Van Phuc Silk Village Hanoi

<div class="mrT-25 bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 25px;"> Situated on the bank of Nhue River, about 10km southwest of Hanoi Old Quarter, Van Phuc silk village is renowned for its traditional weaving and premium quality silk products.</div> <div class="mrT-25 bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 25px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Van Phuc Silk Village 0" src="http://www.vietnamonline.com/userfile/attraction/linhphan/2011/09/Van%20Phuc%20Silk.jpg" /></div> <div class="mrT-25 bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 25px;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><b>See more: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f79646; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b> <a href="http://hivietnam.vn/temple-of-literature-hanoi/">temple of literature vietnam</a> and <a href="http://hivietnam.vn/hanoi-opera-house/">hanoi opera house schedule</a> in this autumn</b></div> <div class="a-post" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Location & History</span></span></div> <hr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin: -3px 0px 6px; padding: 0px;" /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> Situated on the bank of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Nhue River</span>, about 10km southwest of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Hanoi Old Quarter</span>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Van Phuc silk village</span> is renowned for its traditional weaving and premium quality silk products. At the age of more than 1,200 years, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Van Phuc</span> is proud to be the most ancient silk village which provides the best silk in Vietnam.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> Visitors to Van Phuc village will be impressed by typical manner of an ancient village in the north of Vietnam with banyan tree, well, communal house, and the sound of power-looms everywhere. Walking on the main road in Van Phuc, tourists will be lost in the world of silk with various products like shirts, ties, crafts, dresses… made of silk available in the village.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> For a long period of time, silk was considered as extremely precious handwork which was only used to tailor Royal members' and aristocrats’ dress. The special beauty of Van Phuc or Ha Dong silk was inspiration for many Vietnamese poems, songs and movies (see The White Silk Dress, one of the 5 most outstanding Vietnamese movies).</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> In Nguyen dynasty time, Van Phuc silk was brought to Hue imperial citadel to make dress for royal members. Between 1931 and 1932, Van Phuc silk was on display in international exhibitions for the first time in Marseille, then Paris and was highly appreciated and preferred by the French. From 1958 to 1988, Van Phuc silk mostly was exported to Eastern European market, and since 1990, it has been known widely in many countries all over the world.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Silk production</span></span></div> <hr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin: -3px 0px 6px; padding: 0px;" /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Van Phuc silk</span> has been known for its smooth, light weight, and elegant appearance. Especially, a traditional kind of silk called Van Silk made in Van Phuc make the wearers feel cool in summer and warm in winter. Today, to satisfy various demand for silk of the market, Van Phuc silk producers have expanded their silk and garment goods like embroidered silk, , wrinkled silk, double layers and more colors for silk products.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> Many families in <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Van Phuc</span> open their own shops on the main road of the village; create a “town of silk” that sell eye-catching and high quality silk products. Tourists may buy available nice souvenir and clothes in the shop, or select the most suitable materials to then get customized products. The sellers are very friendly and can speak a little English and French to communicate to foreign tourists.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> Nowadays, although the weaving has been mechanized for higher productivity, there are still simple manual looms in some houses in the village which help tourists contemplate the genuinely traditional Vietnamese way of making silk.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get there</span></span></div> <hr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin: -3px 0px 6px; padding: 0px;" /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> Tourists can join a tour to Van Phuc village available in travel agencies, or visit Van Phuc on their owns by car, motorbike, or catch the local bus 02, 21 then walk 500m to reach the village.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 5px 0px;"> Tourists should travel south west out of <a href="http://things-todo-in-vietnam.blogspot.com/">Hanoi</a> center on Nguyen Trai road until reach the border of Ha Dong district, then turn right and drive about 3km to reach the village.</div> </div>

Van Phuc Silk Village Hanoi

Situated on the bank of Nhue River, about 10km southwest of Hanoi Old Quarter, Van Phuc silk village is renowned for its traditional weavin...

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