According to the flow of history, Dong Nai has formed famous craft villages such as: Buu Long stone craft village, Tan Van pottery (Bien Hoa city), Thanh Phu cast iron (Vinh Cuu district), mushroom cultivation (Binh Cuu district). Long Khanh city), frankincense (Tan Phu district), fine art wood (Trang Bom district, Xuan Loc district)…
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| Artist Pham Duy Linh creates products from blue stone according to customer orders. Photo: N.LIEN |
Traditional craft villages in Dong Nai were formed according to the development of each period, from ancient times to the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Therefore, each craft village in Dong Nai contains stories with its own cultural identity, creating a Dong Nai convergence with the richness and diversity of cultural identities.
* Hundred-year-old craft villages
It will not be strange to list famous and long-standing craft villages in Dong Nai such as: Buu Long stone craft village, Tan Van pottery village or Thanh Phu cast iron village. Because these are craft villages formed very early, during the reclamation and opening of the land of immigrants to Dong Nai. These are craft villages hundreds of years old that still exist today even though they have passed their most prosperous time.
Buu Long stone craft village is one of the oldest craft villages in Dong Nai. Buu Long stone craft village is located along Dong Nai River in Buu Long Ward (Bien Hoa City), has an age of more than 300 years and was formed by the Chinese people from China to live. Through many ups and downs of history, Buu Long stone craft village is still one of the famous craft villages in the country, contributing many architectural and artistic works throughout the country with sculptures from green stone, a type of stone. stone that only Buu Long area has. Today, stone carving is still inherited and developed in a hereditary fashion. Many good craftsmen and sculptors were honored. Sculpture stone products from Buu Long craft village are diverse from household items to mascots, reliefs, decorative arrays of architectural structures in houses, pagodas, communal houses...
Artisan Pham Duy Linh (Buu Long Ward, Bien Hoa City) is the 3rd generation in the family that makes stone in Buu Long Ward, said that his stone sculpture production facility currently has 3 artisans and 13 artisans. Thirteen sculptors are at work. They are all people who inherited the profession from their fathers and are also the few people who are still attached to the stone carving profession in Buu Long stone village today. According to Mr. Linh, Buu Long stone carving profession has become a symbol of Dong Nai's craft village. To commemorate the traditional craft, the artisans contributed to the construction of the stone ancestral house called the Ancestor's Temple with architecture entirely made of green stone. The Ancestor's Temple is also the convergence of stone artisans across the country on the anniversary of the profession's death anniversary (13-6 lunar calendar) every year, and every 3 years, the Patriarch's Temple will hold a festival (for the people). Locally called Ba Pagoda festival) attracts people from neighboring areas to attend the festival.
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Along with Buu Long stone craft village, on the other side of Dong Nai river, Tan Van pottery village also entered the history of craft villages in Dong Nai. Today, when society develops, ceramic establishments are moved into industrial clusters, Tan Van pottery village still retains the village culture with objects used in daily life, handmade pottery kilns. , or typical black earthenware ceramic products that are still used by people in daily life such as: jars, jars, potted plants... Nowadays, Bien Hoa pottery has become the symbol of Dong Nai, becoming a gift. gifts and souvenirs for people from far away to Dong Nai.
Upstream of Dong Nai river, Thanh Phu iron casting village (Vinh Cuu district) is also a famous name. Today, although it is no longer a popular profession, Thanh Phu iron casting village is still remembered by the people and used the nickname of the craft village to make the street name in the residential area: Xom Lo Bloi.
* New generation craft village
Dong Nai not only has a hundred-year-old craft village, since the second half of the twentieth century, Dong Nai has welcomed many migrations from the central and northern provinces, especially, after the liberation of the South in 1975, Dong Nai is a new economic zone with densely populated areas scattered in localities. In the process of moving, people brought their craft from their homeland to a new land and developed into new generation craft villages.
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Among them, agarwood craft village (H.Tan Phu) with an age of about 20 years but is considered the largest craft village in the country, concentrated in Phu Trung and Phu Son communes. With hundreds of agarwood production facilities, the agarwood craft village is a place to supply products related to agarwood such as: seedlings, agarwood medicine, raw agarwood, essential oils, distilled water... Among which, products must be mentioned. Frankincense essential oil meets 4-star OCOP standard, is consumed domestically and exported. In addition, the agarwood craft village is also a place to create jobs for many rural workers. Agarwood products have been supplied to the Chinese market, the United Arab Emirates... for many years now.
Like agarwood craft villages, carpentry handicraft villages in Dong Nai are also new generation craft villages, concentrated in districts: Trang Bom and Xuan Loc. However, each craft village is exploited and developed according to its own strengths. In particular, the handicraft village in Trang Bom creates unique products from waste wood chips through the hands of creative and talented craftsmen. As for the wooden handicraft village of H.Xuan Loc, creating artistic values of sculpture from roots and stumps. Through the hands of artisans, the roots and roots are blown into statues, paintings, mascots... creating a unique and fancy look.
Ms. Vu Thanh Huong (HCMC), who specializes in trading souvenirs and fine art products in tourist areas, said that her souvenir shop system often imports some wooden handicrafts from different brands. establishments in Dong Nai to sell to tourists. Dong Nai's wooden handicraft products are highly appreciated by tourists for their quality and aesthetics, especially foreign tourists, who often buy them as souvenirs when they come to Vietnam.
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