Nearly 300 artifacts featuring Buddhist culture and fine art heritagesare on display at an exhibition which opened on May 17 in Ho Chi MinhCity.
The event is part of a series of spiritualand cultural events to celebrate the 2557th Birthday of Lord Buddha and50 years since Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc self-immolated himself toprotest against the US war in Vietnam .
Theevent is jointly held by the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of theVietnam Buddhist Sangha, the Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute and XaLoi Pagoda.
It aims to bring Buddhism culturecloser to people by introducing Buddhist statues and worshipping objectsthat date back to the Ly-Tran dynasty in the 11th -13th century, theLe-Nguyen dynasty in the 18th and 19th century, and morecontemporary pieces from the 20th century.
Buddhism has flourished with remarkable impacts on various socio-cultural aspects in Vietnam.
During the exhibition, the organising board will also introducevisitors to Buddha prayer-books, documents and lectures on varioustopics like Buddhism’s mantra of non-violence, and Vietnam’sBuddhism heritage and rituals.
Buddhism statues and artifacts from Thailand, Japan and China also occupy space at the exhibition.
Another exhibition on Buddhist culture also got underway at Pho Quangpagoda. A ceremony to commemorate Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc took placeat a memorial park dedicated to him in district 3.
On show are around 4,000 objects, including calligraphy, paintings, stamps, sapphire and books on Buddhism.
Among them, the largest ever collection of Buddhist stamps from 80countries around the world collected by Nguyen Dai Hung Loc waspresented, said Venerable Thich Nhat Tu, head of the Culture Departmentunder the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.
The two exhibitions will run until May 24.
Earlier, on May 16, eight Buddhist records selected by the Vietnam Guinness Book Centre were announced.-VNA
The event is part of a series of spiritualand cultural events to celebrate the 2557th Birthday of Lord Buddha and50 years since Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc self-immolated himself toprotest against the US war in Vietnam .
Theevent is jointly held by the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of theVietnam Buddhist Sangha, the Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute and XaLoi Pagoda.
It aims to bring Buddhism culturecloser to people by introducing Buddhist statues and worshipping objectsthat date back to the Ly-Tran dynasty in the 11th -13th century, theLe-Nguyen dynasty in the 18th and 19th century, and morecontemporary pieces from the 20th century.
Buddhism has flourished with remarkable impacts on various socio-cultural aspects in Vietnam.
During the exhibition, the organising board will also introducevisitors to Buddha prayer-books, documents and lectures on varioustopics like Buddhism’s mantra of non-violence, and Vietnam’sBuddhism heritage and rituals.
Buddhism statues and artifacts from Thailand, Japan and China also occupy space at the exhibition.
Another exhibition on Buddhist culture also got underway at Pho Quangpagoda. A ceremony to commemorate Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc took placeat a memorial park dedicated to him in district 3.
On show are around 4,000 objects, including calligraphy, paintings, stamps, sapphire and books on Buddhism.
Among them, the largest ever collection of Buddhist stamps from 80countries around the world collected by Nguyen Dai Hung Loc waspresented, said Venerable Thich Nhat Tu, head of the Culture Departmentunder the Ho Chi Minh City chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.
The two exhibitions will run until May 24.
Earlier, on May 16, eight Buddhist records selected by the Vietnam Guinness Book Centre were announced.-VNA
