Hanoi Old Quater’s Hang Thiec street stays true to its name

  • A shop named Duc Ha at No. 35 Hang Thiec street. Its tinsmith has 40 years of experience with the traditional craft. VNA Photo: Khánh Hoà
    A shop named Duc Ha at No. 35 Hang Thiec street. Its tinsmith has 40 years of experience with the traditional craft. VNA Photo: Khánh Hoà
  • A tin toy boat run with diesel is one of the famous products of Hang Thiec street during the Mid-Autumn Festival. VNA Photo: Khánh Hoà
    A tin toy boat run with diesel is one of the famous products of Hang Thiec street during the Mid-Autumn Festival. VNA Photo: Khánh Hoà
  • Hang Thiec street mainly sells home stainless steel utensils. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
    Hang Thiec street mainly sells home stainless steel utensils. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
  • Tourists passing the street can hear the sounds of hammer striking against metals from early morning until late at night, the sounds that keep the traditional craft of tinsmiths alive in the modern days. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
    Tourists passing the street can hear the sounds of hammer striking against metals from early morning until late at night, the sounds that keep the traditional craft of tinsmiths alive in the modern days. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
  • Inside a shop on Hang Thiec street. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
    Inside a shop on Hang Thiec street. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
  • Tourists passing the street can hear the sounds of hammer striking against metals from early morning until late at night, the sounds that keep the traditional craft of tinsmiths alive in the modern days. VNA Photo: Khánh Hoà
    Tourists passing the street can hear the sounds of hammer striking against metals from early morning until late at night, the sounds that keep the traditional craft of tinsmiths alive in the modern days. VNA Photo: Khánh Hoà
  • A tinsmith cuts pieces of metal by hands. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
    A tinsmith cuts pieces of metal by hands. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
  • A tinsmith welds his work at Hang Thiec Street. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
    A tinsmith welds his work at Hang Thiec Street. VNA Photo: Hoàng Hiếu
Hang Thiec Street is a craft street of tinsmiths which has existed for a long time among the 36 streets of Hanoi Old Quarter. It is one of the few craft streets that have held onto their traditional craft. Over the years, Hang Thiec Street has virtually remained unchanged, with the craft of making tin products still being kept, turning out various kinds of utensils for daily use. On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival the Street is busier because the craftsmen begin to use pieces of tin to make children’s toys, such as cars, trains, ships, planes, peach-shaped lanterns with a fairy inside, butterfly-shaped lanterns and a rabbit beating a drum. Tourists passing the street can hear the sounds of hammer striking against metals from early morning until late at night, the sounds that keep the traditional craft of tinsmiths alive in the modern days. VNA Photo

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