Stretches on the To Lich River bank, belongs to Dinh Cong Thuong village, Thanh Tri District, Dinh Cong Jewelry Village is famed for jewelry handicraft.
Historically, the great fathers of jewelry handicraft in Dinh Cong village are three brothers of the Tran family. Learned jewelry making, came back to their native village and opened a jewelry shop, taught locals the profession. Then, the skills were handed down generation to generation; the village has been famous for its sophisticated jewelry products.
This traditional craft requires artisans to do all the work painstakingly by hand. For an intricate product, requiring three important techniques including carving, making and polishing. The engraving technique involves carving a picture or motif on jewels, or on gold or silver pieces including necklaces, bracelets and spittoons. In the decoration phrase, artisans spin tempered gold and silver into strings and make various shapes such as flowers, birds or animals from these strings to stick on the jewels, then blend article. Silver or gold articles are brushed with sand and then with a solution of soot and lime and then put on a fire.
Not as colorful as painting, or as natural as pottery, the jewelry making has its own charms, creating pure, intricate and beautiful works.
