Impressive "colors of integration" at Van Phuc Craft Village Trade and Tourism Culture Week 2023

Baoquocte.vn. This evening, October 26th, in Hanoi, the People's Committee of Van Phuc Ward, Ha Dong District (Hanoi) held the opening ceremony of the Van Phuc Traditional Craft Village Culture, Tourism and Trade Week 2023.

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Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Van Phuc Silk Weaving Village Cultural, Tourism and Trade Week on October 26. (Source: VNA)

This activity is part of the series of events including the 2023 Vietnam Traditional Craft Village Preservation and Development Festival and the 2023 Hanoi Creative Design Festival, jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Hanoi People's Committee.

The organization of the Creative Design Festival and the Festival for the Preservation and Development of Vietnamese Traditional Craft Villages in 2023 aims to preserve and promote the traditional cultural values of the nation, and to form contemporary cultural features of Vietnamese craft villages, with craft villages in Hanoi as the central focus to spread to other localities.

Cultural performances at the Van Phuc Silk Weaving Village Festival in 2023. (Photo: Nhu Ngoc)

With the theme "Van Phuc - Colors of Integration," the 2023 Van Phuc Silk Weaving Village Culture, Tourism and Trade Week features many unique and attractive programs, such as the procession honoring the patron saint A La De Nuong, who contributed to building the homeland and teaching the people of Van Phuc the art of silk weaving. Other activities include heritage preservation and cultural performances such as Ca Tru singing, water puppetry, calligraphy competitions and hands-on experiences, folk games, and culinary experiences.

The competition for outstanding handicraft products featured 10 establishments showcasing 30 exemplary products. Commercial activities took place throughout the 2023 Van Phuc Handicraft Village Culture, Tourism and Trade Week in various locations within the ward.

Activities include trade exchanges between traditional craft villages with stalls showcasing and selling products from Hanoi's traditional craft villages. There are also experiential tourism routes, visiting historical and cultural sites such as the Ho Chi Minh Memorial House, the complex of communal houses, temples, shrines, and ancestral temples of various crafts.

On the opening night of the festival, the village of Van Phuc was ablaze with the vibrant colors of silk, lights, and festival decorations. The villagers were extremely excited and enthusiastically participated in the festival's programs.

Mr. Pham Van Chien, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Dong District, said that through this event, Ha Dong District hopes to introduce to domestic and international tourists the unique cultural features of the traditional silk weaving village of Van Phuc.

Through this, we aim to further develop the potential and strengths of the district in the fields of creative design; enhance and develop the position of the cultural industry of Hanoi and Ha Dong district; and promote the image of the land and people of Ha Dong, attractive destinations, traditional festivals, intangible cultural heritage, craft villages, and culinary cultural products.

This is the second time the Van Phuc Silk Weaving Village Cultural, Tourism and Trade Week has been organized, and it will run until November 2nd.

Vibrant colors of silk adorn the Van Phuc silk weaving village's cultural, tourism, and trade week. (Source: VNA)

The silk weaving craft in Van Phuc dates back over 1,000 years, taught to the villagers by Mrs. A La Thi Nuong, a woman from Cao Bang known for her diligence and skillful silk weaving, who married into the Van Phuc village.

Since its inception, Van Phuc silk has been a prized commodity due to the skillful craftsmanship and the soul of the artisans embodied in every piece of fabric.

Through the vicissitudes and ups and downs of history, the Van Phuc silk weaving craft has remained strong for the past 10 centuries and continues to develop, becoming a famous traditional craft of the capital city. This traditional product is now not only popular domestically but is also exported to many countries around the world.

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