Guinness book of records/Giant Vietnam book

Giant book sets Vietnam record

July 8, 2011  about Uncategorized

LookAtVietnam - Vietnam’s Guinness book of records has recognized a book
titled “Legend of Quang Tri Ancient Citadel” that includes the names of more
than 4,000 martyrs as the country’s largest book.

The giant book is 1m x 0.7m and was completed in two years by the Center of
Information and Communication for Environmental Development, the People’s Army
Publishing House and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS).

For the first time, a book has listed more than 4,000 names of martyrs who laid
down their lives in destroying U.S bomb strikes during 81 days and nights in the
summer of 1972 in Quang Tri Province.

The book has four parts and includes landscape and historical events of Quang
Tri, the destruction of U.S bombs in the summer of 1972, poems and songs
honoring jthe Quang Tri Ancient Citadel and soldiers in wartime.

A total of 10,000 copies of the book have been given to martyrs’ families and
soldiers. The book will be on display at the Quang Tri ancient citadel Museum.

The book is the seventh work in a collection called “Legend of Vietnam” which
includes Legend of Dien Bien, Legend of Con Dao, Legend of Truong Son, Legend of
volunteer youth, Legend of U Minh, and Legend of Phu Quoc.

The giant book will be publicly displayed in a parade on July 8 in Hanoi before
arriving in Quang Tri.

Source: TTXVN/SGGP

Hanoi ceramic road seeks World Guinness Book Record

"The World Guinness Book representatives will go to Hanoi to evaluate the Hanoi Ceramic Road in September.

Nguyen Thu Thuy, the author of the Hanoi ceramic road project, said that her group is about to submit the project to the World Guinness Book to recognize the road as the world’s longest ceramic painting in the world.

The road is nearly 4 kilometers long, totaling around 7,000 square meters. Around 95 percent of the painting has been completed.

The painting includes 21 sections, running on the wall of the dike along the Red River, with various topics: honoring Vietnam’s history through patterns of the Ly, Tran, Le, and Nguyen dynasties; typical patterns on brocade, ceramic paintings of Hanoi by Vietnamese and international children; and contemporary paintings by Vietnamese and foreign artists.

Thuy said that the project was warmly supported by many Vietnamese artists and nearly 100 foreign artists. It is funded by nearly 30 companies. This is a special work to celebrate Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary.

The painting by Bui Viet Doan and Nguyen Thu Thuy.

The painting by Spanish artist Louis Lambert.

Paintings by Tung Ngoc.

Ceramic paintings by Hanoi children.

Hanoi’s old streets by Nguyen Manh Cuong.

The Red River by Nguyen Thu Thuy.

Nguyen Thu Thuy and painter Ana Tzarev from New Zealand, with paintings designed by Tzarev.

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