Traditional craft village tourism in Binh Dinh

Phu Gia horse hat village, Nhon Hau fine art wood carving village, Van Son pottery village... are places tourists can visit when traveling to Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh.

Binh Dinh is not only famous for its beautiful beaches and Cham Pa culture. There are also many traditional craft villages with hundreds of years of history. In recent years, many young people have been interested in and learned about this type of village tourism. This summer, when coming to Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, tourists can explore the culture and people of the martial arts land by visiting the famous craft villages below.

Phu Gia horse hat village

Phu Gia horse hat village is located about 45 km north of Quy Nhon city center, in Phu Gia village, Cat Tuong commune, Phu Cat district, Binh Dinh province. The village is famous for its horse hat making craft, which is over 300 years old. For the people of the martial arts land, horse hats are a symbol of the resilience and spirit of Tay Son.

Travel to explore traditional craft villages in Binh Dinh — **Artisans embroider patterns on hats.** Photo: Quy Nhon Hotel.

To complete a hat, the artisan must go through three stages: making the ribs, weaving the ribs, and sewing the hat. Once the product is finished, it will be embroidered with peacock, dragon, phoenix, pheasant, flower, and leaf motifs. The top of the hat is left open, with a cluster of colorful threads on top.

Tourists visiting the craft village will see and experience the process of making conical hats, enjoying the peaceful feeling in a South Central Vietnamese village. After visiting the village, visitors can enjoy Binh Dinh specialties such as banh xeo, banh hoi long heo, nem cha...

The price of each hat ranges from 50,000 to 100,000 VND. Tourists can buy it to protect themselves from the sun or as a gift after their trip.

Nhon Hau Fine Arts Wood Turning Village

Wood carving is a traditional craft of Nhan Thap village, Nhon Hau commune, Binh Dinh province, about 30km northwest of Quy Nhon city. Visitors can depart from Quy Nhon city to Nhon Hau by motorbike or car, taking about 45 minutes to travel.

Coming here, visitors can freely choose decorative products and household items from small to large such as vases, tables, chairs, trays, tea sets...

The products are sold in the village to tourists and taken everywhere, creating a stable source of income for families.

The price of handicrafts here ranges from several hundred thousand to millions depending on size and sophistication.

Van Son Pottery Village

If you want to immerse yourself in a peaceful and nostalgic atmosphere, you can visit Van Son pottery village. The village is also located in Nhan Thap hamlet, Nhon Hau commune. This is a tradition left by the ancient Cham people. The village specializes in producing pottery products that are close to daily life such as teapots, pots, stoves, basins, jars, etc.

When visiting Van Son, tourists will witness artisans doing all the steps and making ceramic products by themselves. Van Son ceramics are not elaborate, each work is simple and quiet like the people of this land.

Bau Da Wine Village

About 30 km northwest of Quy Nhon, along National Highway 1A to Bau Da hamlet, Cu Lam village, Nhon Loc commune, An Nhon town, visitors will reach the village. Bau Da wine was once listed by the Vietnam Record Organization as one of the top 10 specialties of Vietnam.

The wine is made from sticky rice and water from a special lake in the area. This place gathers underground water streams flowing from the surrounding mountains, creating a unique flavor. Using the manual method, the craftsman uses an ancient earthenware pot, typical of Vietnamese culture, to cook for exactly 6 hours.

Tourists can visit, enjoy and buy the village's wine as gifts when traveling to Binh Dinh.

The craft of weaving sedge mats in Hoai Chau Bac

The craft of weaving sedge mats in Hoai Chau Bac has existed for a long time. Here, many types of mats are produced, from wide and narrow to plain and patterned mats. Plain mats are woven from undyed white sedge, while the raw materials for patterned mats are selected more carefully so that when dyed, the color is accurate and sharp.

To make a flower mat, the artisan will cook the dye, then dip each sedge into the pot and dry it. The dried color is also when the sedge fiber has reached the standard to be woven into a flower mat. Visitors to Hoai Chau Bac, in addition to witnessing the mat making process, can check-in with the colorful sedge fibers.

Hoai Chau Bac Village is located in Hoai Chau Bac Ward, Hoai Nhon Town, about 50 km north of Quy Nhon city center. For convenient travel, visitors can choose motorbike or car, taking about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Many tourists say that traveling to traditional craft villages gives them a unique and profound cultural experience. Craft villages both preserve traditional values and contribute to the development of local tourism.

According to vnexpress.net

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