Đông Hồ

Đông Hồ is a village in the Song Hồ commune (làng Đông Hồ, xã Song Hồ), in Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province. It is one of several well known "craft villages" in Vietnam. The other most notable ones are Non Nước marble village (làng đá Non Nước) and Cam Ne mat village (Làng chiếu Cẩm Nê) in Da Nang, the Bát Tràng pottery village and Vạn Phúc silk village (also called làng lụa Hà Đông) near Hanoi, and the Phước Kiều bronze casting village (Làng đúc đồng Phước Kiều) in Quảng Nam Province.^[1][2]

The village gives its name to:

• Đông Hồ painting, Vietnamese painting style, from this village.

References

1. The values and diversity of Asian folklore in the global integration Asia Folklore Association - 2006 "This is the time that many craft villages officially coming to an end (Huong Canh, Tho Ha, Quay and Cay) and many others are at the point of death (Dong Ho, Phu Lang, Que Quyen, La Khe, Ha Cau and Phu Khe). In this trouble time, some dynamic craft villages such as Dong Ky, Van Phuc, Bat Trang, Ha Thai, Dong Xam have overcome difficulties. But this spontaneous development is uncontrolled, ..."
2. Market cultures: society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms Robert W. Hefner - 1998 "Well known among such villages were Bat Trang in Bac Ninh Province for pottery production (see Luong 1992), .. and Dong Ho in Bac Ninh Province for traditional ink-block prints."