Three exhibitions providing visitors with an overview of Champa culture, which emerged in the late 2nd century AD, opened in Da Nang city on July 25.
Themed ‘Inscriptions and Scripts of Cham’, the first exhibition displays documents featuring Cham writings on paper and ‘buong’ leaves, a unique material for making the paper of the Cham people as well as inscriptions on stone steles. The content of the inscriptions varied from praising the gods to extending peoples’ wishes to the gods.
Works on display at the second exhibition included artefacts unearthed from archaeological excavations in Qua Giang, Phong Le and Cam Mit sites in Da Nang city, which were made of various materials including ceramic, crystal, ivory and gold. Many of the exhibits were made public for the first time.
Meanwhile, collector Lam Du Xenh from Quang Ngai province brought to the museum his private collection of artefacts on Sa Huynh-Champa culture, including glass jewellery, burial jars and ceramic objects.
The three exhibitions are taking place at the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture as part of activities to mark the museum’s 100th anniversary.
The same day, a seminar on ‘Archaeology on Champa after the year 1975 and the preservation and exhibition of Champa’ opened at the museum, attracting many scholars, archaeologists and cultural researchers.
Most of the participants agreed that archaeological achievements on the Champa after 1975 have provided a precise means to define the Champa history and culture, contributing to its position as a major and unique culture that played an important role throughout the history and culture of Vietnam’s central region.
They also suggested opinions to the museum’s management board on methods to manage, preserve, exhibit and introduce Cham artefacts to the public.