A 810m section of Hanoi’s ceramic mosaic along the Red River road hasset a new Guinness World Record. Beatriz Fernandez, a representativefrom the Guinness Book of World Records, presented the city with acertificate for the largest ceramic mosaic at a ceremony in Hanoi onOctober 5, when a plaque with “in celebration of Thang Long-Hanoi’smillennium anniversary”, was placed on the mural.
On addressing the ceremony, Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Deputy Chairwoman of theHanoi People’s Committee, stressed on the joint effort made by localand foreign artists, agencies, companies, volunteers and children,which, she said, showed the love and friendship that people have forHanoi.
Katherine Muller Marin, Chief Representative for UNESCO inHanoi, expressed her joy at the work of art with journalist Nguyen ThuThuy, who initiated the project, saying that Thuy got local people andforeigners to create the work, combined with culture, art and history,to make it more attractive and understandable, which will help to raisepublic awareness of the country’s heritages.
The mosaic muralcame from an idea by Thuy, a journalist and painter who works for theHanoimoi newspaper with full support from the city’s authorities.
Itwas created from 2007 to 2010, involving 20 Vietnamese and 15 foreignartists and 500 children from across the country and around the worldplus 100 craftsmen from traditional ceramic villages, including PhuLang, Bat Trang, Chu Dau and Binh Duong.
The project, which runsfor nearly 4 km along the Red River Dyke, features images of Vietnam’shistory, countryside and traditional craft villages./.
On addressing the ceremony, Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Deputy Chairwoman of theHanoi People’s Committee, stressed on the joint effort made by localand foreign artists, agencies, companies, volunteers and children,which, she said, showed the love and friendship that people have forHanoi.
Katherine Muller Marin, Chief Representative for UNESCO inHanoi, expressed her joy at the work of art with journalist Nguyen ThuThuy, who initiated the project, saying that Thuy got local people andforeigners to create the work, combined with culture, art and history,to make it more attractive and understandable, which will help to raisepublic awareness of the country’s heritages.
The mosaic muralcame from an idea by Thuy, a journalist and painter who works for theHanoimoi newspaper with full support from the city’s authorities.
Itwas created from 2007 to 2010, involving 20 Vietnamese and 15 foreignartists and 500 children from across the country and around the worldplus 100 craftsmen from traditional ceramic villages, including PhuLang, Bat Trang, Chu Dau and Binh Duong.
The project, which runsfor nearly 4 km along the Red River Dyke, features images of Vietnam’shistory, countryside and traditional craft villages./.
