Dong Ky Village

Dong Ky Village is 25 km from Hanoi . It now belongs to Dong Quang commune, Tien Don District, Bac Ninh province. Previously, Dong Ky was popularly known for the fire cracker festival organized on the 4th of January according to the lunar calendar. This was a fire cracker contest where the participants made big cylinder crackers measuring from 0.5 to 0.8 meters across and 3 to 5 meters long made of many small fire crackers. The crackers that exploded all their small fire crackers were the winner. The festival no doubt evolved from ancient religious rites begging for thunder, lightning, and rain.

However, the festival no longer is permitted since the lighting of fire crackers is prohibited nationwide. Today Dong Ky village is engaged in making carved hardwood furniture in both private and state run workshops. The craftsmanship is superb, the hardwood used for the large pieces of furniture is ebony, iron, and lat wood Canary wood (Vang Tam wood) is used for small, light pieces and patterned furniture. The most common pieces are tables, chairs, cupboards, and carved beds.

The styles are traditional and timeless, beautifully carved and inlaid with mother of pearl in splendid scenes of  plants, flowers, butterflies and bees or people, also mountains and rivers  together with boats and bridges. Visitors will be surprised at the beauty, quality and sophistication of the furniture made by hand by these skilled craftsmen. If you wish, you can have handcrafted furniture custom-made here and exported directly to your address abroad.