| Description |
Lacquer painting in Tương Bình Hiệp was brought to this land by the people from the North and Central regions around the end of the 17th century.
Wood is the base material for lacquer. The product is made through 2 stages of painting and polishing by hand. There are many types of lacquer such as lacquer painting, sunken painting, thin painting, hollowed out, embossed, and the most prominent is eggshell inlaid lacquer... A qualified lacquer painting must go through 25 stages that require meticulousness and elaboration. Depending on the type of product, the core will be made of different materials, such as wood used to make tables, chairs, cabinets, vases; plywood used to make paintings, boxes; ceramic used to make vases, statues; fabric or paper used as the core for products with light, thin designs such as bowls, plates, vases.
The images drawn on the paintings are images close to the real life of the people such as landscape paintings, banyan trees, wells, communal houses, countryside, historical stories. All have created products with their own unique style. |
