Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, attracts tourists through its long history, outstanding cultural traits, bustling streets, ancient villages, and exciting experiences. Undergoing thousands of years of history, Hanoi is home to many craft villages. Let’s explore the top 07 traditional craft villages in Hanoi with Handspan Travel Indochina!

Through this blog post, you will find detailed information about these villages below.

Bat Trang Pottery Making Village

• Address: Bat Trang Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi

Bat Trang ceramic museum

Bat Trang Pottery Making Village is one of the famous traditional craft villages in Hanoi. It is about 15 kilometers from the city center of Hanoi. The village specializes in producing all kinds of ceramics, with diverse designs. Visiting the village, besides admiring beautiful intricate ceramic items, you can also enjoy many exciting experiences. Let’s see things you can do in the Bat Trang Pottery Making Village with us!

Learning about the unique architecture in Bat Trang ancient village

Bat Trang ancient village possesses many unique architecture with remaining ancient features that attract many tourists to visit. Coming to the ancient village, you may want to drop in the Van Van ancient house. This house has existed for more than 200 years. It is an architectural masterpiece with impressive ceramic motifs, vases, blue enamel kettles, ceramic stamping molds, etc. This ancient house is an ideal place to admire the collection of more than 400 precious ancient ceramics. Besides, Bat Trang Pagoda is also worth visiting. The pagoda is the place to worship the village tutelary god and hold exciting festivals. 

Bat Trang Pagoda

Visiting the Bat Trang Ceramic Market

If you want to buy lovely ceramic items as gifts, you can visit the Bat Trang ceramic market. This 6,000-square-meter market sells a wide variety of ceramic products. You can own an item from Bat Trang Pottery Market at a price that fits your budget. Besides, there is a small yard for visitors to observe and record the skillful ceramic-making process of famous artisans. 

Bat Trang Ceramic Market

Experiencing making your own ceramic product

Visiting Bat Trang Pottery Making Village, one of the famous traditional craft villages in Hanoi, many visitors are interested in the experience of hand-molding products made from ceramic and enamel. Local artisans will guide you on how to use clay and operate the wheel. Once completed, you can take your product home. This is undoubtedly a meaningful experience for your trip to Hanoi, so don’t miss it. 

Learning to make a ceramic product in Bat Trang

Quang Phu Cau Incense Village

• Address: Quang Phu Cau Commune, Ung Hoa District, Hanoi

Quang Phu Cau Incense Village

Quang Phu Cau Incense Village is among the long-standing traditional craft villages in Hanoi.  It is about 35 kilometers from Hanoi’s city center. Undergoing more than 100 years, the craft village still preserves the typical ancient beauty of rural villages in the Northern region. The village is the main supplier of incense sticks, serving the spiritual needs of the Hanoi people. Coming here, you will be fascinated by the image of bright red incense sticks covering all the big streets and small alleys. The incense sticks are neatly arranged into bundles and spread out, adorning the peaceful and quiet village scene. Let’s explore some experiences in the village with us.

Learning about the incense production process

Visiting the Quang Phu Cau Incense Village, don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet with local artisans to learn how they make incense products. The process of producing incense is a quintessential art, from processing raw materials to incense drying, and packaging, each step is done meticulously and skillfully. Depending on the type of incense, the craftsman will choose the appropriate ingredients. The ingredients for incense are usually made from agarwood, pine, rosewood, etc. 

Quang Phu Cau Incense Village's workers

Strolling around the village and enjoying the atmosphere of the Northern countryside

Strolling around the village, you will encounter a busy pace of life with the incense-making work of the local people. Here, people take advantage of their yards, communal yards, and empty lots to dry incense, creating an extremely impressive scene. Thanks to the scene, Quang Phu Cau Incense Village has attracted many photographers coming to take photos. 

Quang Phu Cau Incense Village

Let’s visit the visit and learn about the unique incense craft here!

Van Phuc Silk Village

• Address: Van Phuc Commune, Ha Dong District, Hanoi

Van Phuc Silk Village

Van Phuc Silk Village, about 10 kilometers from Hanoi’s city center, is also one of the amazing traditional craft villages in Hanoi that you should not miss. Recognized as the oldest silk-weaving village, Van Phuc Silk Village has a unique cultural and artistic heritage with more than 1,000 years of history. The village is a place where ancient and modern traditions intersect. Not only does it have bright and beautiful silk, but this place also has many other interesting things. Let’s explore the village with us!

Van Phuc Silk Village Gate is rich in tradition

As soon as you set foot in Van Phuc Silk Village, you will certainly be overwhelmed by the unique and impressive design of the gate. The entrance gate to the Silk Village is built entirely of red bricks, bearing a strong traditional mark. The image of the gate contains the meaning of showing the majesty and steadfastness of the entire village, ready to overcome all difficulties to maintain and develop the craft village to become stronger.

Van Phuc Silk Village's gate

The colorful umbrella road

Before reaching the area inside the silk village, you will see the beautiful array of colors created by thousands of lovely small umbrellas hanging above your head, covering the entire 100-meter-long road. This road is a popular place to take photos when tourists come to the Van Phuc Silk Village.

Umbrella road in Van Phuc Silk Village

Authentic Van Phuc silk stalls

Coming to the Van Phuc Silk Village, you will see many stalls selling various types of silk products. The village is famous for its unique and exquisite silk products from clothes and silk scarves to traditional silk fabrics and special fabrics such as silk, brocade, fabric, and many other types of silk. These products are often decorated with animal, plant, object, and graphic patterns.

Van Phuc Silk Village's products

With its ancient beauty and outstanding craft, Van Phuc Silk Village is indeed among the must-visit traditional craft villages in Hanoi. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to come here.

 Chuong Conical Hat Village

• Address: Lang Chuong Street, Phuong Trung, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi

Chuong conical hat village

Chuong Conical Hat Village is also one of the traditional craft villages in Hanoi that you may want to drop by. Together with the development of the city, this village is also developing. Not only is it a leading cradle in the production and distribution of conical hats, but it has also become an attractive address for those who would like to learn about the local culture here. Below are exciting experiences in the Chuong Conical Hat Village.

Admiring the process to make a Vietnamese traditional conical hat

Visiting the village, you will have a chance to admire the extremely elaborate hat-making process. They include from choosing the materials to the final step of decorating the hat beautifully, all done by hand. The main material to make a conical hat is fresh palm leaves imported from some provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri District of Vietnam, and the thread and hat frame woven from bamboo slats available locally. 

Learning to make a conical hat

One of the processes in making a conical hat

Joining the traditional festival in the village

If you have the chance to visit the Chuong Village in the third lunar month, you can join the village’s largest festival. This celebration lasts from March 9 to 11. Traditionally, the local people will receive Communion around the village. 

Dropping in the Chuong Market

Chuong village market is open every day, especially the hat market has six sessions a month, on the 4th, 10th, 14th, 20th, 24th, and 30th of the lunar calendar. The market mainly sells hats and some hat-making materials. If you want to immerse yourself in the crowded atmosphere of the market and learn about exciting trading activities, you should come here early, as the market is often crowded from 6 a.m. until 8.30 a.m. 

Thach Xa Bamboo Dragonfly-making Village

• Address: Thach Xa Village, Thach That District, Hanoi 

Thach Xa Village, about 35 kilometers from Hanoi’s city center, famous for its dragonfly-making craft, is also among the amazing traditional craft villages in Hanoi. After more than 20 years of development, the village has always been an outstanding spot attracting both adults and children. The unique beauty of bamboo dragonflies in Thach Xa village lies hidden behind the skillful hands of folk artists. From green bamboo trees carefully selected from forests in Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, and Vinh Phuc, artisans here have created exquisite bamboo dragonflies. The process of making these dragonflies requires the meticulousness and talent of artisans of all ages, the elderly choose bamboo and the young decorate and paint. 

Learning to make the bamboo dragonfly in the Thach Xa Bamboo Dragonfly-making village

Learning to make the bamboo dragonfly in the Thach Xa Bamboo Dragonfly-making village

Coming to Thach Xa Village, you will have the opportunity to admire and even participate in decorating bamboo dragonflies. Besides the practical experience, you can choose to buy your favorite bamboo dragonflies to bring home, which are compact and meaningful gifts. Let’s visit the village and have your own experience!

Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village

• Address: Duyen Thai Commune, Thuong Tin District, Hanoi

Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village, about 30 kilometers from Hanoi’s city center, is also among the amazing traditional handicraft villages in Hanoi. Over hundreds of years, lacquer artisans have constantly researched and innovated to create fine art products that meet the needs of domestic and foreign consumers. Simultaneously, they preserve and promote the traditional craft values left by their ancestors.

Visiting the Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village

Lacquer products here reflect the meticulous labor process, containing the talent of the craftsmen and exuding the splendor and iridescent beauty of the motifs imbued with delicate, elegant art. To create a product, the craftsman must do it completely by hand, with many meticulous steps taking a lot of time. Through the skillful hands of talented craftsmen, the natural beauty of Vietnam is recreated vividly and attractively while still retaining the charm and charm of the Vietnamese countryside. When visiting Ha Thai Village, you will find various lacquer products from decor items like vases, boxes, lamps, etc., to lacquer paintings, and trays. 

Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village

Wanna make your own lacquerware products? Let’s come to Ha Thai Lacquer Craft Village and experience it!

Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village

• Address: Phu Nghia Commune, Chuong My District, Hanoi

Among the traditional craft villages in Hanoi, Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village is also worth visiting. This 400-year-old village is famous for traditional bamboo and rattan weaving. Thanks to the skillful hands of artisans, bamboo and rattan products are created extremely meticulously, with sophisticated and beautiful woven patterns. To get such a product, the craftsman must understand the raw materials and be careful from the stage of choosing, purchasing, processing materials, and manufacturing.

Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village

From traditional items serving daily life such as baskets, sieves, etc., Phu Vinh rattan and bamboo products increasingly have more modern designs. They are landscape paintings, portraits, horizontal panels, curtains, lampshades, etc., meeting the needs of the market. Coming to the village, don’t miss out on the opportunity to experience these activities below.

• Visiting the display area of bamboo and rattan products
• Admiring the production process in Phu Vinh rattan and bamboo village
• Talking with bamboo and rattan artisans
• Sightseeing in rural areas of Vietnam

Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village is a spot with long-standing traditional historical and cultural significance appealing to tourists. If you travel to Hanoi, don’t miss out on the opportunity to visit the village.

Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village

In conclusion, you have just learned about the top 07 worth visiting traditional craft villages in Hanoi. Hope that these pieces of information will be helpful for you. Supposing you want to book a Hanoi tour package or tailor your Hanoi itinerary, please do not hesitate to contact us.