| Description |
Phù Khê village has long been famous for its wood carving: "Hanoi embroiders fans and flags; Phù Khê carved a throne to worship the king. The person who is considered the founder of the craft and is credited with teaching the wood carving profession to the people of Phù Khê is Mr. Nguyễn An. Every year on January 7, craftsmen from craft guilds in the village gather to celebrate the death anniversary of the Craft Patriarch.
Saws, planers, sharpeners, chisels, and various-sized straight chisels are among the instruments used in wood carving.
Wood is a plentiful raw material that is dependent on the needs of the consumer and the product's price.
Roughing, or horizontal working (cutting, sawing, and chiseling); rough touch; and fine touch are the three stages of the production process.
The unique and trademark technique of the craft village is the dragon carving technique. In Phù Khê, there is a saying that partly shows the difficulty of the carving technique: "One wood, two people, three clouds, four animals" (the most difficult is carving trees, the second is carving human figures, the third is carving touching the cloud, the fourth is touching the beast).
Decorative patterns carved according to the motifs of lotus, chrysanthemum, buddha's hand, orchid, and four precious flowers including "pine, chrysanthemum, bamboo, apricot", "dragon, unicorn, turtle, phoenix", "intellectual, farmer, industry and trade", etc. The craft village has two types of products: traditional products (dragons, statues, animals) and fine arts products (tables, cabinets, tables and chairs, incense burners, screens). Famous products of Phù Khê village are statues, horizontal panels, parallel sentences, incense burners, dragon mosaics, dragon pearls, etc. |
