The decade old art tradition of Vietnam Hon Non Bo comes all the way from Vietnam to Bhopal. Hon Non Bo is an art of making miniature landscapes; it means the mountain landscape panorama. It is developed from the Chinese art of Penjing just like the bonsai in Japan.
Bonsai is one of the most favourite hobbies of the people across the world. It has various tales to be told in different cultures and traditions and another is the Penjing.
Hon Non Bo is the Vietnamese art which is recorded after Vietnamese Independence in year 939. It also holds various stories to be told. In early eras it has been built for the emperors and the generals as the piece of decoration. Even today the tradition is the same in Vietnam. People make it in their houses as a regular art.
This beautiful and rare art has travelled all the way from Vietnam to Bhopal. A Vietnamese artist lam Ngoc Vinh has brought is talent among the Bonsai lovers of the city. A five-day workshop is being organised at Kolar Guest House wherein as many as 10 participants are learning the Hon Non Bo. The workshop is being organised by Bhopal lake City Bonsai Association.
While in a candid rendezvous with The Pioneer, lam Ngoc Vinh said, “This tradition in Vietnam is much older, but for India it is a totally new form. I love the Indian tradition and so I decided to come here and spread this unique art.”
lam has been doing Hon Non Bo since he was 10 years old. He is a maestro of this art and has made various varieties, from a 30 feet mountain landscape to the landscape as small as an apple 6 plus iPhone.
Snajay Dham from Bonsai Temple New Delhi, who came with lam told The Pioneer¸ “In 2015 I invited lam in an exhibition after I saw his works on Facebook. I was so overwhelmed with his works that I started sharing them on social media and this way, this art from Vietnam gained popularity among Bonsai lovers even more.”
This miniature of the nature’s original forms depicts the trees, mountains, waterfalls and even more. During the five day workshop the Bonsai lovers will learn this art in two sessions, one is about Hon Non Bo and another is about Penjing.