The moc ban (wood blocks) and chau ban (official administrative papers)Kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) used to record history are ondisplay for the first time at an exhibition opened yesterday in Ha Noi.
A wood block and its printing dating from the Nguyen Dynasty are on display.
These kings understood the importance of recording history objectively and honestly.
“I want to establish an historic preservation office,recruit scholars to record history to be passed from generation togeneration,” King Minh Mang (1791-1841) wrote in an official paper in1820.
The exhibition shows the organisation of the historic preservationoffice, how the kings recruited staff to the office and the process ofcollecting documents to compile and print records.
This is a rare chance for the public to see the once top-secretadministrative documents carrying decisions and suggestions from thekings, said Lam Ba Nam, head of the Anthropology Department, Universityof Social Sciences and Humanities.
“It’s an opportunity for the visitors to understand more about the Nguyen Dynasty and how they recorded history,” he said.
“Through the rare, original manuscripts, the exhibition reflects thesocial, cultural and political situation during a period in thecountry’s history.”
Both moc ban and chau ban were recognised by the UN cultural agencyUNESCO as the World Documentary Heritage in the Memory of the WorldProgramme.
Wood blocks are part of a collection of nearly 35,000 dating from1697 to 1945. They were used to print literary and historical documents.If the entire collection were printed, they would fill 152 books abouthistory, geography, literature, legislation and education, according tothe document submitted to UNESCO.
Apart from their historical value, the wood blocks are important interms of their art and skill, as they mark the development of the woodblock carving and printing profession in Viet Nam. The carvings of HanChinese or ancient Vietnamese Nom ideographic scripts were done inreverse so they would appear correctly when printed.
The collection is currently preserved in the State Records andArchives Department at the National Archives Centre IV in the CentralHighlands city of Da Lat.
The exhibition of replicas of moc ban and chau ban will run untilJanuary 30 at the National Archives Centre I, 18 Vu Pham Ham Street, HaNoi.
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Nguyen Kings historical records displayed
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