200-year-old Minh Lang embroidery village kept alive in dignified silence

  • Artisans in Minh Lang village work in silence to preserve their traditional embroidery craftmanship. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
    Artisans in Minh Lang village work in silence to preserve their traditional embroidery craftmanship. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
  • The most prominent feature of Minh Lang embroidery is the sophisticated
    The most prominent feature of Minh Lang embroidery is the sophisticated "color blending" technique, allowing for a soft color transition like a painting, creating a characteristic depth and smoothness. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
  • At nearly 70 years of age, artisan Nguyen Cao Binh is known as the “man who paints with thread” because his works are vivid, sharp, harmonious, reaching the peak of both art and technique. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
    At nearly 70 years of age, artisan Nguyen Cao Binh is known as the “man who paints with thread” because his works are vivid, sharp, harmonious, reaching the peak of both art and technique. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
  • The most prominent feature of Minh Lang embroidery is the sophisticated
    The most prominent feature of Minh Lang embroidery is the sophisticated "color blending" technique, allowing for a soft color transition like a painting, creating a characteristic depth and smoothness. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
  • Amidst the hustle and bustle of life, people in Thu Tri commune, Hung Yen province still work diligently and tirelessly on their embroidery frames, meticulously stitching each needle and thread to preserve their traditional craft. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
    Amidst the hustle and bustle of life, people in Thu Tri commune, Hung Yen province still work diligently and tirelessly on their embroidery frames, meticulously stitching each needle and thread to preserve their traditional craft. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
  • At nearly 70 years of age, artisan Nguyen Cao Binh is known as the “man who paints with thread” because his works are vivid, sharp, harmonious, reaching the peak of both art and technique. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
    At nearly 70 years of age, artisan Nguyen Cao Binh is known as the “man who paints with thread” because his works are vivid, sharp, harmonious, reaching the peak of both art and technique. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
  • An artisan works in silence, meticulously crafting each stitch. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
    An artisan works in silence, meticulously crafting each stitch. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt
As one of the long-standing traditional craft villages, Minh Lang embroidery village, Thu Tri Commune (Hung Yen) is famous for its sophisticated and unique hand-embroidered products. Through many ups and downs, the people here are still attached to and dedicated to the craft, hoping to preserve and revive the traditional craft with a 200-year history passed down by their ancestors. The most prominent feature of Minh Lang embroidery is the sophisticated "color blending" technique, allowing for a soft color transition like a painting, creating a characteristic depth and smoothness. The embroidery stitches here are small and even, and the composition of the painting is also carefully crafted according to traditional visual arts, ensuring color harmony and proportion. In the stillness of embroidery workshops, artisans pour their hearts onto the silk canvas and threads, creating painting in many genres from landscapes, still lifes, worship paintings, and especially, the most difficult genre of embroidery, portrait embroidery, in hope of preserving the fire of their traditional craftmanship. VNA Photo: Thế Duyệt

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