Dog, one of the wild animals, was early domesticated by humans. With their intelligent and loyal instinct, dogs have always been valued and become the human’s friend.
Through a system of documents and typical objects, the exhibitions at the Thanh Hóa Provincial Museum introduces the country’s historical process in a condensed but lively and remarkable way, which helps visitors to understand about the history directly, specifically, and effectively.
Quảng Xương bronze drum was bought by a French customs bureaucrat named Pajot in Quảng Xương, Thanh Hóa in 1934. It is now stored at the Vietnam National History Museum. The drum is classified as type Heger I, group A, category A5, which is the type of valuable drum made quite early.
Thanh Hoa is a province of “sacred land”. Therefore, many heroic persons appeared over there. In its history, this province was called the land “three Kings, two Lords”. There were famous heroes in national history as: Le Hoan, Le Loi, Kings and Lords of Nguyen dynasty, Trinh Lords of Le dynasty…
The bronze drums in our country were first recorded in history 2,000 years ago. In late 19th century early 20th century, the bronze drums were classified by European researchers into scientific categories. Among various classifications, the one made by F. Heger, an Austrian divided bronze drums into four main types: Heger I, Heger II, Heger III, and Heger IV, which are abbreviated HI, HII, HIII, HIV respectively, and subcategories.
Lam Son - Lam Kinh is “sacred land and extraordinary people” region, hometown of nation’s hero - Le Loi, the originally-raise up area of Lam Son Uprising defeating Minh forces in 10 hard years (1418-1427), the eternal resting area of the Queens of Le dynasty.
The exhibition focuses on the development during the prehistory and proto-history periods in Thanh Hoa region. The primitive people in their existed process created remarkable cultures that constantly developed from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic, and continually to the Metal Age.
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