Vác village & Cự Đà village

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November 24th 2009

Published: November 24th 2009

Saturday 21 November 2009 - Some friends visited Hanoi, so we rented a taxi and traveled 40km to two villages in Thanh Oai commune. The first village we visited was the Vác village where the locals make bird cages and paper fans. We visited 3 houses and saw the locals drying fans in the sun or making bird cages of different shapes. The next village is more interesting. Our taxi went along the Nhu... Read Full Entry

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theRedRiver

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Cự Đà village

This is the door of house No. 15 (or the Vương Family Altar House) which was built 130 years ago. (Cửa vào ngôi nhà số 15 là nhà Vương Thị Từ Đường hay Nhà thờ họ Vương của cụ Vương Văn Đức, có trên 130 năm nay)

Making bird cages

Cự Đà village

Worshipping place of the Vương family in the village (Nhà thờ dòng họ Vương ở làng Cự Đà)

Cự Đà village

Special decoration of a house.

An old house in Cự Đà village

Wood carved doors

Beautiful carved doors depicting scenes from Chinese fairy tales.

24th November 2009

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

Interesting entry again and good photos. Keep the interesting entries coming we learn so much through you blogs - thank you

24th November 2009

Hideyuki Kobayashi
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A bird cage in Vác village
How beautiful the cage is ! I should have got many for my ornament if I had been there.

24th November 2009

John Strathearn
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Two Villages
Thanks for this very interesting blog. I love these old Red River Delta villages which still engage in their traditional crafts. I will certainly try to visit these if I get the chance to return to Hanoi.

25th November 2009

Governor
Kent D. Converse

I missed my chance
Dear Hanoi Girl, I also read the article in Vietnam Airlines magazine. I am sorry I missed my chance. Great Blog. I have only one question: Where was you Ao Dia. Kent

25th November 2009

theRedRiver
Hanoi_girl

Ao Dai dress
Hi Kent! It was too cold for me to wear my Ao Dai that day. Also we had to walk a lot. Thanks for asking this. My friends often ask me why I don't wear Ao Dai when they don't see its photos in every blog.

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