Follow female photographer Ngoc Diem to admire the beautiful moments in the working life rhythm of traditional craft villages.
The set of photos taken by photographer Cao Thi Ngoc Diem (HCMC). She often travels around the region to take pictures to capture colorful moments of life, especially in the craft villages, because it captures the human values and culture of the Vietnamese people.
The fishing village in Nghe An
In the photo is the fishing profession in the coastal district of Quynh Luu, Nghe An. There are about 50 households in this district who are engaged in fish baking. Fresh mackerel, cheeks, and extracts are bought, cleaned and arranged in rows on the grills before charcoal oven. Each batch of fish is grilled for 10 - 15 minutes. Each day grilled 1 - 3 quintals of fish, bringing in an income of nearly 200,000 VND per person.
sugar, a famous specialty in Nghia Dang commune, Quang Ngai city. This type of crystallized sugar, like quartz bars.
Alum sugar craft village in Quang Ngai city
In the picture is the preparation of knitting baskets placed in jars, where sugar water clings to the threads to precipitate. After the sugar has completely solidified, the worker pours the sugar out, crushes each block and then dries it, selects the crystalline alum, which is bagged for consumption.
Phu Gia horse hat trade village has an age of over 300 years, located in Cat Tuong commune, Phu Cat district, Binh Dinh. The whole commune has about 320 households with more than 700 workers making hats, mainly according to orders.
Horseshoes in Phu Gia Village in Binh Dinh
Horse cones were an indispensable accessory for court officials. Making a horse hat undergoes many meticulous steps, from creating an enchanting rib, tying ribs to embroidering patterns and staring. Artisans embroider patterns according to the themes of dragon, unicorn, mandarin, phoenix, phoenix painting, apricot, orchid, chrysanthemum, bamboo, poetry, sentence, landscape ...
A peaceful scene on a duck-herd field in Tra O lagoon, Phu My district, Binh Dinh.
A peaceful scene on a duck-herd field in Tra O lagoon, Phu My district, Binh Dinh. Raising ducks to run in the fields, taking eggs is a popular profession in many rural areas of our country, helping many households to save significantly on the cost of buying food, thereby increasing profits.
A romantic and peaceful scene In addition to the famous landscape, visitors can go to the countryside to experience, take photos of An Thai noodle and cake making village in An Nhon town, Binh Dinh.
In addition, Quy Nhon beach town also has a fish-steaming village.
The process of making vermicelli is not too sophisticated, each establishment, each household has its own way. Usually, the vermicelli or cake will dry after 4-5 hours if the sun is nice. Near the new year, the working atmosphere here is also becoming more bustling to meet the market demand.
In addition, Quy Nhon beach town also has a fish-steaming village dating back more than half a century at a fish market located along Ham Tu wharf. Boats carrying fresh fish are bought by the autoclaves, with types such as squid, scoop, rice, melon stripes or tuna.
Sea fish, after being cleaned and preliminary processed, are put in an oven with boiling water on the stove in turn. The steamed water is specially formulated to ensure the rich taste of marine fish. The steaming time of each type is also rationally adjusted so that when the fish is cooked, the meat will be chewy and delicious.
Besides making salt, Ninh Thuan is famous for anchovy village in My Tan, Ninh Hai.
Besides making salt, Ninh Thuan is famous for anchovy village in My Tan, Ninh Hai. This anchovy village is located on the road to Vinh Hy Bay - Binh Tien, about 20 km east of Phan Rang Thap Cham city. Along the two sides of the road, visitors can see the fish blisters that are dried in rows, characteristic of the sea here.
The anchovy season is from April to August every year, after being caught, the fish is soaked in salty water and then dipped in the oven for about 5 minutes before being dried. After 4 - 5 hours of sun drying, the anchovy blisters are picked and removed the trash fish before weighing and packing, and sold to customers.
Coming to Ninh Thuan, visitors can experience salt making in Ninh Hai, visit the salt fields, learn about the production process, harvest, and immerse in the life of salt people.
Coming to Ninh Thuan, visitors can experience salt making in Ninh Hai.
People have to do steps such as leveling fields, building banks, making systems to bring seawater into salt fields. Normally, after getting into the water, getting hot, about 7 days, you can scratch the salt and harvest.
Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan has the areas that focus on making fish sauce for a long time, namely Thanh Hai, Phu Hai, Duc Thang and Ham Tien, thanks to its abundant raw materials, advantages in mineral salt and traditional know-how. The main ingredient for making fish sauce is anchovy, the most delicious is anchovy and black pepper.
In addition to keeping fish sauce in a tent, Phan Thiet fish sauce is also brewed with a luke.
In addition to keeping fish sauce in a tent, Phan Thiet fish sauce is also brewed with a jar. Phan Thiet salt with a high concentration of pure, high salinity helps keep fish from rotting and produces delicious and bold products.
Bustling picture on the field of eagle in harvest season in Vung Liem district, Vinh Long. Instead of growing wild, almond grass is widely grown by farmers, replacing traditional wet rice in Vung Liem.
Bustling picture on the field of eagle in harvest season in Vung Liem district, Vinh Long.
Almond grass is also known as eagle or papyrus, easy to grow, resistant to alum, less laborious care and pests. Grass is planted for nearly half a year until it is above an adult's head to harvest. After cutting the grass, let it grow again and again without planting. A day, people cut about 300 bundles. This grass was created by Westerners and made into handicraft products such as cushions, hats, baskets ...
Mang Thit brick village, Vinh Long, looked high above like miniature towers. The village over 100 years old is the largest producer of red bricks and pottery in the Mekong Delta. There are still about 1,300 brick kilns, stretching over an area of 3,000 hectares, most of which are located along the Thay Cai canal to the section adjacent to Co Chien River, a branch of the Mekong River.
Mang Thit brick village, Vinh Long looking high
In the picture is a picture of rice harvesting by a combine harvester on Co Do field, a western suburb district of Can Tho city. The Red Flag region has many potentialities and advantages in agricultural production development. Combined harvester helps farmers save time and money.
Harvest rice by combine harvester on Co Do field, western suburban district of Can Tho city.
“Developing and preserving craft villages is also an advantage when expanding economic exchanges in domestic and foreign markets, expanding cultural relations with other countries, diversifying tourism products, creating more choices. attractive to visitors. Photography for me is not only an experience but also a loving connection with people and friends who have the same passion in past lands ”, said female photographer Ngoc Diem.
