Located in Duyen Thai commune, Thuong Tin district, Ha Noi, Ha Thai village is renowned for ware products. The original name of the village was Cu Trang Giang, in 1870 renamed the Dong Thai village and early twentieth century it was officially named Ha Thai village. Its products are the combination of egg shell and mother-of-pearl inlays, made by skillful hands of many talented, skilled and creative craftsmen of the village. Ware products are not only eye-catching but also useful and durable, so they have become famous in many countries all over the world.
According to some documents, in the 1930s, lacquer paintings were firstly created by one Vietnamese painter in the school of Fine Arts of Indochina. He found a unique lacquer technique for creating lacquer panting by using color materials such as eggs shell, snails, and bamboo splint. The traditional materials to make color for the products are almost from black lacquer, yellow, brown lacquer or other types of lipstick, silver steel, gold, steel, pearl shell; thus, lacquer has only three colors: black, red and yellow. However, thanks to exploring creative process of artisans, lacquer products are more impressive with lovely and various colors, but visible many layers. Tourists also are captivated by its charming shapes such as Halong bay, one pillar pagoda, banian tree, river wharf.
Process of making a lacquer product is really complicated with main stages: creating basic shape, decorating, grinding and sprucing up. Each stage requires a professional to do it patiently, meticulously, take a loving care this job. If you visit Hanoi, take a little time to visit Ha Thai trade village to get firsthand look at how the workers here blow soul in this art lacquer. Or you also get products of Ha Thai Lacquer on the furniture of the trade Center construction materials and equipment furnished Melinh Plaza and other stores of Ha Thai village in Hanoi.
