Hanoi to host festival of craft villages, streets next month
Hanoi will host a festival of craft villages and streets at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long from October 13 – 16, aiming to promote and preserve local traditional handicrafts, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen.
"To he" (coloured rice dough toy) making is a traditional handicraft of Xuan La Village in Ha Noi's Phu Xuyen District. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will host a festival ofcraft villages and streets at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long from October 13 –16, aiming to promote and preserve local traditional handicrafts, according toVice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen.
The festival will be held annually to develop craftvillage-based tourism and promote cultural spaces of craft villages and streetsin the capital city, Quyen said.
The event will also be a chance for traditional craftsmenand craft villages not only from Hanoi but also across the country to introducetheir products and seek partnership and export opportunities.
It will feature around 200 booths showcasing handicrafts,divided into six zones, including one for the recreation of Hanoi’s Old Quarterin the old times, with traditional silk stores in Hang Gai Street and “Ao Dai”(Vietnamese long gown) tailor shops in Luong Van Can Street. There will be demonstrationof traditional jewellery making in Hang Bac Street.
Separate zones will be set up for craft villages in Hanoiand other cities and provinces. That for Hanoi craft villages will representvarious folk crafts, including pottery-making in Bat Trang, Van Phuc and SonDong, lacquer painting in Ha Thai, buffalo horn comb making in Thuy Ung, "to he" (coloured rice dough toy) making in Xuan La and rattan andbamboo handicraft in Phu Vinh.
There will be zones for folk games and tradition cuisine ofHanoi./.
A series of activities have been launched to honour and promote the cultural heritage of Thang Long-Ha Noi, on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).
Artisans in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s 300-years-old Thanh Tien craft village are busy with making paper lotus flowers, as the Lunar New Year Festival approaches.
Dong Cuu village in Dung Tien commune of Hanoi’s outlying district of Thuong Tin has long been famous for its traditional embroidery, especially the making of royal robes for kings of feudal dynasties in Vietnam, and the craft has still been upheld nowadays.
Inspired by potter’s wheels intersecting with each other, the Centre for Vietnamese Craft Village Quintessence was built in the heart of the ancient Bat Trang pottery village in Hanoi. Spanning 3,300 square metres, the centre is some 15 kilometres from the capital’s downtown area on the banks of the Bac Hung Hai River, which runs through the city and Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, and Hai Duong provinces.
The Government plans to develop 301 traditional craft villages linked to tourism by 2030, according to a decision approving Vietnam's traditional craft village preservation and development programme for the 2021-2030 period.
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"To he" (coloured rice dough toy) making is a traditional handicraft of Xuan La Village in Ha Noi's Phu Xuyen District. (Photo: VNA)
