Bac Giang preserves woodblocks in Bo Da pagoda

Updated: 18:13, 13/04/2022

(BGO) - The severe climate, several moves and lack of preserving facilities make woodblocks in Bo Da pagoda seriously degraded. Facing the actual situation, the People’s Committee in Viet Yen district (Bac Giang province) will execute the project to preserve and promote the value of national treasure of woodblocks in Bo Da pagoda since August 2022 till 2024.

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The district People’s Committee assigned competent agencies to implement various measures such as cleaning up all the woodblock and document affected by mould and sediment of ink, restoring and reinforcing the damaged ones…

The woodblocks in Bo Da pagoda.

Bo Da pagoda is now home to nearly 2,000 woodblocks with various sizes.

The wood carving blocks have important historical, artistic and religious values engraved by the Lam Te Zen Buddhism’s masters in the Le dynasty - Canh Hung era (1740-1786).

The project aims at promoting the heritage value, preserve the rare and precious documentary, open the cultural exchange to facilitate domestic and foreign visitors to learn about the value.

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