Đông Hồ painting village & Chuôn Ngọ village

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June 7th 2014

Published: June 30th 2014

Saturday, 7 June 2014 - We rented a car with driver (about USD 60) and traveled to two craft villages near Hanoi. I wished to see these villages for a long time, but couldn't make my way until this day. Both villages are located 40km away from Hanoi but in opposite directions. We left Hanoi in the morning and traveled 40km to Đông Hồ painting village in Thuận Thành district, Bắc Ninh prov... Read Full Entry

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Carving work in Đông Hồ village

At a local house in Đông Hồ village

Most people in the village changed to another kind of job. They make fake things which will be burned for the dead people.

At Mr. Chế's house in Đông Hồ village

Making woodblock paintings

Đông Hồ traditional painting

Smoking pipe with mother-of-pearl inlay

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

Đông Hồ village temple

Wood carving & inlaying mother-of-pearl

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

At a cafeteria in Đông Hồ village

"Good luck" word with mother-of-pearl inlay

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

Moulds at Mr. Sam's house in Đông Hồ village

Carving on a shell (symbol of Hanoi)

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

Houses in Chuôn Ngọ village

Temple in Đông Hồ painting village

Đông Hồ traditional painting

Carving pictures on shells

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

Moulds at Mr. Chế's house in Đông Hồ village

Cows in Đông Hồ village

Đông Hồ traditional paintings

A house in Đông Hồ village

Decoration on a side of bed

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

Boys carving on wood

At a local house in Chuôn Ngọ village

30th June 2014

Violets
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Beautiful village
These villages are really beautiful and your photos show so much of what the village is like. It's great these crafts still exist and I do hope Unesco will recognise them. Thanks Ha for another insight into a part of Vietnam that is not well known.

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