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On Dec 4, provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a ceremony to award the title of Excellent craftsmen of Binh Duong province 2020. This is the recognition and to do honor to artisans and craftsmen who have been dedicating their wisdom, talents and efforts to creating unique handicraft products with high economic value, to fulfill consumer and export demand, to restore, maintain and preserve the quintessence and values of craft villages, and raise brand reputation of craft villages in the integration process.

A profitable orchids planting model of Nguyen Hong Dieu (Chanh Phu Hoa ward, Ben Cat town).

 Evidences

Binh Duong has been known as the cradle of handicraft villages in the South, such as lacquer, carved sculpture, ceramics, pottery, piggy bank, bamboo rattan, incense production, rice paper, clogs... Besides, new crafts, such as ornamental trees, are emerging. The crafts have been creating valuable art works, contributing to preserving and developing traditional crafts and villages of the province.

Over 20 years attaching himself to ornamental trees, Le Van Ngoc in My Phuoc ward (Ben Cat town) has made a good profit on these plants. Currently, Mr. Le owns seven hectares of bonsai with diverse types. “Each bonsai is a work of art, its shape shows the aesthetics, creativity, the care and effort made. "A natural tree is beautiful, but without pruning and shaping to balance its height and width, it will not enhance the beauty of the tree, it cannot become a beautiful and precious artwork", he confided. It can be said that the time to shape and bend a tree is a long process, requires the artisan to have passion and perseverance. Rough trees, under skillful hands, become living works of art, touching the hearts of many enthusiasts.

With a strong passion, Dinh Cong Thieu (Chanh Nghia ward, Thu Dau Mot city) learned lacquer painting. Because it is not a traditional profession of his family, he must learn from senior craftsmen. In 1984 - 1988, he started his apprenticeship at Dong Tam Lacquerware Complex with the guidance of artisan Nguyen Thi Hoa. In 1988 - 1996, he worked at Thong Nhat Lacquerware Cooperative in Chanh Nghia ward, and continued to learn more about this craft from artisan Tran Van Khiem; after that, he established Dinh Thieu Lacquer. With enthusiasm and passion, he developed many sophisticated lacquer products, well meeting the requirements of domestic and foreign markets.

Growing orchids not only brings good income but also needs meticulousness and creativity in shaping each tree. Nguyen Hong Dieu in Chanh Phu Hoa ward (Ben Cat town) invested in the model of growing orchids and succeeded. On an area of one hectares, she grew mokara orchids, cut branches with many varieties and different colors, enriching her family's orchid garden. In addition to mokara orchids, she also collected and planted more valuable wild orchids. Currently, her orchid garden is well equipped with firm racks and spraying watering system, thus orchid care takes less effort. An orchid planted for more than 1 year brings a stable flower harvest and harvest time lasts from 7-8 years. To be more convenient in orchid production, she joined Hong Duc Orchid Cooperative to share her experience with other members. She drew herself a lot experience to improve production efficiency and above all, satisfy her passion, as growing this plant. She has been an artisan for many years and won many awards of orchids.

Conservation and development

In recent years, activities of artisans and craftsmen in the province have been maintained and developed, contributing to increasing production value, creating jobs for local workers, preserving and developing traditional crafts and villages.

Le Van Ngoc (My Phuoc ward, Ben Cat town) and his bonsai.

In order to recognize, praise and honor the contributions of artisans, craftsmen, people bringing new crafts to Binh Duong province - those who are dedicating their talents, wisdom and energy to the restoration, preservation and development of rural industries, traditional handicrafts and villages in the province, Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 42/2015 / QD-UBND dated Sep 30th 2015 defining the subjects, standards, processes and procedures for recognition of titles "Artisans of Binh Duong province", "Excellent craftsmen of Binh Duong province", "Persons bringing new crafts to the province" in the province. Accordingly, Rural Development office is a standing body of the recognizing council of these titles. The recognition is conducted every 3 years.

In 2020, the council also approved a list of 31 records and conducted a vote to recognize the title of "Artisans of Binh Duong", "Excellent craftsmen of Binh Duong province". The proposed titles for recognition are in crafts, like: Ornamental creatures, fruit forming and decoration, ornamental fish farming, lacquer painting, wood sculpturing. As a result, 26 records were recognized as "Artisans of Binh Duong province", 4 records were recognized as "Excellent craftsmen of Binh Duong province".

The recognition of titles has an important role to recognize, praise and honor artisans, craftsmen, persons who brought new crafts to the province; encourage artisans and craftsmen to maintain, promote career and attract new crafts to the province, restore the fading traditional crafts, and contribute to creating jobs for local workers.

Dang Nhu Tam, Deputy Director of Rural Development Office, said that for the purpose of encouraging artisans and craftsmen to maintain, promote career and attracting new crafts to the province, restore fading traditional crafts, and actively transfer traditional crafts to young generation, preserve the local cultural identity. Activities of fine artisans and craftsmen contribute to creating jobs for local workers, developing traditional professions and craft villages. This is the force that is contributing to preserving and developing reputation of traditional products, attracting tourists to craft villages in the province.

It can be affirmed that the attachment and dedication to art, being honored, recognizing their workmanship are the motivation for artisans to keep creating, maintaining, developing crafts of Binh Duong.

 Reported by Thoai Phuong - Translated by Ngoc Huynh