Quang Phu Cau Incense Village

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Approximately 30 km away from Hanoi Center, Quang Phu Cau village in Ung Hoa District has provided incense over the north of Vietnam for more than a hundred years and expanded the market to neighboring countries including Malaysia, China and India. Learn more: Best things to do in Hanoi

Making incense is a time-consuming process and requires human labor involved in every step such as splitting the bamboo into splints, drying them, and then feeding them into machines to shape the sticks before transferring them to dry. In the East, incense is mainly used for the means of communication between the living and the dead and it is often used on the first and the 15th of the lunar calendar and massively demanded during new year period and other spiritual events.

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Today, Quang Phu Cau village attracts tourists for its long-lasting scented stick-making tradition and the signature of rural lifestyles. Take a day or a half day trip to Quang Phu Cau and eye-witness the whole village is permeated with a violent hot-pink shade from the incense bouquets line.

A visit to Quang Phu Cau village is available at Ftrip excursion and is a part of longer day tours.

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