Ninh Van fine art stone village

Through time and the ups and downs of history, the stone handicraft villages in Ninh Binh have inherited quintessential values. Up to now, generations of artisans and stoneworkers are continuing to constantly create to affirm the identity of the traditional craft village of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu.

Ninh Van is located in the south of Ninh Binh, Vietnam, surrounded by many limestone mountains in Hoa Lu district. With that advantage, Ninh Van people have developed the traditional handicraft of fine stone art to a new level.

Every year, Ninh Van trade village supplies to domestic and foreign markets many kinds of handicraft products. Since then, bringing a happy and prosperous life to most of the families here, creating jobs for thousands of laborers in the province and outside the province.

Ninh Binh is a land with limestone mountains, so there are many traditional crafts with famous craft villages such as stone handicrafts, which make stone products that are not only beautiful but also cultural and contain the beautiful values of nature. people of Ninh Binh.

Visiting Ninh Van fine art stone village, visitors will think of stone carvings or sophisticated stone reliefs at King Dinh, King Le or Thai Vi temples. The people of the ancient Xuan Vu village have made significant contributions to making the picture of Long Sang (King's bed - in King Dinh's temple) clear but profound about the philosophy of life. In particular, at Thai Vi temple, there are beautiful stone sculptures like carvings on wood, showing the talent and ingenuity of the ancient villagers.

For nearly half a century, Ninh Van stone carving profession has been developing more and more. There are 1,600 households in the profession of stone carving, with more than 4,000 employees for generations. Therefore, it is reasonable to call Ninh Van the "stone kingdom". Besides the ancient stone works, the young talents of the village today have left many new and monumental impressions, with unique records.

The first record is the stone village gate. With a height and width of tens of meters, Ninh Van village gate once topped the list of the most beautiful and large stone gates in the country. The difference here is that the columns are built from monolithic rocks on top of each other. The pillars have a dragon pattern, creating harmony.

But perhaps the most impressive record is 500 different Buddha statues, each of which is monolithic cast weighing 5-6 tons, displayed at Bai Dinh Pagoda. Ninh Van people have surprised millions of domestic and international tourists with an interesting Ninh Binh trip. The corridors have a number of statues of Buddha, of Buddhist sects, still eye-catching for anyone who comes here. Many experts and tourists are attracted, not only by the size of the statue (2.3 meters high) but also by the soul of the work. 500 different statues with 500 pairs of eyes as well as different life moods are shown on each face of Buddha.

Visitors who have come to Ninh Van have experienced the relaxation, settling in their souls and seeing themselves in each eye or light smile of the Buddha statues. Everyone admired the Ninh Van craft of the villagers. They are artisans who call stone spirits in the spiritual world. Another new record besides 500 Buddha statues, is a giant carved stone, weighing more than 10 tons, made of monolithic green stone.

Ninh Van stone products appear everywhere such as the cluster of monuments to the mother of the nation in Ho Chi Minh City, the monument to Truong Son cemetery, the statue of Me Su in Quang Binh, the statue of Uncle Ho in Nghe An, and the statue of Tran Hung Dao in Chi Linh (Hai Duong), Hoang Van Thu monument in Lang Son, Pac Po monument in Cao Bang.

Not only has impressive natural beauty, but Ninh Binh is also home to unique craft villages, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to visit.