Kim Bong Carpentry Village – A hundred-year-old craft village of Hoi An

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Kim Bong carpentry village in Hoi An is one of the craft villages formed over a hundred years; it is worth exploring. You will experience and learn the process of products with high art and cultural history hidden in this craft village. Let’s explore!

Address: Nong Thon Street, Trung Ha Hamlet, Cam Kim Commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province

Hours of operation: 8:00am – 5:00pm daily

Kim Bong carpentry village in Hoi An is located on the lower Thu Bon River; it flows through Hoi An before emptying into the sea. From the village looking across the river is the ancient town of Hoi An, a famous place you should not miss when coming here. This convenient location is also an advantage in easy movement and circulation of goods by waterway, serving the life of the people here.

Kim Bong Chau is the old name of Kim Bong village, where a famous craft was formed called Kim Bong carpentry. 

You can book a package tour of Hoi An with a guide to fully explore unique places such as Tra Que vegetable village, Thanh Ha pottery village, etc.

The gate to the village

The shipbuilding area of ​​the residents here

Tickets include the entrance to the craft village. 

– Fees do not include:

Meal fee

Travel expenses

Personal incidental fees

Please note, tickets cannot be exchanged or canceled after payment has been made.

When you have a ticket in hand, you need to go to the craft village and present it to enjoy sightseeing.

From 01 to 04 years old: free (with parents)

From 05 to 10 years old: child ticket (half a meal separately)

Over ten years old: adult ticket

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With a highly convenient location, you can quickly move with different means of transport depending on your needs and preferences. MIA.vn introduces you to 2 primary means of transportation: boats (boats) and motorbikes. 

You can find the location of Kim Bong carpentry village in just 10 minutes by boat if you depart from the old town harbor to the south, follow the direction of Bach Dang riverside, and track the Hoi An – Cam Kim ferry route. Next, you walk a little more, then Kim Bong carpentry village will appear before your eyes.

Parallel to the boat, you can go by motorbike rental in this area. You go straight across Cam Kim bridge for about 600m. After that, you continue to go directly and turn left to continue the road about 3km to Kim Bong carpentry village. Many people choose this vehicle because not only is it cheap, but you can also see the poetic beauty of Hoi An village.

From the first steps, when entering the village, you can hear the sound of wood chirping, jingling, and chisels sounding very pleasant. The sounds have partly described the characteristics of the carpentry village, the profession associated with the people here.

Going around the carpentry village, just to the west of the craft village, is a garden of fine arts. The east is an area for building boats. Household wooden items such as handicrafts and display items in Hoi An are primarily made in Kim Bong village. The boats and ships parked on the river that you see are also products built by the artisans’ skillful hands here.

Visitors here are all excited and not used to taking pictures of beautiful art products.

Coming to the craft village in Kim Bong Hoi An, you will have the opportunity to see more realistic carpentry images with your own eyes. The production stages of wooden furniture will impress you immensely by its magic. You will better understand the process as well as discover the exciting things behind the sophisticated artisans.

The products here are mainly the Long-Lan-Quy-Phung (Dragon – Unicorn – Turtle – Phoenix) quartet, the dancing peacock, etc. Besides, the artisans here have expertise in building assembly halls, communal houses, churches. If you look carefully, you will realize that the carvings on the products contain the unique traditional culture of the people of Hoi An here.

People are hard at work building boats.

After being immersed in the professional woodcarving processes, you will be fascinated by the unique works. Typically, we must mention: the clove; it is carved on 1000 dragons with the shape of a bamboo tree or Japanese Covered Bridge (Chua Cau or Cau pagoda).

Talented sculptures of artisans in the village

Few people come to Kim Bong Carpentry Village without buying some souvenirs. If in the past, the main occupation of the village was building houses and building ships, now fine arts products, poetry objects, decorative statues are some of the products that were born to serve visitors. You can buy some souvenirs or gift them to your loved ones after this exciting trip!

Don’t forget to buy beautiful gifts for your loved ones when you come here.

Any profession will shape the lifestyle and culture of each individual. The people of the village are the same; they are artisans passionate about their craft. Through the products with high aesthetic and uniqueness, we can see the burning passion. The culture is passed down from generation to generation in the people here. They always want to preserve and develop further. That’s why the craft village exists to this day.

The image of you passionate about your job is a stunning labor beauty

In addition to the experience of the profession, the people here. You can also cycle around and explore the lives of the people here and the clan houses built for many generations. In particular, you also have the opportunity to examine the process of weaving mats, coating cakes, and knitting cars.

Up to this point, Kim Bong carpentry village in Hoi An still retains a long tradition of crafting. This is also a cultural feature of Vietnam that needs to be further maintained in the future. Do not forget to visit Kim Bong Carpentry Village – the beauty of folk history and unique culture if you have the opportunity.

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