Vietnamese Traditional Silk lanterns- Hoi an silk lanterns-Vietnamese Artwork-Oriental lanterns

Old bamboo is soaked ten-day in salt water against wormhole and moth, then dried and sharped as the size of lantern. Cloth must be silken or nylon and must be tough enough for stretching. It sounds simple but The lantern making process requires the good skills and a lot of patience.

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Vietnamese Traditional Silk lanterns- Hoi an silk lanterns-Vietnamese Artwork-Oriental lanterns - Silk lanterns
These lanterns are hand made in Hoi An, central of Vietnam. The material is 100% natural vietnamese silk (natural silk made from silk worms which is very famous in Asia) The silk has beautiful colors and meaningful patterns. The frames are made by bamboo. Everything is hand made using bamboo, silk, and wood. Please click on the picture to see the beauty of vietnamese silk.
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	Beautiful Red Lantern	The round pattern on the red silk means "Longevity" This red lantern can be a beautiful and good luck gift.
	Green Lantern	The beautiful square pattern on the silk has the meaning: Double Hapiness (geting marriage and having children) This can be a meaningful wedding gift.
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	Orange Lantern	The round pattern on the silk means "Longevity" This red lantern with an interesting shape can be a beautiful and good luck gift.
	Prosperity Lantern	This beautiful lantern is made out of 100% vietnamese natural silk. The color and the pattern of this lantern has a meaning: Prosperity and longevity. This lantern is a beautiful and meaningful gift f
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	Red Lantern	The round pattern on the red silk means "Longevity" This red lantern with an interesting shape can be a beautiful and good luck gift.
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	Umbrella lantern

The home of these lanterns is Hoi An, south of Vietnam (just 28 km to the Southeast of Danang City.) Hoi An is the world cultural heritage, was one of the major trading centers, a prosperous commercial port town of Southeast Asia in the 16-17th century. Merchant boats from Arabian countries and China came to Hoi An to trade. Hoi An has long been a cultural crossroads where Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Indian traders set up their emporiums or established their own quarters for permanent habitation. Today, this enchanting town is a living museum dedicated to the past. Hoi An's old-fashioned charm is always visible, on the 15th of every lunar month modernity takes another step back. On these evenings the town turns off its street lamps and fluorescent lights, leaving the Old Quarter bathed in the warm glow of color silk, glass and paper lanterns. Lanterns are hanging on the altar of each Hoi An family. They have the beautiful Chinese word that is the name of each clan. Lanterns are light up in every corner of the town when there are the traditional opera performances, poem readings and chess competitions during monthly full moon Festivals. In ancient times, Vietnamese people made lamps out of shallow bowls filled with oil. Later, foreign traders introduced lanterns, ranging from round and hexagonal designs from China to diamond and star shaped ones from Japan. Hoi An lantern is various size and shape, from normal lantern to dragon lantern or fish lantern with full of color. Hoi An people are very proud of their lanterns. It is very simple and easy to do only with hard work. They have to use the old bamboo soaking ten-day in salt water against wormhole and moth, then drying it and sharpening it as the size of lantern. Cloth must be silken or nylon and must be tough enough for stretching. The lantern making process requires the good skills and a lot of patience. To be done a couple of lantern requires 4-work days and 3 decorative works. These lanterns can create the atmosphere of the ancient town in your home.


Vietnamese Lacquer Paintings		Lacquer is a famous ancient trade of the Vietnamese. It takes a lot of works to make a lacquer painting. Please see the description below for the lacquer making process.
Vietnamese Embroidery Paintings		These embroidery paintings are bought directly from the artists in the rural villages of northern Vietnam where they are made. Each piece takes a great deal of time to complete. Our large embroidery paintings for example may take over one month for a single artist to finish. We hand pick only the most beautiful silk embroidery artwork having the highest thread count, the most exquisite colors and meeting strict quality standards.
Flower Embroidery Paintings		These beautiful flower paintings are hand embroidered on the black fabric. Many fine tiny threads to form the flowers with the natural beauty and stunning colors.
Vietnamese Ceramic Tile Paintings		They are handpainted on ceramic material. After painting, the pictures were put into the kiln and were burned with high temperature. This process makes the color last forever. All ceramic paintings come with a beautiful handmade wooden frame which easily mounts on the wall.
Water Color Paintings		These beautiful watercolor paintings are created by Thuy Quyen an up and coming artist in southern Vietnam. She has signed each painting and each is mounted on a thin white matt. The dimensions listed are for the painting itself.
Vietnamese Silk Paintings		Silk painting art is famous in Asia. In Vietnam, the painting is made on the silk canvas. The delicate white color found in the sky, water or human portraits, is the color of silk. Colors and silk background give the paintings such an harmony with the nature.
Water Puppets		They are made out of wood and lacquer in Vietnam. Each big puppet is a beautiful wood scuplture and painting work. They all have the signature of the artist. See more and learn about the Vietnamese Water Puppets Art.
Lacquerware
Special Items		This category is for special items which have never been in America. These items have special vietnamese cultural aspects. They represent the vietnamese cultural life from a very common thing like playing card, transport vehicles to the original artwork. They are the vivid images of Vietnam and vietnamese life.
Vietnamese Traditional Masks		They are made by vietnamese traditional material: bamboo, coconut, and lacquer. They are different figures and have different emotions. The masks are painted by the make-up styles of vietnamese traditional theatre. Each one expresses an emotion of one character. Each one is unique and we only have one of each item. Great for collectors!!!
Silk Scarves and Fans		They are beautiful scarves imported from China and Hongkong. We have a variety of designs and colors which are fitted to your outfits for four seasons. They are extremly soft to touch your skin and very elegant.
Vietnamese Traditional Silk Lanterns		Old bamboo is soaked ten-day in salt water against wormhole and moth, then dried and sharped as the size of lantern. Cloth must be silken or nylon and must be tough enough for stretching. It sounds simple but The lantern making process requires the good skills and a lot of patience.
Dong Ho Paintings		The background of the paintings is hand made from the bark of a tree called Dzo. The bark of Dzo is stored in the water for months, then grounded grounded and mixed with sea shell. See more...
Vietnamese Bamboo Paintings		These paintings are made by bamboo, a typical vietnamese material. The Ensemble Bamboo Paintings are made of many pieces of bamboo on the natural bamboo fine sticks background, while the Smoked Bamboo Paintings are made by using knife scraping on the backrounds.
Vietnamese Traditional Musical Instruments		They are the musical instruments for some vietnamese traditional music. some of them are the belong to the vietnamese ecthic minority groups. They are original folk music instrument.
Stone and Wooden Boxes
Hand Carved Stone Statues
Ceramics		Tea pots and plates hand made in Vietnam.
Vietnamese Porcelain Dolls		These dolls They are wearing the traditional vietnamese outfits. They are all hand made in Vietnam, and really cute!!!
Authenthic Vietnamese Puppets		These puppets are all hand made of fabric. Especially their figures and their clothes are exquisite. It is a great educational and entertained art for children. Puppets are also the great toys for aldults.