Kiêu Kỵ gold leaf and Nành village herbal medicine street – hands-on gilding (1 day)

Introduction

Kiêu Kỵ is one of the few villages still practicing handmade gold-leaf beating: just one chỉ of gold is beaten into nearly a thousand leaves as thin as smoke, used to gild Buddha statues and communal-house and pagoda panels. Guests gild a small item themselves. In the afternoon, go to Nành village, where the herbal medicine streets are fragrant with medicinal herbs.

Highlights

• Visit Kiêu Kỵ village communal house, where the craft ancestor who brought gold beating to the village is worshipped
• Gold-beating artisan's house: rolling gold, beating gold between layers of goldbeater's paper, cutting gold leaves with bamboo tools
• Gold-leafing workshop on a wooden frame or small box; the item is boxed to take home
• Ancient Nành Pagoda (Pháp Vân Temple) amid a trading village
• Ninh Hiệp herbal medicine street: family-run medicine shops, watch the slicing and roasting of medicinal herbs

Suitable for

• Guests who love craft villages, handicrafts and spiritual culture
• Small groups and families who want to make a souvenir by hand

Services included

• Car transfers according to the program
• Vietnamese-speaking guide throughout the journey (English-speaking guide quoted upon request)
• Sightseeing tickets and workshop fees
• Family-style lunch
• Drinking water on the bus

Services not included

• Drinks outside the set menu
• Shopping and personal expenses