Van Phuc silk village
Address: Van Phuc
Silk Village is situated on the banks of the river Threshold, Ha Dong, Hanoi .
Van Phuc is a silk weaving village famous ancient beauty, famous for silk weaving tradition. "Ha Dong Silk" as well as the
products of traditional craft villages in Hanoi ,
often referred to in ancient poetry. In many families, old looms have been
retained, interspersed with modern mechanical looms.
According to legend, 1,200 years ago, Mrs A La Thi Nuong, a
girl in Cao Bang famous resourceful and ingenious hand silk weaving village
of Van Phuc
Van Phuc silk was
first introduced at the international fairs Marseille (1931) and Paris (1938),
which the French regarded as products of the sophisticated French Indochina, is
very popular in the country France, Thailand, Indonesia ... From 1958 to 1988,
Van Phuc silk products are mostly exported to countries in Eastern Europe,
between 1990 and exported to many countries around the world, foreign exchange
earnings to the country.
Today, Van Phuc silk
through generations, artisans and weavers has constantly improved, advanced
manufacturing techniques. Therefore, though Van Phuc silk in any kind reached flawless, smooth shiny and soft
with iridescent colors, fine lines, as well as sink, kind of elegant, kind of
brilliant.
Over the generations, Van
Phuc silk retains the traditional art of calligraphy. The pattern is always
symmetrical decoration, decorative lines are not complicated and complex but
always soft, liberal, definitely. Therefore, Van Phuc silk is not only popular in the country that was beyond
the territory of Vietnam
