Flower village Thanh Tien – Essence Hue

People here also handed fishing knives “red green blue red yellow / December Just to make flower village”. Over centuries, the village of Thanh Tien paper flowers bring spiritual beauty on the altar every family origin Menstruation.

Flower village Thanh Tien Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province, about 7km from Hue city, on the south side of the Perfume River downstream. Here, flowers blooming in a field that is not from the deft hands, the flowers of gentle farmer. Anyone can become artists, but each year they only artisan in December only. The flowers are so fresh they make throughout the year, covering all four spring summer, autumn and winter.

According to the recorded material: village Thanh Tien paper flowers born nearly 400 years of the Nguyen lords. After King Gia Long collected a termite Jiangshan, Upper week’s ceremony, the king issued a decree proposal each town brought the city a precious flower. In court with an official who was working in the village of Thanh Tien Ta Huu Dong Nghi civil ceremony, the king offered a five-color flowers with meaningful Tam Gang – Wuchang: “The three flowers in the middle symbolizes the Middle – Grateful. Which always have a yellow or red flowers are doing the most to intelligent beings symbolizing Force, while 5 flower symbolizes’s sides – Ceremony – That – Tri – Tin “.

At the hearing sense, the king issued a decree encouraging village Thanh Tien paper flowers to display means, sell up capital and popular profession for everyone. Paper flowers tied to worship of Hue, before the divine offerings, ancestors, followed by decorating their homes. The flowers colorful paper rural location no longer “flavor protection” Thanh Tien village anymore but pervades the town, village Hue in each spring.

For flowers, the workers must prepare the stage from Hue months before the rainy season. They select the best bamboo in villages bring small chop, thin and dried sharpeners do stem. In addition to flowers: orchids, lily, rose, chrysanthemum, gemstones, micro wall … which only serves the needs of worship, ritual and only made during Tet, Thanh Tien village also add lotus flowers.

Every year at Nam Giao festival, the imperial court set Thanh Tien villagers make thousands of white lotus flowers and pink to decorate on the esplanade of the festival day. But for reasons not clear what the technical work of the village paper lotus been lost for 50 years. Fortunately, some of the village children chemistry and artisan Nguyen Van Huy Body painter looking again, recover secret lotus flowers. Through the success of the Festival period, the lotus has overcome so peaceful village to new horizons, became famous exports of the former capital.

Each occasion cozy glass, whether bought lots of fresh flowers but people did not forget to buy some Hue flower village Thanh Tien paper to offer to the gods, ancestors, am Temple … The brilliant colors that not only do simple more beautiful for spiritual overtones, even more unique bowl of Hue culture. Today, tourists to Hue in the traditional village festival city by organizing 2 years. In particular, the village of Thanh Tien paper flowers is an attractive tourism destination for visitors to learn the cultural life of a peaceful old village