About 15km west of Da Nang, the Tuy Loan ancient village is located in Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Phong Commune. It boasts beautiful scenery and the unique characteristics of a Vietnamese rural village.

The village dates back over 500 years to the time when Emperor Le Thanh Tong issued a royal proclamation to extend the country’s territory. A stele erected at the worshipping house of the village’s five families reveals that their five predecessors with the last names of Dang, Lam, Nguyen, Tran, and Le together founded this village.

Despite many ups and downs over the past 5 centuries, local residents are proud of the village's many old houses, its history, and its beautiful setting with its many interesting features that include an old banyan tree, a boat station, a communal house, and others. Villagers also take pride in their speciality of My Quang (Quang rice noodles) plus their rice paper making.

Look at some beautiful photos taken by our freelance photographer Huy Dang, showing some basic steps in making rice papers in this village which offer insight into its culture and lifestyle.  

In the past, villagers use stone mortars (as shown in the photo) to grind rice into flour. Nowadays, rice flour mills are preferred by villagers.

Rice flour mixed with sesames is the main ingredient for making rice paper

After that, the mixture is thinly spread onto a cloth that is stretched over a wide pot of boiling water. A long bamboo stick is used to lift the cooked rice sheet out of the pot.

Rice paper products are dried in the sun

Mi Quang from this venue is accompanied by grilled rice paper and green chillies

Grilling rice paper is one of exciting folk games during the traditional Tuy Loan Village Communal House Festival which is held annually on the 9th and 10th days of the 1st lunar month

Tuy Loan rice paper products are sold at festivals, fairs and markets across the city.