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Since he was very young, unlike his peers, Truong Van Bo has nurtured a great passion for miniature houses.
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Accidentally watching a programme on communal houses via television, the seven-year-old boy fell in love with ancient Vietnamese architecture.
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The image of grandparents sitting on a bamboo bed in front of the house is very familiar in many people's childhood memories.
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The small and beautiful miniatures contain a lot of memories.
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With the aspiration of preserving cultural identity, Truong Van Bo’s miniatures are made carefully in detail thanks to his thorough years of study.
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Many guests have met Bo and ordered the miniature models of ancient houses in which they lived during their childhood.
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The meticulousness, persistence and perseverance of the 9x man is shown through the details of miniature models.
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The materials for these “special items” are soil, sand, mortar and cement.
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To make unique models, Bo performs each stage meticulously and carefully, from ideas, to study and creation.
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Bo’s miniatures of communal houses, pagodas and temples are inspired by the typical architecture of the Ly, Tran and Nguyen feudal dynasties with unique dragon and phoenix patterns.
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To make realistic models, each tile and tree must be genuine. The plants in the miniatures were selected pruned and cared for.
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Villages have gradually changed as modern houses have increasingly replaced the ancient houses with their mossy roof tiles.
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Truong Van Bo has always cherished his ambition of preserving the forefathers’ heritage by his own strange way.
