Thuy Xuan Incense Village – a hot check-in location in Hue
Thuy Xuan incense village is a place you cannot miss when traveling to Hue. This is a traditional craft village with a unique setting, filled with color and countless check-in corners for you to freely create your own masterpiece. All information about Thuy Xuan incense village will be revealed in the following article, read now or save for later.
History of Thuy Xuan Hue incense village
Up to now, Thuy Xuan incense village is more than 700 years old, the incense craft here has been passed down since the Nguyen Dynasty. Having gone through many historical events, Thuy Xuan people are still attached to the incense profession. They stick together not only to make a living but also to preserve the traditions left by their ancestors.
Beautiful scenery in Thuy Xuan incense village
What to do in Hue Thuy Xuan incense village?
Take photos with colorful incense bouquets
Thuy Xuan incense village is a beautiful location for taking pictures in Hue. Colorful incense bouquets are carefully arranged in an array, creating an impressive background. You can freely pose and take great selfies here.
Some suggestions: you should rent Nhat Binh costumes, or traditional ao dai, equipped with a few accessories such as hats, fans, flowers… to get extremely unique photos, attracting a lot of interactions.
Colorful backgrounds create impressive photos
Learn how to make traditional incense in Hue’s largest incense village
Not only will you have beautiful photos, here you will also be able to observe firsthand the incense making process of indigenous people. Each step is done meticulously and skillfully.
First, when choosing ingredients, you must choose pure agarwood powder. Then, you mix it in water – in a certain ratio with the following ingredients: cardamom, eucalyptus, cinnamon, pine buds, wild grapefruit peel and cinnamon powder.
Some types of incense in Thuy Xuan incense village
Xuan Thuy people often take the intestines of old bamboo trees in Binh Dien, Phong Son or Nam Dong forests, then split them into small pieces and dry them in the sun until the intestines become crispy and the incense sticks need to be of good quality, burn evenly, and not go out halfway.
Agarwood incense, bud incense, cinnamon incense, jasmine incense, and agarwood bud products here are very popular in the market.
Make your own colorful incense bouquets
After observing the incense making process, you can also experience creating colorful incense bouquets and bring them home as souvenirs. You will receive dedicated guidance from the local people and through that you will also understand and appreciate more the products bearing the identity of the ancient capital.
This will definitely be a wonderful experience that you can hardly find anywhere else.
The incense sticks are made in many bright colors
