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About Vietnamese Đông Hồ Folk Print

Đông Hồ folk prints are Vietnam's most enduring domestic art — for over 400 years, families in Bắc Ninh province carved jackfruit-wood blocks, coated mulberry paper with crushed-clamshell iridescence, and printed lucky scenes for the Lunar New Year. This design system channels the vermilion warmth, naive woodblock charm, and five-color brilliance of a Tết market print stall.

Every element carries the texture of hand-carved blocks on điệp paper: warm cream surfaces float on vermilion grounds, indigo and jackfruit-orange accents punctuate folk compositions, and type echoes the wobbly inscription lines of woodblock captions.

Learn more about the Vietnamese Đông Hồ Folk Print style

Origin
Vietnam, Đông Hồ village, Bắc Ninh province, Red River Delta
Era
17th-century origins (Lê dynasty); peak Tết-print market 1850–1945; UNESCO ICH nomination 2023
Key figures
Nguyễn Đăng Chế · Maurice Durand · Phạm Đức Thành Dũng
Movements
Vietnamese folk woodblock print (tranh dân gian) · Đông Hồ Tết market tradition · Hàng Trống urban-Hanoi counterpart school

Vietnamese Đông Hồ Folk Print design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

CaveatHeadings
Cormorant GaramondBody
JetBrains MonoMono
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