It's a most festive celebration of the year for chidren of Vietnam. There will be lots of fruit, snacks and toys, with masks, lanterns, songs and all the best memories for the kids.
Among which, there is a special toy that is making it way back from decades of missing-out: Tò He - a toy that made of coloured flour, that you can even steam and eat it after done playing (but they are too beautiful to do so). It is said that the toy can even be kept for years if the flour is good.
This Mid-Autumn, VAN HOA team also got us some of the best collections from Artisan Đặng Văn Hậu - who has been working hard to bring back the art of Tò he to modern life.
The collection we are holding are the "Four sacred animals" in Vietnamese myths, which was made with the best techniques of Phú Xuyên village. The techniques of making these has been disappeared for half-century. Luckily, Cultural researcher Trịnh Bách found one perfect display in a museum in France, and together with artisan Đặng Văn Hậu - they remade this legend.
If you are curious, artisan Đặng Văn Hậu have a small shop at 51 Hàng Mã, Hà Nội every Mid-autumn time, to showcase and introduce this art to the public.
He also collaborate with young inllustrators and craft makers, to make a new collection "The tales of Mid-autumn" - which is currently being displayed and ready for sale at Ra Riêng (a collective store of local Vietnamese crafts) - 2nd floor, 2b Tran Thanh Tong street, Ha Noi.
Have a great Mid-Autumn Fest!
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