Category: PRESERVATION ZONES

This work reinterprets a traditional *hau dong* (Vietnamese spirit mediumship) costume motif, commonly embroidered on the robes of the Paige. Painted with acrylic on a copper tray, it features a pair of cranes soaring amidst stylized clouds, peonies,...

The red veil (khăn phủ diện) is not merely a ritual implement but a symbol imbued with profound spiritual significance within the Mother Goddess Belief of the Three Palaces (Đạo Mẫu Tam Phủ). Placed over the head of the medium (đồng nhân) prior to ea...

Hầu đồng is a form of possession in which deities of the Four Palaces descend into the medium, re-embodying the image of the Holy Mothers and Saints as they appear among humans, close to earthly life. Because of the cultural diversity across regions,...

1. The Rank of Great Mandarins The costumes comprise five colors: a red robe for the First Mandarin, a blue robe for the Second Mandarin, a white robe for the Third Mandarin, a yellow robe for the Fourth Mandarin, and a light-blue robe for the Fifth ...

Vietnam’s Mother Goddess Worship (Đạo Mẫu) was inscribed by UNESCO in December 2016 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. When speaking of this tradition, one cannot fail to mention the ritual of lên đồng (spirit possession), a unique, myst...

Spiritual mediumship (hầu đồng)—also known as lên đồng or hầu bóng—is a distinctive ritual of the Mother Goddess Worship (Đạo Mẫu) of the Three Palaces (Tam phủ) and Four Palaces (Tứ phủ), an ancient belief system of Vietnam’s agricultural communitie...

Purpose & Concept Hầu đồng is not only a ritual but also a living art form blending music, costume, dance, and myth. This zone invites participants to become co-creators, translating their impressions of the ritual into artworks, writing, or digi...

Zone 1: Costume & Identity   Purpose & Concept The Costume & Identity Zone is designed to immerse participants in the aesthetic and symbolic world of hầu đồng costumes while highlighting their deep connection to identity, spirituality, an...

Painted in acrylic on an aged jackfruit-wood tray, Paper Guardians reimagines the ritual paper effigies of a horse and elephant—votive offerings central to the Mother Goddess (Đạo Mẫu) worship. The artist preserves the worn texture, cracks, and tiny ...

This acrylic painting on canvas depicts Chúa Thác Bờ, a revered figure in Vietnam’s Đạo Mẫu tradition, honored as a water deity associated with the Đà River.  It is  inspired by a photo of the medium Diệp Minh Châu at her mediumship possesion ritual....