Craft Villages & Festivals
17/06/2016 22:05
The Nam O Fish Sauce Village was established in the early 20th century. Nam O is a small fishing village at the mouth of the Cu De river, at the foot of the Hai Van Pass, and is in Hoa Hiep Ward, Lien Chieu District.
Nam O fish sauce is a speciality of Da Nang. It is well-known...
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17/06/2016 21:49
An Hai Village, formerly called Phuoc Vang Commune, used to be part of Phuoc Chau, Hoa Vinh District (now Hoa Vang District). It was renamed as An Hai Commune, An Luu, Dien Phuoc District, in King Nguyen Phuc Chu’s reign (1691 - 1725).
This area, on the eastern side of the Han River, was chosen by...
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17/06/2016 21:45
Hoa My, which appears on a map of Viet Nam dated 1825 (the fifth year of King Minh Mang’s reign), now belongs to Hoa My Group, Hoa Minh Ward, Lien Chieu District. A festival is held annually on the 12th day of the first lunar month to remind the young people of the tradition “uong nuoc nho nguon”...
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17/06/2016 21:41
Perhaps no one visits the Marble Mountains without also visiting the Non Nuoc Stone Sculpture Village, where the nationally and internationally famous marble handicrafts are produced.
Non Nuoc stone carving is said to have a nearly two-hundred-year history. The village was...
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17/06/2016 21:40
Tuy Loan is an ancient village in Hoa Phong Commune, Hoa Vang District, about 15km to the west of Da Nang. This village is famous for sesame “banh trang” (rice paper/rice cracker) and mi quang (quang noodles).
The village residents usually put “banh trang” on altars on death anniversaries...
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