{"id":2584,"date":"2021-08-12T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T10:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/tourism\/dinh-an-cutting-board-making-village-dong-thap"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:21:24","slug":"dinh-an-cutting-board-making-village-dong-thap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/traditional-craft-villages\/dinh-an-cutting-board-making-village-dong-thap","title":{"rendered":"Dinh An chopping board making village, Dong Thap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The chopping board plays an important role in creating delicious family meals, and to have such quality chopping boards, we must mention the village that produces them: \u0110\u1ecbnh An chopping board craft village in \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e1p.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The chopping board making profession in An H\u00f2a Hamlet, \u0110\u1ecbnh An Commune, L\u1ea5p V\u00f2 District operates year-round. For over 60 years, this place has formed a specialized village making wooden chopping boards. It is a hereditary craft passed from father to son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it first emerged, the chopping boards here were made from m\u00f9 u wood, a very durable type of wood that often grows wild along riverbanks. M\u00f9 u wood is the most suitable for chopping boards because when chopping or mincing, the board does not get shredded or leave black marks. However, today the raw material for chopping boards is usually x\u00e0 c\u1eeb (rain tree) or me (tamarind) wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To produce one chopping board, artisans must go through many steps such as segmenting the log, cutting the board, marking lines, rough shaping, carving, smoothing, planing the surface… In the early days, these steps were done manually, which was time-consuming and laborious\u2014two people could only make 10\u201315 boards per day. Since the introduction of machines like saws, cutters, and electric planers, productivity has increased many times over.
When visiting the \u0110\u1ecbnh An chopping board craft village, tourists always see a bustling scene with the sounds of saws, chisels, and machine operations. Some pull carts, others sun-dry the boards, with more than a dozen households practicing the craft along National Highway 54.

According to experienced people in the chopping board craft village, to make a good board, one must select old wood trees, dry them to remove resin, cut them into pieces, and sun-dry them to prevent mold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the difficulties and hardships, for more than several decades, the people of An H\u00f2a Hamlet, \u0110\u1ecbnh An Commune have diligently continued this profession because it is both a source of income and a traditional craft.

In these months, around the 9th lunar month when the floodwaters begin to recede, the \u0110\u1ecbnh An chopping board village becomes lively again with the sounds of saws, chisels, and machines. Everyone is excitedly preparing to produce many types of chopping boards for wholesalers to sell during T\u1ebft (Lunar New Year).

The section of National Highway 54 running along the H\u1eadu River has a always cool atmosphere, with lush green scenery\u2014making it a very suitable route for cycling tours to explore the craft village and experience the peaceful life of the Southern countryside.
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The chopping board plays an important role in creating delicious family meals, and to have such quality chopping boards, we must mention the village that produces them: \u0110\u1ecbnh An chopping board craft village in \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e1p. The chopping board making profession in An H\u00f2a Hamlet, \u0110\u1ecbnh An Commune, L\u1ea5p V\u00f2 District operates year-round. For over…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[647],"tags":[984,983,982,981],"location":[669],"class_list":["post-2584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traditional-craft-villages","tag-cutting-board","tag-cutting-board-village","tag-dong-thap","tag-dong-thap-tourism","location-dong-thap"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions\/2601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhoamientay.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}