These days, the craftsmen and artisans in many Northern villages rush to perfect the wooden buffalos and clay buffaloes to move to Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces across the country to serve the people to welcome Tet. .
Wooden buffalo in Dinh Quan village has followed traders nationwide since November of lunar calendar – Photo: HA QUAN
Wooden buffalo enter the South to ‘welcome Tet’
Near the full moon day of December, the villagers of Dinh Quan handicraft village, Tien Phong commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi are busy perfecting the last wooden buffaloes in time for the shipment on the way to the South to ‘welcome Tet’.
Ms. Tran Thi Thuong (Tien Phong commune, Thuong Tin district), who has been working in wood for 20 years, said that from the 10th lunar month, her family’s factory has accepted to make buffalo samples to market on the occasion of Tet. Dan Tan Suu.
The medium-sized buffalo costs 600,000 VND, the extra uncle reads a book or rides the buffalo, the extra 100,000 VND. Particularly, buffalos carrying mice have an export price of 800,000 VND / head.
People in Dinh Quan handicraft village are busy producing wooden buffaloes for Tet – Video: DUONG LIEM
Dinh Quan wooden buffalo is mainly made from stone-flavored wood imported from South Africa due to its strong grain, aroma, and curling wood grain.
“My husband and I chiseled and carved from the beginning of the Tet season to make more than 300 wooden buffaloes with many designs such as buffalo models, buffalo carrying mice, the little uncle reading books on buffalo’s back … but only partially exported.
Every year, the export is mainly to the Chinese market, but this year it has decreased due to epidemics, so the orders have been moved to Ho Chi Minh City (accounting for over 50%) and the central provinces, “Thuong shared.
Land buffalo waiting for the day to go to the street
In Dong Khe village, Song Khe commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province, artist Phung Dinh Giap (69 years old) passionately completes the last clay buffaloes before moving to the old town Spring Festival 2021. takes place on January 30.00:01:55
Artist Phung Dinh Giap said that he chose to be a buffalo because he has both the symbolic zodiac sign of the year of Tan Suu and features a rustic and traditional village.
In order to get the vivid clay buffalo, from the full moon in August, he had to take advantage of digging clay lying 2-3m deep in the pond in dry season. After that, he dried it, then crushed it into a mortar to make a light gray clay.
Ban paper is soaked for 1 week and then mixed with soil. He pounded 2 things evenly so that he could hold the soil in his hand without sticking to ensure the quality. Done, he will shape the buffalo and then sunbathe for 5-7 days. The last step is to polish and trim the buffalo to have a soul.
“The price of buffalo land depends on the size, shaping work and creativity of the creator is not fixed. My son is a buffalo land buffalo, the small one is 300,000 VND, the big one is 600,000 VND. the boy plays the flute, the price must be 20% more expensive, “he said.
Giap craftsman also said that people who want to experience, buy small-sized animals that can participate in the Tet fair for only 20,000-50,000 VND / goose.
Ms. Tran Thi Thuong meticulously crafted a buffalo with an uncle lying on top – Photo: HQ
Through the hands of a skilled worker, the wooden buffalos look very soulful – Photo: HQ
Every little detail of the buffalo is chiseled by the skillful craftsman. – Photo: HQ
Beautiful wood grain is one of the criteria for customers to choose to buy wooden buffalo in Dinh Quan village – Photo: HQ
The wooden buffalo with the little uncle reading a book is one of the favorite models of customers – Photo: HQ
The buffalos of all sizes, shaping Mr. Giap skillfully molded, dried, polished … completely manually – Photo: HQ
The buffaloes carry baskets with unique stylized brocade patterns – Photo: HQ
In addition to the land buffalo and soil, Giap artisan also accepted to order a unique earth statue like an elephant carrying a lotus for several million VND – Photo: HQ
Artist Phung Dinh Giap and the work “The mouse sauces rice” next to the herd of buffaloes that are “dried” waiting for the sale – Photo: HQ
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