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BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF
VIETNAMESE LACQUER HISTORY, PRODUCTION & CARE
I/The Vietnamese
Lacquer History:
Vietnamese ancestors have used
natural resin extracted from lacquer trees to produce lacquer
products to serve every day life for thousands of years and many
lacquer products have been found in ancient tombs.
However, it did not become an
official economic sector until the Le Nhan Tong Dynasty (1443-
1460), initiated by Mr. Tran Thuong Cong. After he died, a temple
was built in memory of him and for recognition of his great
achievements. This temple still exists now in Binh Trong village,
Thuong Tin District, Ha Tay province nearby Hanoi City. This man
is considered Vietnam’ s father founder of the lacquer industry.
In general, before 1930, lacquer
was just produced in small quantity by individual families and was
used by households and sold to temples and pagodas in Vietnam.
Vietnamese lacquer industry became
known to the outside world and made an echo after Artist Dinh Van
Thanh participated an international trade show in Paris in 1930 in
an attempt to promote the industry.
Between 1954 and 1990, under the
centrally -planed economy, lacquer production was mainly
implemented by Handicraft Co- operatives and just exported to some
Socialist countries like the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria
Hungary, Romania ,etc. However, designs and colours were poor.
After 1990, as Vietnam opened it’s door to the outside world and
implemented the market economy, the industry has been very rapidly
growing in terms of both quality and production scale and
exporting to many diffirent countries across the world. Designs
and colours are now getting increasingly diverse and in general
every customer demand can be met.
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