Running until November 8, an exhibition on the mythical ancient carved rock field in northern Sapa, is catching the attention of a large number of Swedish visitors to the Vasterbottens Museum in Umea City.
Opening on September 27, the exhibition was co-organized by the Hanoi University of Fine Arts and the Sweden’s Umea Academy of Fine Arts to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Sweden relations, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Umea City is also home to an ancient carved rock of 100 square meters which is undergoing preservation work.
The Sapa rock field, refers to the 200 stones of varying dimensions carved with decorative and pictographic markings dating back thousands of years. The rocks can be found in an eight square kilometer area.
The exhibition’s materials were taken from an earlier exhibition named “Sapa Ancient Rock Field” which was held in Hanoi three years ago.
They include some 50 rubbings of carved stone images of the field, a collection of large-sized photos of the rock field, Sapa locals and landscape, and a collection of household items used by local ethic minorities in the town, according to art researcher Nguyen Duc Binh of Hanoi University of Fine Arts.
Binh said a large number of Swedish visitors to the exhibition had expressed their interest in visiting the Sapa field.
Since it was discovered by French-Russian scholar Victor Goloubew in 1925, local and foreign scientists and historians have been visiting the Sapa rock field to study the meanings of the carvings.
Most drawings found on the rocks include the images of humans, stilt-houses and symbols that are believed to represent some primitive forms of early writing.
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