Be more creative to adapt more
To he – a type of Vietnamese folk game with a rural character that imprints in the mind of every Vietnamese person the images of Elderly people meticulously sit around, molding colorful plastic blocks into many cute shapes, associated with each person’s childhood.
However, as social networks develop more and more, many Young people have a variety of attractive entertainment games on the internet. Instead of choosing traditional, folk games like to he, young people tend to want to go to more innovative and modern places.
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Artisan Dang Van Hau, who has 20 years of experience making dough in Xuan La craft village, said I have made many creative innovations in Tò He to better adapt to the times. The increasingly developing world made him feel that one day the profession of making powdered animals would disappear.
That’s why, when he realized many limitations of powdered animals, he thought of a way to to prolong the “life span” of more durable to he. “Tò he has the disadvantage that it easily molds and does not last long, so he added additives to the dough so that the varieties can be displayed for decoration longer and buyers can take them anywhere” Hau pointed out the disadvantages. of traditional to he.
To he makers are now very active in response to customers’ tastes. If in the past, people molded to he mainly from small fruits and trees that resembled animals…. but today, artisans also mold many diverse shapes like characters in fairy tales and comics that children My favorites are like Aladin Doraemon Pokémon Qi Thien Dai Saint Pigsy… to images of national heroes or star lanterns, seasonal landscapes, traditional village landscapes.
On the outside, many people think there is no difficulty in molding to he, but in reality it is not that simple. Making to he is like an art that requires the maker to be skillfully creative and precise in every detail to create eye-catching products. Originally, to he was a product made of powder used for worship, so they often had the shape of animals such as peacocks, chickens, buffaloes, cows, pigs, fish… so people called this product “stork toys.< /p>
In some areas in the North, people also call it “banh” because besides the shapes of animals, people also shape the dough into a bunch of bananas, pork legs, and sticky rice… to create a tray for eating. temple offering. This product has a color similar to the real thing and has a little sugar added so it can be eaten. Later, the product was attached to a trumpet at the top of which a little malt was swept, making a “tò te” sound when blown, so perhaps people called it “tò te” and later changed it to “tò he”. .
Not only is making a living making to he in Xuan La village, it has become a folk cultural beauty that contributes to educating the young generation about the history of cultural identity and national roots. Vietnam.
Tò he products are interesting toys that attract children and are also rustic souvenirs typical of Vietnamese villages. Thanks to the uniqueness and ingenuity in creating toys for children, Xuan La village to he products have been introduced and promoted in many countries around the world and have made an impression on international friends.“
