Dong Son bronze drum featured at World of Sky Discs Exhibition in Germany
Dong Son bronze drum, the earliest form of bronze drum found in Vietnam, has been introduced at the World of Sky Discs Exhibition held in Pfannerhall Braunsbedra in the German state of Sachsen Anhalt by two archaeologists Dr. Dominique Görlitz and Dr. Kai Helge Wirth.
A mock-up of the Dong Son bronze drum displayed at the World of Sky Discs Exhibition in Germany. (Photo: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – Dong Son bronze drum, the earliest form ofbronze drum found in Vietnam, has been introduced at the World of Sky DiscsExhibition held in Pfannerhall Braunsbedra in the German state of Sachsen Anhaltby two archaeologists Dr. Dominique Görlitz and Dr. Kai Helge Wirth.
According to the German archaeologists, the Dong Son bronze drum, datingback to the Bronze Age, shares various similarities with many famous discsfound elsewhere around the world, including “Nebra Sky Disc,” an ancient objectthought to be the world’s oldest map of the stars created in Germany around1670 B.C. The disc illustrates what may be the sun or full moon, a crescentmoon and stars.
Through their decades-long cooperation, Görlitz and Wirth providedvisitors with a glimpse on not only ancient astronomy but also the Bronze Age. Theuse of new image science methods has also led to ground-breaking discoveries ofthe sky discs.
Dr. Dominique Görlitz (left) and Dr. Kai Helge Wirth at the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)
Speaking at the launch of the event on July 15, Nguyen ThuHang, Second Secretary at the Embassy of Vietnam in Germany thanked Görlitz andWirth for offering the public with many useful information about astronomy andworldview from new perspectives.
Hang said she was proud to see Vietnam’s Dong Son bronze drumintroduced at a German exhibition in such a unique way.
Dong Son Culture (dated from the seventh century BC to thefirst – second century AD) was a Metal Age in ancient Vietnam. It was named byarchaeologists for the Dong Son village on the banks of Ma River, Thanh Hoa city where a number of bronze items were accidentally discovered in 1924.
The Dong Son bronze drums (also called Heger Type 1 drums according toF. Heger's classification) are bronze drums fabricated by the Dong Son cultureand one of the finest examples of Vietnamese ancient bronze casting technique.
They were perhaps used as one kind of important musicalinstrument initially, but step by step, they became the symbol of power of DongSon tribe leaders and representing for the survival of the Lac Viet Community./.
A collection of bronze items belonging to Dong Son culture (c. 5th-1st century BC) - a Bronze Age culture in ancient Vietnam in the north and north central regions - is being on display at an exhibition that officially opened at Barbier-Mueller museum in Switzerland on September 28.
Lying on the southern bank of Ma River in Ham Rong ward, Thanh Hoa city in the north central province of same name, Dong Son ancient village has been viewed as one of the ten most beautiful ancient villages in Vietnam.
Lying on the southern bank of Ma River in Ham Rong ward, Thanh Hoa city in the north central province of the same name, Dong Son village has been viewed as one of the ten most beautiful ancient villages in Vietnam.
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A mock-up of the Dong Son bronze drum displayed at the World of Sky Discs Exhibition in Germany. (Photo: VNA) 
Dr. Dominique Görlitz (left) and Dr. Kai Helge Wirth at the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)
