In Xuan La village, you will have the unique chance to see a traditional craft to make chicken’s toys which existed more than two hundred years until now. This village is located in Phuong Duc commune, Phu Xuyen District, Ha Noi. Generation by generation, it’s been handed and remained until today, it is known as not only the earning ways of farmers when is in off-harvest-season, it’s also a cultural identity of Vietnam handicraft-villagers.
Children’s toys are made just from the rudimentary material which is rich in the rural such as rice-powder colored in red, yellow, black, brown by using tools like a few colored inks, a comb for decoration, a knife, beeswax and some small bamboo sticks, etc. By using the skillful hands and excellent experience, just in a few minutes, children’s most favorite toys both funny such as Quan Cong (Chinese legendary general), Ton Ngo Khong (a chieftain monkey), roses or even 12 zodiac animals were completed. Sometimes, the artists will make toys on given models of the customers. So, besides the good in making toys, the artisans also have some good manners like patients, creation, well-read skill to meet customers’ demands to make the toy which keep the traditional values and also suit the require of customer. Read more Vietnamese traditional toy: To He.
