Explore traditional craft villages in Hoi An

Exploring traditional craft villages in Hoi An is an experience you should definitely try once in your life. Let’s take notes of 6 traditional craft villages in this heritage region and their beautiful souvenirs when you visit here!

Hoi An tourism not only has an old quarter and hundreds of years old houses, but has also some traditional craft villages. This is where unique handicrafts and fine arts products are created. These craft villages are associated with the development of the ancient Hoi An trading port.

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1. Long-standing craft villages in Hoi An should be visited

Craft villages in Hoi An are one of the tourist destinations in Hoi An that are extremely loved by many travel enthusiasts. Below is an introduction to traditional craft villages with lots of experiences for you!

1.1. Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An

Address: Pham Phan Street, Thanh Ha Ward, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province
Opening hours for reference: 8 am - 5:30 pm

Making a product at Thanh Ha pottery village

Thanh Ha Pottery Village is an ancient Hoi An craft village that has existed for more than 500 years. Thanh Ha Ceramic Village has a completely handmade production process. Thanh Ha is located on the poetic Thu Bon River and has the rustic, peaceful beauty of a Vietnamese village.
Visiting Thanh Ha pottery village, you will see with your own eyes the skilful ceramic sharpening techniques of talented artisans. This is also an opportunity for you to create your own ceramic work. Besides, in Thanh Ha, there is also a terracotta park known as the "miniature world of Vietnamese ceramics" with an area of nearly 6,000 square metres. It’ll be an interesting place for you to enjoy.

1.2. Hoi An Silk Village

Address: No. 28 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, Cam Pho Ward, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province
Opening hours for reference: 8 am - 9 pm

Drying silk at a silk village in Hoi An

Hoi An Silk Village is one of the traditional craft villages in Quang Nam. This place displays, preserves and recreates the traditional craft of silk reeling and weaving. Visiting the silk village, you will learn about the origins of the "maritime silk road" in the 17th century.
This Hoi An craft village owns a collection of 100 charming Ao Dai and unique traditional costumes of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. There is also an ancient mulberry tree from the Champa period that is more than 10 metres tall and has extremely strange bird's-foot-shaped leaves. Also, don't miss the silk product showroom and learn how to distinguish between real and fake Hoi An silk!

1.3. Kim Bong Carpentry Village

Address: Trung Ha Village, Cam Kim Commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province
Opening hours for reference: 8 am - 5 pm daily

The artisans are working at the Kim Bong Carpentry village

Kim Bong is a Quang Nam craft village specializing in carpentry. Kim Bong Carpentry Village has existed for more than 600 years. This Hoi An craft village is famous for boat-building carpentry, civil carpentry, construction carpentry, masonry, painting and mascot carving.
To fully explore the craft village, you can rent a bicycle and cycle around the village. As soon as you step in here, you will hear the familiar sounds of chiselling, knocking, and clanking.

1.4. Tra Que Vegetable Village, Hoi An

Address: Tra Que Village, Cam Ha Commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province
Reference opening hours: All day

Watering at Tra Que vegetable village in Hoi An

Tra Que Vegetable Village is a place that still maintains the ancient method of growing organic vegetables. Tra Que people only grow herbs, such as onions, basil, cilantro, etc. To keep the vegetables green, farmers always fertilize the vegetables with seaweed picked up from the lagoon.
Travelling to Tra Que vegetablefarming village in Hoi An, you will experience a day of being a genuine vegetable farmer with activities, such as tilling the soil, sowing seeds, watering plants and even harvesting. At the craft village, there are also interesting cooking classes to guide you in making Banh Xeo and Quang noodles.

1.5. Ban Thach Mat Village

Address: Duy Vinh Commune, Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province
Reference opening hours: All day

Weaving a mat at Ban Thach mat village

Ban Thach Mat Village has existed for more than 500 years, and is one of the three oldest and most famoustraditional craft villages in Quang Nam. When you come to Hoi An craft village to make this mat, you will experience the vibrant market held at around 4 - 5 a.m.
Visiting Ban Thach is an opportunity for you to discover how to make extremely beautiful sedge mats. The unique feature of Ban Thach mats is that the patterns are created from jute and sedge fibres, not printed patterns like in other places.

1.6. Phuoc Kieu Bronze Casting Village

Address: Dien Phuong Commune, Dien Ban Town, Quang Nam Province
Opening hours: 8 am - 5 pm (Monday - Saturday)

Making a product at Phuoc Kieu bronze casting village

Phuoc Kieu is a village in Hoi An that has existed for more than 400 years with bronze casting. Phuoc Kieu Bronze Casting Village is famous for traditional cultural products, such as gongs, musical instruments, worship items, and Feng Shui items.
Travelling to Hoi An’s Phuoc Kieu craft village, you will admire extremely sophisticated bronze urns and bronze wares. This is also an opportunity for you to meet the talented artisans of the bronze casting village and learn about the process from stuffing clay, moulding, metal mixing, etc.

2. Buy souvenirs once you come to Hoi An craft villages

What to buy when you travel to Hoi An? In addition to Hoi An specialities that make irresistible delicious gifts, you can also consider the following impressive souvenirs!

2.1. Bronze statue of Hoi An Phuoc Kieu craft village

Phuoc Kieu village's Bronze souvenirs in Hoi An

Beautiful little bronze statues are extremely lovely souvenirs for you to buy. Visitors will easily see statues sold along the streets of Hoi An. With only about 130,000 - 150,000 VND, you can immediately own a meaningful gift for your loved ones.

2.2. Carved items from Hoi An Kim Bong craft village

Products of Kim Bong carpentry village - Tourists could buy small ones for souvenirs

The carved items at Kim Bong are delicate, meticulous and very sophisticated. Rustic, unique gifts bear the mark of ancient Hoi An. You can buy fine art items, wooden parallel sentences, reliefs, and decorative statues as gifts.
The carved items have a characteristic shiny brown colour and are carved with many techniques, such as embossing, perforation, and filigree. You only need about 120,000 - 300,000 VND to have a very meaningful gift.

2.3. Silk scarves in Hoi An traditional craft village

Colorful Hoi An silk scarves

A soft silk scarf is an interesting suggestion if you are wondering what to buy as a gift. Hoi An silk is famous for its durability, beauty, lightness, and airiness. The price of a silk scarf in Hoi An is about 150,000 VND. Silk scarves with many designs and colours are exquisite gifts for you to give to your friends and family.

2.4. Souvenir in Thanh Ha pottery village

Souvenir in Thanh Ha pottery village

Small statues will be nice souvenirs when you visit Thanh Ha pottery village. That will be gifts for your friends or simply bring home to decor your home for a amazing memoriable trip to Vietnam.

Hoi An craft villages attract tourists with sophisticated handicrafts, fine art products and ancient, long-standing space. Visiting these villages that have existed for hundreds of years, you will discover the meticulous processes that go into creating beautiful works of art. Don't forget to buy lovely crafts as souvenirs!

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