The painstaking work requires the skillful hands of experienced artisans, and has developed well over the past 20 years. Good quality bamboo is brought from Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang and Vinh Phuc provinces. Artisans have to follow different steps to make parts of the dragonflies. The bamboo dragonflies are balanced to stand on a small mouth. Bamboo dragonflies are decorated with colourful patterns. The patterns attract customers. The skillfully made products are sold at shops and exhibited at domestic and foreign fairs. BTA (Photos: nhandan.com.vn)
The village craft of making bamboo dragonflies started booming 20 years ago. Initially Thach Xa villagers made dragonflies as souvenirs for tourists who came sightseeing or to attend a ceremony at nearby Tay Phuong Pagoda. Tourists bought a lot of the toys, which were cheap at less than half dollar. As demand outpaced supply, more and more households got involved in making dragonflies as a main job. Do Van Lien, a local skillful craftsman, says the craft has now become his major source of income.“The creation of bamboo dragonflies involves many different processes including splitting bamboo, body and wing dragonflies,…... [read more]
From the familiar, daily image of a dragonfly, people in Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, Hanoi have made dragonflies of bamboo, contributing another treasure to the art of Vietnamese folklore toys. The bamboo dragonfly can balance on a fingertip, table corner or tree branch. Thousands of colourful bamboo dragonflies are packaged at Nguyen Van Dinh's house, one of the commune's biggest household producers of bamboo dragonflies for export, according to an order of an import-export company. Mr. Dinh said that people in Thach Xa commune have been making bamboo dragonflies for a long time, and it has now become…... [read more]
People in Thach Xa Commune, Thach That District, Hanoi have made lively dragonflies from bamboo, which resemble almost exactly the real thing, diversifying the treasure of folk toys of Vietnamese people. An outstanding feature of the bamboo dragonfly is that from the pointed beak on its head it can balance on a spot as small as the end of a finger, the corner of a table, a branch, etc. At the house of Nguyen Van Dinh's family, one of the households having the largest business of making bamboo dragonflies in Thach Xa Village, thousands of bamboo dragonflies in different colours…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - Tay Phuong village in Thach That District, Hanoi, is known for making bamboo dragonflies. Ngoisao.net... [read more]
BTO - According to statistics released from the authorities, Duc Linh district had 598 people infected with toxic chemicals (Agent Orange -AO/dioxin) including 125 direct victims of AO/dioxin (people was directly infected with toxic chemicals) and 437 indirect victims of AO/dioxin (people was indirectly infected with toxic chemicals) in 2006. Of these, 210 cases were heavily contaminated with dioxin; over 200 cases have not yet entitled to social welfare of the State. Over the years, people contaminated with AO/dioxin have gradually increased due to the heredity from generation to generation. As a consequence, the entire number of victims of AO/dioxin…... [read more]
