Vietnamese and Chinese Prime Ministers listen to Quan Ho and experience Dong Ho painting

(Dan Tri) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang enjoyed Bac Ninh folk songs and directly experienced Dong Ho painting printing.

On the evening of October 13, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang enjoyed Dong Ho paintings and visited the exhibition of special Vietnamese agricultural products exported to China. To the tune of the Bac Ninh folk song "Inviting water, inviting betel" (Inviting betel and betel), the two Prime Ministers enjoyed the steps of making traditional Vietnamese Dong Ho paintings performed by Dong Ho artisans.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang enjoy Bac Ninh folk songs (Photo: Dat Tien).

After witnessing and learning about the printing techniques; the meaning and artistic value of Dong Ho paintings, the two Prime Ministers directly experienced printing paintings in the way of Dong Ho artisans, performing with the painting "Riding a buffalo and playing the flute". This painting is one of the typical, traditional scenes, depicting the peaceful scene of the Vietnamese countryside.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang experience printing paintings in the style of Dong Ho artisans (Photo: Dat Tien).

Dong Ho paintings, full name is Dong Ho folk woodcut paintings, is a type of Vietnamese folk painting originating from Dong Ho village in Song Ho ward, Thuan Thanh town, Bac Ninh province. Previously, paintings were sold mainly during the Lunar New Year, people bought paintings to hang on the wall.

The craft of making Dong Ho folk paintings has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage and is being researched and a scientific dossier is being prepared to submit to UNESCO for recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh experiences printing Dong Ho paintings (Photo: Dat Tien).

After enjoying Dong Ho paintings, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Ly Cuong visited the display of some special agricultural products of Vietnam exported to China such as bird's nest, durian, fresh coconut, banana, coffee, milk, etc. These are typical products in 14 agricultural products officially exported to the Chinese market.

China has always been identified as the largest and most important export market for agricultural, forestry and fishery products of Vietnam. In the first 9 months of the year, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products to China reached 9.26 billion USD, of which the export turnover of vegetables and fruits reached 3.4 billion USD, an increase of 36% over the same period in 2023. China continues to be the export market of Vietnamese vegetables and fruits in the past 9 months. There is still much room for the export of Vietnamese agricultural products to China. At the morning meeting of the same day, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed that China continue to open its market to high-quality agricultural products of Vietnam such as citrus fruits, grapefruit, avocado, custard-apple, rose apple, oriental medicinal herbs of plant origin, buffalo meat, beef, pork, products from livestock and poultry, and farmed lobsters of Vietnam. Prime Minister Li Qiang said China will continue to further open its market to Vietnamese goods, especially high-quality Vietnamese agricultural, aquatic and fruit products.

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