Chang Son Carpentry Village

Location: Chàng Son, previously known as ChàngThôn (Thach Thât, Hà Tây), was known all over the Doài area as a village with numerous traditional handicrafts.

Characteristic: Chàng Son could be summarized as a region of large population, of little harvesting soil, and of hundreds of crafts”.

Carpentry is recognized as the most age-old craft with the highest number of artisans. It is also the trade that brings fame and is the main source of income for the whole village. Chang Son carpentry exists in a wide variety of forms, from house-building woodwork and household furniture to carved products (trestle-beds, tea-chests, pagoda cabinets, decorative relieves, to name but a few) and wooden statues (including worshiping statues, fine arts statues and puppet statues). This diversity in forms is a strength that enables Chàng Son artisans to fulfill many all –in contracts of great religious structures. hang Son artisans, despite attaching population, few fields, and uncomfortable transports, still manage to maintain and develop the ancestral craft. With their talents and diligence, the artisans have made Chàng Son a prosperous village throughout the past centuries.