The ancients have a saying: "Bat Trang pottery Van Phuc silk village Thu Hong bamboo Ngu Xa cast bronze ... "

Between close streets, the magnificent buildings on the West Lake, a village still exists with many cultural relics, ancient history.  

Gate of Ho Khau temple

Visitors to Hanoi but not to the West Lake in Hanoi is not considered, because this is an ancient symbol of Hanoi, along with To river and Nung mountain. This is the center of Hanoi where old-full of myths about the chang waste land into cultivated areas West Lake, mining area Long Do and also presents many monuments temples, pagodas, temples, shrines the most in Thang Long. Ho Khau is a village located in the ancient land. The village is next door to the lake  with To Lich river so called Ho Khau.  

Three door temple gate of Ho Khau now no 374 Thuy Khe

According "Ho Khau take notes", the village is exploring from Hung Vuong period. To the Ly-Tran-Le, village administrative staff is located in Vinh Thuan district, the Phung Thien palace, Thang Long - now the third ward neighborhood Buoi ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.

The beauty of the village system first in the village gates massive and monumental blocks connected together on a road length of about 300m.

The middle three door temple gate was built architecture 4 pillars is based on the curved roof after roof tiles and fish scab. 2 columns between 45cm wide, 7m high. Above the 4  pillars bank Ranh Ranh fruit stylized flanking four sides. 4 side of pillars are located in parallel sentences. Door step built three step staircase, have large to rest step , both sides wait seat.

Chuc Thanh pagoda

Attached to three door temple gate on the left is the north entrance of the village. To the right is the entrance to the Chuc Thanh temple. Through the Ve Quoc temple entrance Giap Dong of village. Gate system was a group of cultural heritage village unique in Thang Long.

 Duc Thanh temple

Home gate is Duc Thanh Mau Thuy Tinh Princess sanctuary, the daughter of Dong Dinh Vuong, the villagers still called "Dien Mau Thang Long". Outside the village, apart "Dien Mau" aslo the "Giap Dong" temple worship Duc Thanh Em, temple known as the "Ve Quoc" temple.

The village has three temples, two temples located outside the village and a temple built in Giap Bac, worship Duc Thanh Ca, called Duc Thanh temple. Two saints worshiped temple in Giap Bac and Giap Dong because of deserve well of country in the career defeat Tong and Nguyen invader. Besides they deserve well of setup village, water treatment should be Duc Thanh Hoang worshiped in communal house in the village. It was an old communal house located on the beyond of West Lake, then to the Nguyen dynasty moved in the village, located at the center of the village today. Communal house in the village has many worship objects and horizontal lacquer.

All three are natives build temples from the Ly dynasty was 3 certificate in years Vinh Thinh 6 (1711), Canh Hung 22 (1762), Canh Hung 44 (1784). Ve Quoc temple was ranked in 1995. Duc Thanh Temple was ranked in 2005.

Sai pagoda

Village has 2 pagodas, legend will be starting up from the Ly, a stele scored big restoration in Canh Thinh VII (1799.) The pagoda is located in the village of Chuc Thanh, the pagoda establish of West lake known as Tinh Lau or Sai pagoda. This is an ancient monument built on a large campus of 3 hectare, there are many ancient trees that state were ranked classified national in 1995, identified as a pure cultural relic of Buddhism village of Vietnam. 

Many generation lived here

Being a long ancient village, Ho Khau has 5 generation, is still full preserved worship hall, descendants still happy crowded.

Van Phuc silk village - a famous trade village in Hanoi

As the silk weaving village of silk remotely famous is the ancient Nhue river of Ha Dong town.
Silk textile industry from the distant past of Vietnam .From 15 centuries, silk Vietnam leg of the merchant vessel to go to the visitors in nearly four remote communities. Silk textile industry in Vietnam is in many places, but can not say no to Van Phuc - an area the silk weaving craft long and celebrated in Vietnam.
“You come to Van Phuc with me
Silk clothing you wear elegant.”
Go to Van Phuc today, the first new village we hear all the silk and textile encountered an exciting atmosphere, the load of shops introduced Van Phuc village is set immediately with the first village colorful small cymbals . Van Phuc silk durable beautiful, to put on body that will find soft and gentle. The characteristic features and unique way is because sometimes the hand dexterity, the training, the people of Van Phuc.
Legend, Ms. La Thi Nga, a village girl, from Cao Bien made governor for my country. She has brought to the job with a textile raw product is silk russet, common. Later, she was a Royal citadel village. Go since the retina (16 centuries) Van Phuc textile trade is improving, developing strong and got a lot of unique, high quality as brocade, silk, gauze, ... with many lively, fine.

Until a host of Zac-ca, for the textile, silk, flowers are not easy, requiring people to Van Phuc research, explore, experiment more.

Who painted beautiful flowers, flower smart business, the textile goods to the same beautiful flowers real customers very popular, not weaving in time to sell. With flowers on the set, drawing any flower, what's, what word artists are Van Phuc do.

Before, until a server that Zac-camachine , Van Phuc artists phases flowers and flowers are the training and refinement. Currently, computer Zac-ca is only set of flowers with perforation-tone metal hook to pull up the flowers go, is still the principle set by the flowers of my money from hundreds of years, not only is someone pulling flowers same.
To create products Silk excellent, the Van Phuc operator has a process engineering complex includes many stages as I sew, sew a thread, sew textiles, dyeing stages. Each stage must be conducted in accordance with the regulations are quite stringent

Today, Van Phuc silk through generations, the artisans and textile workers have been constantly improved, advanced production techniques. By that, Van Phuc silk project in any category also reached the smooth, with soft colors that he, on the fine lines in the sunk, has elegant type, has brilliantly.

Over the generations, Van Phuc silk always kept the art of tradition. State, always decorated with matching, decorative street features plain, but always complex and anti-free mineral, final. Therefore, Van Phuc silk is not only popular in countries that have beyond the territory of Vietnam to the hands of the four trendy.