Through the many ups and downs in history, Hue has managed to preserve a rich and one-of-a-kind system of craft villages and is considered a keeper of the quintessence of Vietnamese crafts.
Through the many ups and downs in history, Hue has managed to preserve a rich and one-of-a-kind system of craft villages and is considered a keeper of the quintessence of Vietnamese crafts.
For more than 300 years (1636-1945), Hue was the capital of Vietnamese monarchy dynasties, including 13 dynasties of the Nguyen family, the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam. The city, therefore, became a gathering place of many traditional crafts, including unique crafts originating from the system of office crafts or ancient craft villages serving the royals and the elites exclusively.
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Thaddeus Truong Minh Than lights candles at his home on Holy Saturday night in Thua Thien Hue province. (Photo: UCA News)
On Holy Saturday nights, Thaddeus Truong Minh Than lights candles in his home and recites prayers to thank God for saving him from a road accident.
He was found lying unconscious under a truck which hit him while he was riding a motorbike on the way home from Da Nang to Hue on the night of Holy Saturday in 2006.
“In my consciousness I dreamed about myself surrounded by bright light,” Than, then a college student, said. Two days later he regained consciousness at a hospital in Hue.