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Students do their Fieldwork

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Artisan Nguyen Huu Qua teaches his son how to carve the woodblock at his home

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Print paintings at Nguyen Dang Che’s House

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The Painting of the Mouse Wedding

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Painting of Catching Coconut from the Collection at Viet Nam University of Fine Art

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Carving woodblock at Nguyen Dang Che’s House

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The Printing woodblocks at Nguyen Huu Qua’s House

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Rub the paintings on the woodblock at Nguyen Huu Qua’s House

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The Painting of the Boy Who Embraces a Tortoise from the Collection at Viet Nam University of Fine Art

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filming Dong Ho woodblock Folk Paintings

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It is a woodblock print with brushstrokes, colored boards on dó paper, created by the community, with the content to reflect the agricultural society and farmers in Vietnam. There are 7 main themes (worship paintings, blessings, history, stories, proverbs, scenes and activities). The production process has 2 main stages: Creating patterns/carving boards and Printing/painting. Composing is a decisive stage, requiring many innate talents and high labor skills in artisans. Engraving board has 2 types, printed board and color printed board. Materials and tools for painting paintings include: do paper, assorted colors, color printing boards, printed boards, paperboards and squeakers (brushes made of pine needles). How to print pictures goes through many stages with different techniques. The art of Dong Ho paintings is symbolic, unique in the use of lines and colors. The content of the paintings reflects the social life from the point of view of folk aesthetics.