Fan makers
The fans symbolize the grace and reserved character
of women, and the elegance and strength of men. They are also a means of
showing love between couples and have played an important role in poetry,
songs, plays and Vietnamese daily life for thousands of years.
Furthermore, these decorative products are now
exported to Japan, Great Britain and France. Trang Son Village in Thach
That district, Ha Tay province (30 kilometers from Hanoi to the North West),
specializes in making some of the most famous fans lor nearly one thousand
years. When using Trang Son Village's fans tourists are offered a unique
opportunity to understand Vietnamese people's culture, simple but profound.
The craftsmen of the village moved to Hanoi in the
eighteenth century to form the famous Hang Quat Street (fan makers and sellers)
which sadly is no longer where these fans are made today.
