The day of Autumn-beginning is the first day of Autumn-beginning solar term. The Autumn-beginning solar term 2023 starts when the Major heat solar term ends, it is August 8, which is the 21st day of the 6th month in lunar calendar. The day of Autumn-beginning 2023 is the day of the Rooster, the month of the Goat, the year of the Cat [in lunar calendar].
This week, there is a falling point on August 7- the day of Autumn-beginning. The weather in Hà Nội is much cooler because of scattered rains throughout the day. There will still be many hot sunny days, but the feeling of autumn has really come.
Seeing ‘Summer passed, autumn’s coming’ feels like living in the fragrance of flowers and fruits around us. The lotus pond has not yet died, the pink lotus at the end of its season are still glowing pink in the green foliage. The jackfruit is still golden, fragrant and sweet, sold on the market lane.
Trịnh Hữu Ngọc (1912 – 1997). Summer passed, Autumn’s coming. Circa 1970. 25×36 cm. Private collection, Hà Nội.
Painter Trịnh Hữu Ngọc not only described the image of ‘lotus and jackfruit’; he sent us ‘the scent of summer – the scent of homeland’. He portrayed a typical image, which has been imprinted in the memory of many generations. Since then, we realize that they are very familiar in our emotions, carrying the word ‘homeland’.
Summer has passed, autumn has come. Food brands presented Mid-Autumn Festival 2023 products in a variety of designs and materials. All images are directed towards the ‘tradition and identity’ of the nation.
A dear friend of Viet Art View who is the founder of a food brand shared, “Since the brand’s launch, I have always been thinking about how to highlight the core values of mid-autumn cuisine” because she understands that the national identity and national tradition must be placed at the top.
So, where will the national identity be clearest, surely ‘will be in cultural values’. If commercial products are combined with culture through the connection of art such as fine arts, the story of ‘tradition’ will become profound, rich in aesthetics, with artistic value content.
If we refer to the whole history of mankind in general and of a country in particular, perhaps art and culture are always one of the first and clear values of the identity of a nation.
And fine arts is always the first and most widely recognized picture…
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