by Nguyen Dieu Vu
THE MAP OF HA TAY
PROVINCE

The history of
tradional silk
weaving
1040s, King Ly Thai
Tong decided to make
court costumes with
local silks
Lê dynasty (1428-1527)
the villages of Vạn
Phúc, La Khê, Ngãi
Cầu and Bùng (Hà Tây
Province), Trích Sài
and Bái Ân (Hà Nội)
and Vân Phương
(Hưng Yên Province) -
the main centres of
high-quality silk
production in the
north.
The history of
traditional silk
weaving
A Le document from 1720
stated that:
“Princes must use bronze
color Chinese silk gauze
in spring and summer

missed.

Bang looks like
cobweb.
The naonal culture – many kinds of
silk
VAN PHUC VILLAGE
VAN means
cloud in
Chinese,
because van
billows like
a cloud.
GAM
-embroidered
silk. It looks
similar to lua
van but much
thicker
Van Phuc silk was exhibited in Macxay in 1928, Paris 1931 and 1938, and
Giacavta in 1931 and 1941. A museum in Ha Dong shows silk and looms and
styles throughout the history of Van Phuc village.
PAINTING ON SILK

The bamboo scroll silk
paintings

Special Silk Paintings
Eg: Red Dao ethnic minority girl 1980 - silk painting of
Linh chi