Returning to the series of activities towards the 950th anniversary of the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, this year's exhibition has the theme "Student Stories", inspired by 950 stories about the journey of studying and growing up sent back from the community. Taking place at a time when the 2026 National High School Graduation Exam is approaching, the event contributes to adding spiritual motivation to students before the important milestone of school age.
The exhibition displays more than 40 original paintings by 22 young artists of Nhau Studio, made from the combination of Applied Water Color and Art Anatomy. The works bring many new perspectives on exam pressure, milestones of maturity and the thoughts of young people before the important threshold.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Le Xuan Kieu - Director of the Center for Cultural and Scientific Activities of Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam, emphasized: "With these cultural activities, contestants when coming to Van Mieu will experience a very different space.
This is also a source of spiritual motivation for you to have more confidence and inspiration, not only towards the exam ahead but also for the long learning journey behind. Learning is lifelong to become truly useful citizens for society.
The highlight of the event is the "Trạng Nguyên Garden" experience area - aesthetically arranged space from traditional craft materials.
Here, 950 stories about learning efforts and the journey to overcome pressure were sent from the community, contributing to spreading the spirit of sharing and adding motivation for candidates.
Following two exhibition seasons held in 2024 and 2025, "Sĩ tử 3" continues to choose the exam season theme as a xuyên suốt material. If in previous seasons, the works mainly recreated the familiar school rhythm, this year, the exhibition expands the way of expression with many visual experiments and contemporary visual language, bringing a new look to the theme that is close to many generations of students.
In addition, the exhibition also organizes an Artist Mini Tour with many interactive activities throughout such as rubber carving, Lego printing, wood painting... creating opportunities for participants to directly experience, create and personally preserve personal imprints in the thousand-year-old cultural space of Vietnam's first university.
The exhibition "Si Tu 3" takes place from May 27 to the end of June 30, 2026, at Tien Duong House, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam Relic.
