Hue village makes national treasures

Phuong Duc is small village on the southern bank of the Perfume River in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The village is where many national treasures were made, including the nine tripod cauldrons, the nine holy cannons and the giant bell of Thien Mu pagoda.

A bronze casting workshop in Hue (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Temperature inside the kiln reaches thousands of degrees Celsius (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Material for bronze casting (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Carving patterns on the mold (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Nguyen Van Quy, a skilled bronze craftsman in Phuong Duc village (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Carving the year of casting on a small bell (Photo: VNP/VNA)

A mold is made from clay and special additives (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Molds are dried before casting (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Pouring fused bronze in the mold (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Soldering bronze (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Bronze bell - a traditional product of Phuong Duc village (Photo: VNP/VNA)

The nine tripod cauldrons placed in The Mieu yard, each of which weighs more than 2 tons (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Straps of a big cauldron was casted in the Nguyen dynastry (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Bronze products made in Phuong Duc (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Bronze products made in Phuong Duc (Photo:VNP/VNA)

Bronze products made in Phuong Duc (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Bronze products made in Phuong Duc (Photo: VNP/VNA)

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