tien Hoang.
The pillar was first discovered in 1963, and its complete parts were not found until 1991.
The Dai Bi Dien Minh Tu Bi stele, dated 1327, Tran Dynasty, in Van Lam Commune, Hung Yen Province. This is a rare ancient stele, made of green stone and is the only ancient stone stele from the Tran Dynasty still preserved today in Hung Yen.
The Tran Dynasty three-metal inlaid saber, 14th century, was handcrafted and unlike any other discovered. At the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, archaeologists discovered a number of swords, sabers, and spears, but none of the artifacts had a similar structure to this saber.
The largest weapon collection at Ngoc Khanh Lake (Hanoi) also does not have an artifact similar to the above mentioned sword.
The three-metal inlaid knife demonstrates the highly developed blacksmithing technology of the Tran Dynasty.
The royal palace token of the Le Thanh Tong Dynasty (1466) was found in the excavation pit of Kinh Thien Palace, in the center of Thang Long Imperial Citadel. The token is intact, the surface is corroded due to oxidation but does not affect the structure much, the letters are still clear.
In 2022, the card was brought to the royal treasure gallery, part of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Center, Hanoi.
A glazed terracotta architectural model of the Early Le Dynasty, 15th century, was discovered in an excavation pit at the Kinh Thien Palace area, in the center of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel. This is one of the architectural structures of the Early Le Dynasty palace, handcrafted and unique.
The set of three Buddha statues of Con Son pagoda, Le Trung Hung period (1533-1789), is being worshiped at Con Son pagoda, Chi Linh city, Hai Duong.
The full name of the statue is Tam the thuong tru dieu Dieu Phap than. Dharma body means true; dieu means beautiful, bright, pure, miraculous, free from afflictions; thuong tru means always existing. The statues symbolize the eternal existence of the past, present, and future, not dependent on the form, name, appearance, and color of the visible world as well as space and time. The statues of Tam the also symbolize 3,000 Buddhas in three great kalpas (each great kalpa corresponds to 1.344 billion years).
Woodblock of Tram Gian Pagoda, 17th-20th century, at Tram Gian Pagoda, An Binh commune, Nam Sach district, Hai Duong.
Tram Gian Pagoda still preserves 896 woodblocks, divided into 26 sets of scriptures, 7 remaining woodblocks, and 67 newly carved woodblocks.
Most of the woodblocks here are large sutras and laws that are widely circulated in Buddhism such as the Medicine Master Sutra, the King's Protection of the Country Sutra, the Royal Code of Conduct, the Brief Commentary on the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, and the Buddha's Teachings on the World's True Sounds...
In addition to the Chinese woodblocks, Tram Gian Pagoda also preserves Nom woodblocks such as the Buddha's Teachings on the World's True Language Sutra; the Five Precepts in the National Language, the Ten Precepts in the Essentials of the Practice of Rituals...
The Buddhist texts engraved and printed at the Hundred-room Pagoda play an important role in understanding the formation of Buddhist sects in Vietnam.
The sword of peace for the people, from the reign of Khai Dinh (1916-1925), has a long blade, two sharp edges, and a pointed tip. This is a one-handed sword - held in one hand, consisting of a sword and a scabbard.
The sword was crafted by the Nguyen Dynasty's royal artisans from rare materials and has historical, artistic and cultural value. The sword represents the pinnacle of traditional Nguyen Dynasty royal handicrafts in the early 20th century.
Printing molds of one-dong and fifty-dong bills, 1947, kept at the Quang Ngai General Museum. Both molds have a portrait of President Ho Chi Minh engraved in a circular frame in the middle.
In July 1947, President Ho Chi Minh signed a decree allowing the South Central government to print and issue treasury bills in the free zone of Inter-Zone 5 (with the same value as Vietnamese paper money). Afterwards, Mr. Pham Van Dong and the South Central Resistance Administrative Committee decided to establish a treasury bill printing workshop located in Xa Nay hamlet, Cham Rao village, Son Nham commune, Son Tra district. Quang Ngai was the first place to set up a treasury bill printing workshop to serve the resistance war against the French.
According to VNE
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