Tay Ho village - The original of Hue conic hat

Tay Ho village - The original of Hue conic hat

The village of Tay Ho is the birthplace of a conic hat - an item considered a beauty of Hue.



Situated on the Nhu Y River, Tay Ho Village (Phu Ho Commune, Phu Vang District, Thua Thien Hue Province) has long been famous for its traditional conic hat-making. Hundreds of hats were built in the hut - a feature of Hue also comes from the Tay Ho conic hat (the land has been famous for many beautiful girls, handsome boys in the area).




The inhabitants of Tay Ho are always proud of their hometown origin of the poem of Hue.

The poem hat was born in Tay Ho as a coincidence: It was around 1959 - 1960, Bui Quang Bac - a hat artist, also a poetic lover in the village has the initiative: put a poem in the hat (at that time, the conical hats in Hue are mainly sold in the market of the southern provinces).



Tay Ho village girls learn to make conic hat from the age of ten and it is their whole life job. Men, in addition to the field work, they also help women do the job of ironing or cutting bamboo to make hat.




With sharp markers, they groom each bamboo fiber into 16 finely woven rims; Then bend round to round and polished. The woman sighs and leaves the leaf. In order to have a nice leaf, the worker usually chooses light green leaves and leaves the leaves for flat and smooth.




When building and roofing, the craftsman must be smart so that when the leaves are not overlapped many layers so that the hat can stick and thin. Sewing hat are the decisive step to the formation and beauty of the hat. The worker will sew from the top down to the rim of 15 cm per 1 cm of transparent charge. The last ring of white, two needles separated by 2 cm. The line should be soft, light, gentle.

When the cone finishes, people add a cone which is made of a glossy shade to make the charm, then cover the oil several times, drying enough to make the hat just beautiful and durable. What makes the most distinctive of Tay Ho Leaf cones compared to the same product of many other conic hat hometown of Hue is the slim shape, thin, conical color and especially the poem installed in the hat.




Initially, conic hat was made by the people of Tay Ho have been loved by everyone. Since then, the hats makers in Tay Ho began to mass-produce hat, selling them in the market. The verses pressed into the hats are also more diverse and richer, often the verse about Hue.

In addition, to make the hat more beautiful, people also pressed on the pictures of Perfume River, Ngu Mountain next to the poem. Over a long time, the conic hat is the exclusive product of Tay Ho hats. Then, according to common sense, the girls in Tay Ho village went to other village to get married. They brought their traditional hat-making job to all over the countryside.




From Tay Ho, the conic hats go to other regions and become familiar in the everyday life of every Hue woman. Only with the simple materials of coconut leaves, and the poem hat still become the "jewelry" of many girls.




With many people, picking a hat, picking a strap is also a fun so many people have done the feat to make hats to set their own with the favorite lines. At school, the roads along the Perfume River softened in the hot summer sun by the slender figure with white dress, white hat and hair vow.




The young face hidden behind the brightly lit hat has become a very Hue impression, very Vietnamese.

Visit Sinh to discover a traditional painting village in Hue

Visit Sinh to discover a traditional painting village in Hue

Once upon a time, the landscape of the Central region has been almost forgotten. Over hundreds years, the village of Sình still has the vitality of a unique culture.




Painting space of artisan Ky Huu Phuoc.

Some weeks before the Tet holiday, the atmosphere of painting people in Sinh village (the name is Lai An village, Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien - Hue) is very vibrant as they have to produce many painting for Tet holiday.

This is the line associated with folk beliefs, the spiritual life of the people of the capital in the early days of the new year. There are about 50 themes in the village, including three main topics: character pictures, animal pictures and object pictures.

According to Ky Huu Phuoc, a longtime artisan with four children who are also in this job, his village has existed for more than 400 years.

"Sinh village only print rough with a black color and paint on the picture. So each piece will not be the same. It is important that each painting is vivid and soulful, the artist must be mindful of the whole painting, not distracted by external influences" said Artisan Ky Huu Phuoc.

At present, Sinh village is not only famous for its unique folk-worshiping line, but also for the development of tourist paintings with varied folk games such as wrestling, tug-of-war, or the scene of work, daily activities of rural people.

This painting attract many visitors. Many companies also open tours for foreigners to visit the village. This is also a chance to advertise the traditional handicraft in the world.




Each painting is handmade, so there is no duplicate. Many households in Phu Hau commune (Phu Vang district, Thua Thien - Hue province) and in Danang city have access to the way of making woodblocks of Sinh village, become a job to earn a living.




The paintings at Trang Ong, Trang Ba, ... were painted under the hand of Ky Huu Hai - the fourth child of artist Ky Huu Phuoc. Every day he must print and paint hundreds of paintings like this.




12 engravings for printing 12 pictures in the lunar calendar: Mouse, Buffalo, Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. In picture: a monkey.




Bat Am inscriptions with eight young girls playing in a coatsuit. Bat Nhat painting is one of the typical paintings of Sinh village, located in a group of paintings used for worship.




The pictures depict folk games on the occasion of spring, such as blindfolded goat, wrestling ... make the village more famous, known by domestic & foreign tourists.





A calendar printed in woodblock, drawing on wrestling in the first village, ready to be painted in color




Artisan Ky Huu Phuoc guides visitors how to print the picturesque village.





Pictures are painted on paper, it is difficult to take away because the message and color can be removed if not well preserved. Therefore, artisan Ky Huu Phuoc has come up with a way to make bamboo into canvas, helping to preserve the paintings. The name of the village, manufacturing facilities, telephone numbers are written manually on each bamboo tube.




Painting will not disappear if the next generation can grow and develop. Artisans are willing to teach how to do, how to draw for free for all people, whether it is outside the village.

400 year old paper flower village in Hue prepares for Tet holiday

400 year old paper flower village in Hue prepares for Tet holiday

Paper flower makers in Thanh Tien village, Phu Vang, Thua Thien Hue, started to dry bamboo and rattan from the end of the third quarter, in January they begin to shape and graft into trees for Tet holiday.




Located in Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien - Hue province, paper craft villages are located along the south bank, downstream Huong river, near the confluence, 7 km from Hue city. The place is surrounded by long straight rice fields, the roof tiles with green trees along the road.




History, formerly Thanh Tien people throughout the year "selling face to the ground, selling back to heaven." The climate in Hue is harsh, the sun is sharply hot, the rain is steep, lasting for several months. Consequently, people here are always worried about their future in cold winter months. Since then, the craft of making paper flowers came into being.




Nguyen Thi Thanh Tam is one of many artists who have been doing this for many years. At this point, she and her staff work hard to serve customers orders.




Pham Loan (62), one of the craftsmen who have had nearly one life in this industry, shared that he wanted to preserve his father's tradition, want his descendants to know the beautiful culture of the Vietnamese. The economic benefit is not worth much.




Each time he was about to warm his heart again. Every year this artisan family reunites in simple style with colorful paper flowers.




Paper flowers here are made in various types such as roses, lotus, chrysanthemum, coin ...




Mr. Loan revealed the secret of making paper flowers concentrated in staining, so that the paper retained its durable color. Florists do not use industrial chemicals, but use resins and leaves to make dyes in the traditional way.




The color of Thanh Tien paper flowers is not monotonous. The white paper is dyed into eye-catching paper with five main colors: pink, purple, blue, yellow, white.




The real lotus flowers by the artist living in the village is Mr. Than Van Huy created from traditional paper flowers. Lotus paper here has a later life, appeared from 2008 to present.




The colorful paper lot he was careful, detailed each detail with the unique stamping technique of this village combined with silk painting techniques, watercolor dyed paper from bold to light, with evenness.




Painter Than Van Huy said that people asked the lotus only pink and white, but why his paper lotus has many colors he said: "In the Lotus Sutra of Buddhism each lotus is represents a Buddha. I also get ideas from that make the lotus paper colorful because the lotus flower of Buddhism.




Lotus paper is solemnly placed on the altar of the Buddha. Hue people attach great importance to spirituality, worship. In their view, paper flowers are pure flowers, without the impure effect of using fertilizers such as fresh flowers, or steel, plastic. Therefore, the craft of making paper flowers here is not lost as a traditional craft.




In addition to worship, paper lotuses are made into earthen vessels, with electric lights to decorate the living room or make accents for the interior of the room. Every year, Thanh Tien paper flowers are displayed at festivals such as Hue Festival, Hue Traditional Festival, Tam Giang Wave Festival.






In order to timely supply the needs of all homes on the occasion of Tet, at this time people who love paper flowers have been able to find this village to order. The sale price of paper flower Thanh Tien on the altar to worship Goddy 70 cents / pair, while the lotus paper more expensive, the price range from 2 to 2.5 USD / cotton.

Thanh Tien paper flower village came out nearly 400 years ago, from the Nguyen Dynasty. After King Gia Long collected a painting, on the occasion of the week, the king proposed that each town bring back the city into a precious flower. In the court, there was an official from Thanh Tien village, who was in the Ministry of Equanimity, offering to the king a five-color flower with meaning Kindness - Decorum - Uprightness - Wisdom - Faithfulness (Nhan - Le - Nghia - Tri - Tin).