Visiting Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village, you will feel its own beauty, because of the peaceful village picture, away from the dust of the city and learn about the traditional craft village, if you are a nature lover who wants to learn about Vietnamese culture, then Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village is the destination for you.
Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village is located about 20km from Hanoi, but this place exudes a unique beauty, a peaceful beauty of a Vietnamese village and is one of the beautiful stops that many tourists come to visit and learn about the lacquer craft village.
It is one of the ancient craft villages that has been preserved and developed until today, and is a destination sought by many domestic and international tourists, especially those who love the peace of a rustic village.
The elders here do not remember when the craft village began to form, they only know through two lacquered and gilded parallel sentences worshiped in Ha Thai communal house, and were determined to be from the 17th century.
At that time, there was only the craft of painting and drawing, with many talented artisans, so the craft of making objects for the king and mandarins at that time was also called the village offering to the king.
Up to now, despite the passage of time, Ha Thai lacquer craft village has still developed and preserved the traditional beauty of a Vietnamese village.
Lacquer products represent the process of hard work, meticulousness, showing the talent of the craftsmen of the craft village, imbued with delicate artistry. To make a sophisticated product, the craftsman must do it entirely by hand, with each meticulous step to produce a sophisticated product.
According to the craftsmen here, lacquer products, whether small like cups, bowls, vases or “large” like paintings, are all made by the craftsmen very elaborately and meticulously, creating products that look very eye-catching.
When visiting and exploring the beauty of the products, visitors will feel the shimmering colors of the elegant beauty, the lacquer products with graceful shapes, the designs imbued with national culture such as: Ben nuoc cay banyan, con do la truc, Chua Mot Cot, Hanoi Old Quarter…
The products here are all inspired by nature, rustic, showing the characteristics of a traditional craft village, currently the lacquer paintings of Ha Thai craft village are used from traditional materials of the lacquer craft such as lacquer, lacquer, various types of lacquer, silver, mother-of-pearl, gold…
Currently, Ha Thai lacquer craft village is a tourist attraction, especially the Ha Thai lacquer craft village tour is chosen by many tourists when visiting the Vietnamese countryside during a tour to explore the suburbs of Hanoi.