Huge book of poetry presented to pagoda
A book of poetry which weighs 120 kg and has 300 pages will be presented to Truc Lam Pagoda on Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province on January 12.
The book is being produced by a group of intellectuals and artists from all over the country.
According to a member of the group, Nha Trang calligraphy artist Tran Quoc An, the book is 80 cm wide and 16 cm thick. It features 143 poems about Yen Tu Mountain written and published by Hoang Quang Thuan in 1998.
Each of the poems will have two versions, one printed and the other handwritten in Vietnamese calligraphy style by An.
The book’s covers are made of wood.
In 2010, the group created another book called “Hoa Luu thi tap”, which weighs 54 kg, as a present for Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary.
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