History of Phap Lam Hue City
ABS TRAVEL would like to recommend the tour to visit Phap Lam Workshop and guest can learn the process to make a special Phap Lam Product as a gift for your family or friends
- Duration: 1,5 hours
- Include: car, local guide to tell you the history and production process of Phap Lam, all material and tools used for producing a item as a gift for you
- Price: 25 USD/person
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    Phap Lam Industry was originated from Europe and has developed brilliantly from 13 century to 18 century. The products mainly served royal and aristocrat families. Approximately early 13 century, this industry was introduced into Asia, mainly in China and Japan. The Chinese are well known for the making of Cloisonné and Painting Enamel, which are the pride for Chinese people until now while Japanese are famous for another kind of Phap Lam called Shipouaki.
    This unique industry was imported into Vietnam early 19 th century by King Minh Mang when he took some Vietnamese workers to China for the studying of Phap Lam in China. Hue’s Phap Lam is especially unique with embossments, large pictures decorating for large projects, and colors and contrast are talentedly and expressively created by Vietnamese artisans.
     Decoration using Phap Lam Hue existed only over half a century during the Golden period of  Nguyen Dynasty from King Minh Mang to King Tu Duc, and was gradually dropped out of vogue and became lost.

     
Old Phap Lam at Nghi Môn –Minh Mạng Tomb
Phap Lam Hue was mainly for decorating the exterior of palaces, mausoleums, which is the decoration material available only in Hue
Decoration using Phap Lam Hue existed only over half a century during the Golden period of  Nguyen Dynasty from King Minh Mang to King Tu Duc, and was gradually dropped out of vogue and became lost.
     Phap Lam Hue was mainly for decorating the exterior of palaces, mausoleums, which is the decoration material available only in Hue.
 
Old Painted Enamel - King Thiệu Trị Tomb              New Painted Enamel
- Cloisonné:  The artist forms copper into shape of finished object (body making) and then filigree-soldering, Enamel-filling, Enamel firing and polishing.
New Cloisonné                        New Champleve Enamel
Champleve Enamel: Inner Copper is decorated by carving or etching then color enamel is covered in some points to highlight the overall decoration.

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