Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Go to Ha Tay village to visit Dao Xa embroidery village

Dao Xa village is one of the traditional villages of the former Ha Tay land, located 25 km south of Hanoi capital. Like many villages with banyan trees, wells, other communal houses, Dao Xa has a history of self-thousand. Over the years, the countryside, the countryside more and more penetrated the scene and people through generations. If you have the opportunity to visit Dao Xa, you go to the village to witness the statue of the village - Emperor of the embroidery, still strictly.

   Dao Xa embroidery process is similar to that of many other craft villages. The embroiderers receive the materials from the agents handed out for each household, embroidery only, designs, specifications, quantities, patterns for embroidery, and returned to customers also through agents. Then the goods are shipped to Japan, USA ... The hands are smartly show the smooth, nose in the nasal thread only the love Dao Xa, the village embroidered love was internationally recognized . Embroidery here is mainly painting, with hundreds of different designs. The village also has the "painter" very handsome, they are people day and night thinking of the beautiful models for the village. The material and spiritual life is improved day by day. In fact, it once again confirmed that the craft village - embroidery lace has contributed not less to a rich, stable and cultural villages as today.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Rach Gom shrimp dry trade village

The threshing bag of shrimp; Many people come to the sea to dry shrimps ... This image becomes familiar in Rach Gia market (Tan An commune, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau) every spring. They busy with their work to have each sign shrimp shrimps, dry shrimp for traders to sell three days Tet.  

Who has the opportunity to Rachc market on the early winter, in the fresh air of the early days, the scene here is really hot. Everyone starts their work. They have seven to dry. Especially, the three sides of Rach Gia is famous for a long time, but now there is a market that is often called dry shrimp market exciting days. According to the predecessors, dozens of years before the Rach Kok sea species of rare species come here live water. In the days of the season, the fish is concentrated on the shore as a "float". Therefore, Rach Kok is the country of: Assembly of fish sugar, three aspects. Now, Rach Kok is the residence of people from other places to set up. And to deal with their livelihood, they do many jobs to earn a living. Capitalists, groceries; The capital of buying shrimps from the boat after a couple of days to dry shrimp. Lack of capital, many profits are quite good, so the shrimp job has attracted many people wait until November (lunar year) the right time of shrimp head, shrimp ... are they started to work.   To the home of Ms. Luu Thi Nhanh, living in Rach Gom hamlet, hit our eyes are the floor connected with each other full of shrimps. Ms. Nhanh said: One year her family looks in November, 12 to make shrimps to order before. Her guests are mostly owners of restaurants, hotels or traders in Saigon first. Each shrimp price is about VND 350,000 (*). Want to get 1kg dry shrimps to buy right 10 kg fresh shrimp. Normally, shrimps at this time are the best. Many buyers, shrimps do not have the status "flock". Especially, sun drying is convenient because there is a sunny sunshine in January. If you encounter a rainy day, the shrimp will be damaged. Nhan can see the food to do, many people do shrimps as they focus on where Ms. Nhanh find "output". One day, the phone rang constantly to order shrimps, Ms. Nhanh stood out to buy the deal as promised to break the promise. Two years ago, shrimp head is the "great horseman" of the bottom row, boat in Rach Kok. In part, prawns have no place to eat. Sell ​​cheap as ducks that no one buy. At the start of the season, shrimp head down the heap. We are sorry, many people say, dry, try to see. Eat delicious and have a little money to salvage petrol money each trip to sea. But want to dry shrimp head is not easy at all. Cut the shell on both sides and salt water for one night, peel the spices for drying to dry. No doubt, when exposed to a sunny, dry shrimp head to the pan with hot grease caught out with the beer on the days of the new year. Therefore, dried shrimps are known to many people, the price increased. One shrimp cap is about 100,000 - 120,000 VND (*). There are still not sold in time. Mr. Ly Mong Hoang said: "From the day I dried shrimp headline, the people here very much. On the occasion of Lunar New Year, there is also the same rice from the shrimp headline. Several years ago, it's a sign of 100,000 VND but not a few. " Ms. Nguyen Kim Phuong - component of poverty reduction of Tan An commune - she met me, she said: "On average my family is about three, four dry shrimp headline. Dry bare ceiling, two hands bleeding but have money to spend New Year.

Weaving brocade of Tay people Cao Bang

No one knows the brocade weaving of the Tay Bang people have ever known, but only know the brocade weaving they have long been famous for beautiful patterns, bearing national nuance.

Main materials for brocade weaving are indigo dyed cotton and dyed silk. However, due to the price of silk is expensive so today weaving brocade wool has a lower cost to replace. The process of weaving completely handmade brocade and the skillful hand and the patience of the Tay woman that the Brocade should be formed form very special. From the self-made brocade, the Tay woman dressed in blankets, bed linen, bed sheets and especially the costumes of the nation. In Cao Bang, brocade weaving is developing in Dao Ngan and Phu Ngoc communes (Ha Quang district) and in Nam Hai town (Hoa An district). Brocade products are now quite rich, lines, colors and beautiful souvenir meaning that visitors often choose to buy to relatives and friends when the opportunity to come to Cao Bang.

Visiting Bien Hoa ceramic village

It has been a tradition since the 17th century with terracotta and terracotta ... but by the end of the 19th century and the 20th century, Bien Hoa pottery with porcelain wares became famous and especially won. won gold medals at international art pottery exhibitions in Paris in 1990 and 1993.

The characteristic of this pottery is the combination of Vietnamese pottery style, Chinese pottery and French limoge pottery. According to the Sai Gon - Bien Hoa highway, to the Dong Nai river basin, we encounter rich villages with countless kilns on the brink of smoke, which are the Bien Hoa pottery villages of Dong Nai province, more famous Both Cu Lao Pho, Binh Duong and Xuan An villages. Highlights of Bien Hoa ceramic products are both artistic value and high value. Mainly elephants, round flowers, flower pots, statues, animals ... with modern refinement decorations, sophisticated, using light glaze, bleach white milk or white ivory. Decorative themes on ceramics often have Chinese style, such as the images of Tu Quy, Tu linh, Han poems often found on enamelled products of Bien Hoa. Besides, the fine art of Bien Hoa is also famous. Over the past 20 years, Bien Hoa pottery artists have been very successful in drawing and engraving folk paintings on pottery, forming a line of pottery paintings that have been developed to this day. Fine arts pottery in Dong Nai is very rich: from Cham culture, such as Vixnu statue, Xiva god is dancing to Vietnamese folk statues such as bronze, bronze, etc. In addition, Bien Hoa is also famous for its terracotta pottery (red pottery), which is not covered with yarns. Two important factors that make up the beauty of Bien Hoa ceramics are the high quality kaolin and clay materials combined with the skill of skilled potters. It can be said that the talent of Bien Hoa potters is that they have absorbed the essence of cultures in their products. The process of producing a ceramic product is first of all through shaping on a turntable or in a mold, decorated with paint, embossed or perforated and then glazed on the decorated parts before being put into the furnace. Dong Nai ceramic production areas are mainly located in the south of Bien Hoa City, in Hoa An, Vu Hoa, Tan Van, Tan Hanh and Long Thanh communes. In the province there are hundreds of enterprises, limited companies and ceramic production facilities. Most of the large manufacturing facilities here, such as Thai Duong Ceramic Cooperative, Minh Duc Co., Viet Thanh Co., Ltd., Thanh Thinh Co., Ltd. The product quality is equal and lower production cost. Participating in many international fairs and exhibitions in the world, Bien Hoa ceramic products are more and more popular in the world. Bien Hoa pottery has been exported to most countries in Asia, Europe and America, bringing the export turnover next year higher than last year. In 2000, the export turnover of handicrafts and ceramics in the province reached US $ 6,683 million but in 2002 it reached US $ 9.6 million. In the current trend of development and integration, Dong Nai is one of the provinces having great strength in foreign investment, in which traditional handicrafts, especially ceramics, play an important role. in promoting the economic development of the province. With the advantage of a city located at the gateway of Ho Chi Minh City, convenient transportation and import-export business, Dong Nai pottery industry with its own tradition and unique style is fully qualified. To introduce and expand its market to many countries around the world.

Dinh Yen textile mats village

The project is always associated with the life of the people of Vietnam and our country has many famous weaving mats villages, which can not forget to refer to the Dinh Yen show of Dong Thap


Not only is the homeland of rice fields, orchards, fertile villages, Lap Vo district is also the place where weaving village famous in two communes of Dinh An, Dinh Yen, especially Dinh Yen - where 70% of households By profession as projection. Weaving, carpeting from paved trees is a great handicraft production in Dong Thap with available labor force, along with abundant local materials as pear trees. All Dinh Yen households have 1-2 looms or more. Weaving the mat but hard and vicious but Dinh Yen people with hereditary father is still diligent to continue to maintain and develop traditional trade villages. Every year, the households produce millions of products sold throughout the Mekong Delta and the South East. Come to Dinh Yen you will enjoy when this place is always colorful from the house out by the lane by the blue, red, yellow, white, purple, etc. It is interesting to see the turn of the day. The skilled workers from old, young, girls, boys in the looms, slices, strands etc. to produce beautiful, beautiful thumbnail; along with the skillful hands of the tinker, pattern printing, rim, borders, etc. Weaving mats requires the skill, sophistication and secrets to create durable, beautiful products, etc. Dinh Yen projection project has many types, sizes and designs, including: square cotton candlestick, cotton candle, candlestick, candlestick, candlestick, etc. Each type of projection has a uniform length of 2m, while the width of 1.4-1.6m; oscillating from 25,000 to 50,000 VND / pair. Currently, Lap Vo district has practical projects to support the development of industry, branding "Dinh Yen mat". Dinh Yen textile mills are also planned in the project to develop tourism services associated with rural villages of Lap Vo and Dong Thap.

Thanh Ha Pottery Village - Hoi An

Thanh Ha pottery village with the development of 500 years, however, people have forgotten that Thanh Ha pottery is very unique.   But with the enthusiasm of the elderly in the village, Thanh Ha pottery gradually recovered.


Located about 3 km west of Hoi An, in the 16th and 17th centuries, Thanh Ha is a very prosperous village, famous for its pottery and earthenware exchanged and wholesaled throughout the central provinces of Vietnam. . The pottery village of origin from Thanh Hoa, after receiving some technical capital, the village has formed a pottery village as today.   Pottery village with products such as: jar, jar, jar, vase for life. With its clay-based ingredients and hand-made craftsmanship, pottery products have a variety of color and durability. It is the Thanh Ha potters who make and supply bricks, roofing tiles, tiles for old houses in Hoi An and surrounding areas.   At present, the people of Thanh Ha pottery village are doing the right things and in the way their fathers did in the last century. In their skillful hands, beautiful vases, tea pots, wine bottles, warmers, bowls, jars, jars, jars, and even beloved animals such as buffaloes , Cows, cats, pigs ... come in turn.   In addition to the development of tourism based crafts, artisans Thanh Ha pottery village still want to find a solid direction for their products such as producing fine art ceramic products for export and serve the same work. tu, the construction of ancient architecture in Hoi An. Today, the old houses in Hoi An need clever hands and intelligent mind, creative of Thanh Ha potters. They are the only partners that can provide bricks, standard roof tiles, standard tiles and high quality for restoration and conservation of Hoi An, World Cultural Heritage. .