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Embroiderers of Ninh Hai

Update: 14-02-2012 09:26:30
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Ninh Hai commune in Hoa Lu district, is famous in this country for its embroidery. In fact, it is considered the realm of the latter.

According to legend, King Tran Thai Tong ceded the throne to his son in 1258 to return to the mountain view of Lam to lead a religious life in Ninh Hai commune, Hoa Lu district, and establish a military base for fight against the army Nguyen-Mong. Thus Tran Thi Dung - wife of Tran Thu Do (mandarin Tran dynasty)) - arrived in this locality and transmitted its art of embroidery to the inhabitants of Hai Ninh.
Today, each home has its personal categories of embroidery frames: 2m long frame or small frame hand ... The slender son embroidered by skilled hands become particularly original works of art, flexible as to the reasons outlined by a brush, taking very different forms: curtains, tablecloths, towels, sheets, handkerchiefs, table ...

source: Tourism Promotion Information Center
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