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Location: Yen Phu Incense Village is in the
Yen Phu city gate, located on the edge of the mysterious West Lake in Tay Ho
District , Hanoi.
Characteristic: Besides the ornamental fish breeding, inhabitants in the
village have done incense for long time
According to the some documentation and the village elders, Chinese handed down
the work of making incense since the 13th century. The Buddhism and the custom
of burning incense was developed here and many other places. In the 20th
century, making incense developed strongly and not only attracts people in this
village but also in the other villages like An Duong, Nghi Tam with a large of
people. In the early time of 1980, there was the sign of oblivion as many
families changed their job. But this career is recovered and developed until
now. Even though the incense business is not a cushy job and high income,
inhabitants still take their job because of the traditional career. They are
used to living on it and find the other suitable job difficult. Thus, this is
the hard job; It spends a lot of work stage. Everybody in a work family has to
work hard for each division labor in the task from normal to complex. The young
and old often does the normal job as sharpening stick, drying and collection,
parking goods. The most complex stage is the mixture of spice incense between
the sawdust and spice materials. This work is carried out by the experienced
worker because it affects on the quality of incense. Everyday, there are lots
means of transport bring materials to village and merchants come here to take
incense to the districts all the country. The incense village is more crowded in
Tet holiday and the late time of year because the demand of incense is high.
Besides the family live on producing incense, some families carry on business
relating to incense like materials, agency, so they live on incense too.
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