Unique silk embroidery pictures at Yen Tu pilgrimage village

Silk picture is a beautiful artwork which is skillfully and meticulously made by antique silk embroidery artisans at Yen Tu pilgrimage village.

Silk embroidery artisans at Yen Tu pilgrimage village

Silk painting bears the soul of the nation because silk weaving is one of the oldest and traditional professions in Vietnam with many famous silk villages such as Van Phuc ( Ha Dong, Hanoi), Nha Xa ( Ha Nam), Ma Chau (Quang Nam), Bao Loc (Lam Dong) and Tan Chau (An Giang).

Silk house at Yen Tu pilgrimage village

In terms of content and patterns, silk embroidery painting is quite similar to traditional ones. Thanks to that unique feature, silk embroidery painting has become one of the extremely valuable traditional products with outstanding durability up to decades of use.

Silk embroidery artisan To Thi Van Anh is making a silk embroidery picture

Mrs To Thi Van Anh – silk embroidery artisan at Yen Tu pilgrimage village said that these pictures were embroidered on specialized silk with different colors, however the most popular colors were black and white. The white background is often used for brilliant embroidered pictures like landscape and animal pictures.

Silk embroidery pictures for sale

Hand embroidery silk pictures requires a variety of colorful threads from large to small, from coarse to glossy thread, from dark to light color. Therefore, the silk embroidery artisans must have aesthetic eyes and valuable experience in color mixing to get perfect threads.

Silk embroidery art creates an awesome cultural experience for visitors

Bringing silk embroidery art to Yen Tu pilgrimage village not only creates a unique cultural product but also contributes to preserving and promoting traditional crafts and folk art products, thereby creating an awesome cultural experience for visitors when taking a pilgrimage to the sacred place.

Translated by Thu Giang