(ĐN)- Pham Ba Khoat, a resident in Bien Hoa city's Long Binh ward, who loved the Tale of Kieu, an epic poem in Vietnamese written by great poet Nguyen Du, so much that he built himself a Garden of Kieu at his home.
(ĐN)- Pham Ba Khoat, a resident in Bien Hoa city’s Long Binh ward, who loved the Tale of Kieu, an epic poem in Vietnamese written by great poet Nguyen Du, so much that he built himself a Garden of Kieu at his home.
Having been invested in 1996, Khoat’s Garden of Kieu had been completed in 2007. During the nine years, he had gone many places to learn about the models of the author of the Tale of Kieu in order to cast Nguyen Du’s statue.
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Covering an area of more than 3,000sq.m, the garden features statues of characters in the in the poetic novel, including Thuy Kieu, Thuy Van, Kim Trong, Thuc Sinh, etc. along with planting trees and erecting buildings mentioned in The Tale of Kieu and also a temple worshipping Nguyen Du.
The garden is opening for free to public, and it has welcomed more and more visitors especially students from Dong Nai and neighboring provinces to visit and learn more about the Tale of Kieu.
Nguyen Du, also known as To Nhu and Thanh Hien, was born into a noble family in Thang Long Citadel (today's Ha Noi).
His father was born in Tien Dien Village, Nghi Xuan District, Ha Tinh Province, while his mother came from Kim Thieu Village, Tu Son Town, northern province of Bac Ninh.
His most beloved work, The Tale of Kieu, is a 3,254-line classic verse novel written in "luc bat" (six-eight meter), a traditional verse form of Viet Nam's poetry.
Kieu's story is vastly popular in Viet Nam; many people know the epic by heart and it has been translated into some 20 different languages including French, Chinese, English, Russian and Japanese.
The work was recognized by the World Peace Council as one of the world's celebrated cultural works in 1965.
Nguyen Du was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Celebrity among 108 others in 2003.
Reported by H.D
