Exploring traditional craft villages on the outskirts of Hanoi

Within a radius of approximately 25 km from the center of Hanoi, you will have the opportunity to visit many traditional craft villages with unique and famous products.

Directions to the craft villages and their typical products:

Thach Xa Village specializes in making bamboo dragonflies

Main products: Bamboo dragonflies beautifully painted and balanced on their noses. Three sizes are mainly produced here: large, medium, and small, corresponding to body lengths of 12 - 15 and 18 cm, priced from 3,000 to 10,000 VND each depending on size. Dragonflies are sold at souvenir stalls of Tay Phuong Pagoda or you can visit households to observe the making process.

Dau Bac Village in Dinh Cong produces silverware

Main products: Silver ingot is melted silver that has been cast into silver threads and then turned into flower and leaf shapes, birds attached to jewelry items... The main products include bracelets, brooches, rings, earrings, necklaces, chokers, decorative silverware... The products are handcrafted in the traditional way.

Bell Hat Village

The Bell Village hat market meets every 6 sessions and always on even days of the month, on the 4th, 10th, 14th, 20th, 24th, and 30th of the lunar month. The market starts very early, from 6 am to about 8 am then it disperses. The market session only sells hats and materials for making hats.

Main products: Hats and hat-making materials. Bell Village hats have long been famous for their beauty, durability, and variety of colors and sizes. You don't have to go to the market on the exact day, you can visit on regular days to watch the hat-making process and buy hats.

Lacquer Painting Village Hạ Thái

Main products: Hạ Thái lacquer painting village is now renowned for paintings and products for daily use such as vases, bowls, plates, chopsticks, and decorative items on walls, corridors... Vietnamese lacquer has reached the world because the paintings are meticulously made, focusing on quality, and embracing the natural beauty of the Vietnamese countryside.

Chàng Son Fan Village

Main Product: Chàng Son Fans have a history of 200 years. In the 19th century, Chàng Son fans were even showcased in Paris by the French. In the era of renovation, out of nearly ten thousand people in Chàng Son village, around 3,000 are engaged in fan-making. Every day, they produce nearly a hundred thousand fans of all kinds: paper fans, bamboo fans, silk fans, painted fans, and decorative fans.

Bat Trang Pottery Village

Main Product: In addition to traditional items, Bat Trang pottery kilns also produce many new products to meet consumer demands in Vietnam, such as modern-style teapots, dishes, flower vases, as well as building materials, insulating ceramics, and export products based on orders from abroad. Some artisans have successfully revived traditional pottery with unique shapes and glazes from the Ly, Tran, Le, and Mac dynasties.

Canh Hoạch Birdcage Village

Main Product: Canh Hoạch Village, also known as Vác Village, is famous for its traditional crafts: making fans, making hats, making birdcages... 'Vác birdcages are not only supplied to Hanoi but also exported to the South and even overseas. Many bird enthusiasts come to the village to order cages, some fetching prices in the tens of millions of dong.

Yen Nhan Fermented Bean Village

Key product: Bần Fermented Bean has been included in the list of the best Vietnamese delicacies through a literary work with lines such as: Gourd La, Lang basil, rolled cake, Bần Fermented Bean, Vạn Vân fish sauce, Set Pond carp... Bần fermented bean is very easy to eat, enjoyed with steamed rice cake, fried tofu, morning glory, eggplant... or used as a seasoning for soups, braised fish... The sweet aroma of glutinous rice, the rich flavor of fermented bean combined together create a unique flavor of the specialty of the people in Bần village

Thuc Water Puppet Village

Main product: Currently, in Thuc water puppet district, there are nearly 20 people, who are the head of the district, puppeteers, musicians playing instruments such as đàn, flute, two-chord fiddle, drum, bamboo flute, and... along with singers. Singers sing various traditional tunes like chèo, tuồng, folk songs, ceremonial songs, xẩm singing... all from Thuc village. The district has the participation of senior artists such as Mr. Tiệp, Mr. Nghiêm, Mr. Mạnh, Ms. Trúc... Thuc water puppet village's performances include a water stage - using water for puppet movement, hiding the machinery and control, which is a great creation of folk artists. Water makes the puppets lively and fresh.

Phu Vinh Bamboo Cloud Village

Main product: With a long-standing tradition, in Phu Vinh, every household has someone practicing the art of bamboo cloud weaving, from young men, women to the elderly, and children can participate in some stage of the craft. From father to son, for generations, the people of Phu Vinh have lived and died with the craft of bamboo cloud weaving. The craft not only helps many families in the village change their lives for the better but also brings prosperity. In the past, products from bamboo cloud of the villagers mainly consisted of baskets, sieves, winnowing trays, sieves, bags, boxes... daily household items. In addition, to meet the demands of life, the village also makes bamboo cloud products such as decorative items, lanterns, curtains, portraits, landscapes, horizontal lacquered boards, couplets...

Quat Dong Embroidery Village

Main Products: Quat Dong Embroidery Village, Thuong Tin District (Hanoi), not only preserves traditional values but also creates exquisite embroidered paintings imbued with Vietnamese identity. The artisans of Quat Dong Village have produced a variety of products, from traditional items such as couplets, ceremonial flags, and costumes for traditional stage performances, to embroidered landscapes and portraits like the stilt house of Uncle Ho, One Pillar Pagoda...

Du Du Sculpture Village

Main Products: Images of Happy Buddha, fairy statues, bas-reliefs... are symbols that bring about peace, serenity, and a touch of adorable playfulness to the sculptures resembling the meticulous and soulful carvings of skilled sculptors. These are the products that contribute to the attractiveness of the tourist destination, Du Du Craft Village.

According to Ngoi Sao

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