Phạm Trần Khánh Linh (Team 4)

1. Dong Ho folk painting

-history: 300 years ago
-theme: tradition themes of DH painting are good lucks signs (Đàn gà, Lợn đàn, Cá
chép vượt vũ môn, Vinh hoa phú quý), historical figures, folk allegories, social
activities (Đánh ghen, Hứng dừa).
-paper: made from the bark of dó tree soaked in water for several months, then mix
with scallop shell powder and special glue made by cooked rice. This technique
helps the paper have the white veins, shine in the sun.
-color: made by natural materials, black is made from burnt bamboo leaves, green
is made form chàm leaves (used to dye clothes long time ago), yellow is made
from giành giành flowers, red is made from powder of red stone, white is made
from powder of scallop shells.
-Team 1: Vinh hoa phú quý:
+A boy holding a shrimp and a girl holding a fish => wish for the kids.
-Team 2: Đánh ghen:
+Unhappy family, the wife caught her husband having an affair with another
woman, their son witnessed everything.
+bring the drama to the highest level
+has 4 characters: wife, husband, son, mistress
-Team 3: Đàn lợn:
+Piglets gather around the mother's desire for a life of comparative peace, the
gifted child.
+Showing the building, developing, people often donate to newlywed couple to
wish them soon.
-Team 5: Cá chép vượt vũ môn
+fish and lotus are symbols of plentiful and happiness
-Team 6: Hứng dừa
2. Performing arts
-Chèo:
+Chèo stories can be poetry, legend, history, daily life
+performed by folk songs with pantomime, instrumental music and dances
+put on the stage of a large theatre
-Ca trù:
+3 people: Ca Nương, Kép, Quan viên
+instrument: đàn đáy, phách,…
-Tuồng:
+Vietnam opera
+Stories in the opera tend to be ostensibly historical and frequently focus on the
rules of social decorum, and can include legends from either the history of China
or Vietnam.

+Tuồng employs the use of stock characters who are recognizable from their
make-up and costumes, which are typically very elaborate and extravagant.

Usually, a character's personalities can be revealed through three features: the color
of the face, the eyebrows, and the beard.

-cải lương:
+20th century in Southern VN
+Cải lương tuồng cổ and cải lương xã hội
+plots refer to romantic love stories blended with family or social relationships
-Nhã nhạc:
+Vietnamese court music was performed at annual ceremonies, including
anniversaries and religious holidays, as well as special events such as coronations,
funerals or official receptions
-Hue’s royal music: Đại Nhạc, Tiểu Nhạc
-Múa rối nước:
+Modern water puppetry is performed in a pool of water 4 meters square with the
water surface being the stage. Up to 8 puppeteers stand behind a split-bamboo
screen, decorated to resemble a temple facade, and control the puppets using long
bamboo rods and string mechanism hidden beneath the water surface.

+The theme of the skits is rural and has a strong reference to Vietnamese folklore.
It tells of day-to-day living in rural Vietnam and Vietnamese folk tales that are told
by grandparents to their grandchildren. Stories of the harvest, of fishing and of
festivals are highlighted.

Legends and national history are also told through short skits. Many of the skits,
especially those involving the tales of day-to-day living, often have a humorous
twist.