Vạn Phúc silk village

Vạn Phúc is a village traditionally associated with silk weaving in Hà Đông, 8 km south-west of Hanoi.[1] In Vietnamese it is called both làng lụa Vạn Phúc "Van Phuc silk village" and làng lụa Hà Đông after the larger village ("làng") area name.

It is the best known silk village in Vietnam, and one of the best developed and most visited craft village near Hanoi which has over 90 officially designated handicraft villages.[2]

References

  1. Lonely Planet Southeast Asia - Page 858 China Williams - 2010 "See silk cloth being produced on a loom in Van Phuc, a silk village that is 8km southwest of Hanoi in Ha Tay province."
  2. Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context - Page 214 Hitoshi Ieda - 2010 "... and Dong Ho painting village, Van Phuc silk village; Ngu Xa casting bronze village; Bat Trang ceramic village; Ninh Hiep traditional medicine village; Le Mat feeding snake village. At present, Hanoi has over 90 handicraft villages (Fig. 6-11)."

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