Tang Tien Bamboo and RattanHandicraftVillage
Tang Tien Bamboo and Rattan Craft Village in Tang Tien commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province is a famous traditional bamboo-weaving handicraft village for a long time. The village has had a career history of over 300 years, at about the period of post-Le dynasty and strongly developed so far.
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Việt Yên district is one of the localities with many famous traditional craft villages. |
Located in Phuc Tang hamlet, Tang Tien Bamboo and Rattan craft village is just off National Highway 1A, 7 kilometers far from Bac Giang city to the west and adjacent to Bac Ninh province. Viet Yen civilized land of Bac Giang province not only has a famous ancient pagoda named Bo Da – the largest Buddha center of Bac Giang but is also the birthplace of the traditional weaving craft. People here still have a passion for knitting work generations after generations. Arriving in Tang Tien, when enjoying the lively scene whereby all households and people from the old to the young are weaving expertly to create closely-woven baskets, baskets, blinds ..., we can see all the art of knitting, skillful hands of people here.
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Many young people are passed with passion, experience and trade secrets by the older generation. |
With the trade secret and support of current modern technology, in the strips dying stages, the village artisans have created the products with rich colors, while preserving the strips from termites, keeping products longer and durable. The local typical woven rattan and bamboo products such as table coverings, cushions, pillows, bags, bamboo-door-blinds, teapots, tables and chairs, etc. exported abroad get much interest from customers, especially in Russian, EU, USA markets.
To make a Tang Tien woven rattan and bamboo product, it is an art creative process demanding much meticulous attention over several stages. Bamboo trees are cut into small segments before handing to the workers. They split into the strips as small as a toothpick with the length of 30 to 40 cm, particularly when they split them with hands. However, they split very quickly, skillfully to make equal strips. Then, each bundle of strips is dried. A very important stage is strips dying to make Tang Tien typical products with good color and durability, anti-termite. To create durable products, the artisans weave these small strips into blind with different color threads in combination with strips color to make up the beautiful and durable multi-color products with various designs.
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Products made from rattans and bamboos are plentiful and fascinating. |
Currently, in the context that many craft villages seem to gradually lose their "foothold", Tang Tien bamboo and rattan craft village still conduct stable operations in the fierce competition, providing an evidence of the everlasting existence of the handicraft villages if they know how to build a sound development strategy.
Address: Tang Tien Rattan Cooperative
Phuc Tang hamlet, Tang Tien commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province
Tel: (0084)240 3576392 Mobile: (0084)903286447
Website: http://maytretangtien.com
