Images of conical hats and Vietnamese women

The conical hat has long been associated with the image of graceful and hard-working Vietnamese women. Over the course of thousands of years, the conical hat has remained closely associated with women's lives regardless of age or living conditions. Vietnamese women have made the conical hat more beautiful with their love of life and their loyal kindness.

The simple, rustic beauty of women wearing conical hats has been a source of inspiration for many poets, musicians, and painters...

The conical hat is also a very familiar, close and simple item in the daily life of many generations of Vietnamese people. A tool to protect from the sun, rain, to act as a fan, sometimes to hide the face, smile or to add to the charm of women.

The conical hat also accompanied her mother to the fields or to the midday markets. And what could be more beautiful than a young woman wearing a flowing ao dai and a conical hat during festivals.

In addition to its beauty present in all the fields, markets and festivals, the conical hat has also inspired countless authors in poetry and folk songs. In music, with its lyrical songs and sweet, profound lyrics, the conical hat has enhanced the beauty of women for generations with its steadfast loyalty, and with the hard-working mother in the fields, becoming part of the spiritual life of the Vietnamese people.

The conical hat also reminds us of the mother's hard-working figure for her husband and children; not exposing herself to hardship, but the mother's beauty still exudes simplicity and industriousness with the conical hat full of rustic love.

In addition to family love, it also evokes love for the homeland. The conical hat is also attached to each piece of land and vegetable garden, as clearly shown in the poem "Homeland is a small bamboo bridge/Mother comes back, the conical hat tilts to cover...".

Through many ups and downs, the conical hat still holds a certain important position in the life and culture of the nation. The hat has truly become a vivid symbol of the Vietnamese woman: gentle, graceful, charming, heroic, indomitable, loyal, and capable.

Heritage Magazine