Oc Eo - Phu Nam culture’s form of art galleries

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:03:56 +0100

Oc Eo culture introdution

Vietnam History Museum located in the city of Trang Tien, Hanoi has several extremely important events. One of them took place on the morning of 25/7. The Museum has organized the inauguration of the showroom "Eo - Phu Nam" to coordinate the participation of Ho Chi Minh city’s History Museum and the Vung Tau Museum.

Oc Eo culture is one of the ancient cultures, was formed and developed in the early 10 century AD in the South Plains area. This culture was first detected in Eo and Ba (An Giang). Then, it extends the scope of the southern provinces such as Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Tien Giang, Dong Thap, Can Tho...

The detailed exhibits

With more than 100 ancient treasures and artifacts on display, all this time is divided into 3 groups: Pottery; jewelry, metal artifacts and Buddhist groups & Hindu worship.

Group Pottery artifacts: There was a presence in most of the relics, and they are kind of traditional artifacts shown most clearly indigenous. All include three main types of household items, tools, labor and architectural ornaments. Popular product is the average household appliances such as pottery, jars, pots, lids, bowls, cups, bottles ... In particular; this type of stove is most characteristic; these are familiar items and essential inhabitants of the area river. Building materials and decorative plaques made of terra-cotta architectural relics also mainly in the architectural ruins of temples of Oc Eo culture.

Jewellery group objects and metal jewelry artifacts are composed of many types such as bracelets, rings, earrings, necklaces, beads ... They are made from fabrics such as gold, ice jade, agate, quartz, glass ... with many colors, sizes, different shapes. The notably is the embossed foil gold; molding carved decorative and ancient Sanskrit. In addition, there are seals, hand carved rings, animals, and all kinds of gold, silver, pewter...

Group Buddhist and Hindu worship is the worship Hindu and Buddhist stone and wood; a handful of copper; they are found in many relics and scattered across the South. Flourishing period of Hindu sculpture and Buddhism, here is from the fifth century to the seventh century. Sculptural style not only reflects the influence of unknown origin from Indian art, but also the localization trend. Traditional arts are also maintained and developed in later stages, from the eighth century onwards, but many researchers tentatively called the post Eo.

Gallery Culture Eo - Phu Nam has helped viewers see the value in many aspects of the artefacts on display. It contributes to a deeper understanding the history of Vietnam; it forms in the sense of protecting the national cultural heritage.

This morning, the National History Museum is celebrating receiving a number of documents, precious objects by a number of organizations and individuals to donate.

Thut soup of Mnong in Dak Nong province

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:12:59 +0100

Thut soup overview

Dak Nong is one of the provinces of the Tay Nguyen area in Vietnam has many cultural characteristics. Cuisine is one of the items here are in the limelight with a footprint of the region. In the food of the M'nong people in Dak Nong, unique items are made from "Burning Rain". Mnong not just used the article in the daily diet, but also would like to indulge in the traditional festive feast.

And now, this dish has become the preferred menus of many restaurants, large restaurants in the province of Gia Nghia town (Dak Nong). In particular, the item "Burning Rain" along with fried fish, also known as cultivation box Indent; however, it has been modified in order to suit many tastes of many, but it kept sweet, bitter, fleshy features of forest vegetables here.

The processing

According to Mr. Tran Quoc Thang, a chef of the restaurant Hoang Anh - a great restaurant in town, Gia Nghia now, "Burning Rain" sold quite common on the town, so people pick the forest to bring home. To cook this dish, in addition to raw materials is "Burning Rain" and canned fish, we also need to add extra ingredients such as root compression, leaf kitchen (also known as leaf tweezers), peppers and other spices. "Burning Rain" is a clean, trim rough outer crust; we just take the White short shoots inside and then; it is boiling rapidly and quickly soaked with cold water.

You leave the kitchen with the clean and trimmed things. Regarding processing, first, fried tubers’ compression for flavor, then remove "Burning Rain" and leave the kitchen to fry, the fish finally taste and spice box. This dish needs a little extra green pepper to make spicy, aromatic. When you enjoy, diners will feel the smell of gas leaves, spicy peppers, fleshy, fat of "Burning Rain". Especially when the first piece of food, diners will find a bitter taste of "Burning Rain" seemed difficult to eat, but sweet will quickly spread, causing pieces to eat again, and then stabbed lovers always do not know.

In many village M'nong told, this dish had a very long time ago. Previously, when the festive season or the occasion to welcome you, young women often have to go into the forest before M'nong a look indented material to make soup. Now in many places, people were selling these products. At least, ten types of materials are used for processing farm indented, such as dried cow skin, leaf springs, bitter coffee, "Burning Rain", green pepper...

It can be said, the dishes with the taste of the Highlands mountains are forming a new culinary trend in restaurants, clinics, giving diners a new taste entirely, unforgettable.

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Oc Eo - Phu Nam culture’s form of art galleries

Oc Eo culture introdution

The detailed exhibits

Thut soup of Mnong in Dak Nong province

Thut soup overview

The processing