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An exhibition entitled ‘Lives of Early 20th Century City Dwellers and Farmers in the Northern Region’ opened on August 31 at the Thang Long Royal Citadel, No. 9 Hoang Dieu Street, in Hanoi.
The exhibition features 56 woodcuts by French archaeologist Henri Oger (1885-1936), illustrating various aspects of daily life in Hanoi and the surrounding areas, including food, drink, costumes, and jewelry, as well as traditional crafts, ancestor worship, religion, folk games and musical instruments.
The woodcuts were selected from the book, ‘The Techniques of the Annamites’, created by Oger between 1907-1909 when he lived and worked in Hanoi.
There are also 71 objects and four videos on display, as well as writings about the material and spiritual lives of people at that time.
The exhibition, co-organised by the Thang Long – Hanoi Vestige Preservation Centre and the French Institute of Far East Studies, will last until February 2013.
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