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SUMMARY

Traditional Handicrafts in Vietnam and Their Fathers

by Tran Quoc Vuong and Do Thi Hao is a collection and

introduction of some traditional handicrafts in Vietnam

and their founders.

The book, excluding the Forewords, contains two main parts:

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Part 1: Professions - Trade villages - trade streets in

Vietnam. This part introduces the history, current status

of professions, trade villages, and trade streets in Vietnam

and recommendations.

Part 2: Traditional handicrafts in Vietnam and their

fathers - This part introduOces major features of the

Vietnamese handicrafts and their worshiped fathers

(including stories in the mind of craftsmen)

Examples of traditional handicrafts and their fathers

introduced in the book: Bronze casting (Duong Khong Lo,

Pham Quoc Tai, Tran Lac, etc), Iron casting (Lu Cao Son,

Da Tuong,...), Gold handicraft (Tran Hoa, Tran Dien, Tran

Dien,...), wood carving (Tin Hoc Thien Su, Luong Nhu

Hoc,...)

The book is ended with a Closing and an Appendix.

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