Dai Bai village is situated by Bai river's bank in Gia Luong district, Bac Ninh province. Its pseudonym is Buoi village. Dai Bai is famous for long aged handicraft village. This point itself creates distinctiveness for this village.
Fist of all, Dai Bai is the well known village of forging brass.
According to nomination and majestic, genealogy of the village, the founder of this vocation is Nguyen Cong Truyen (989 - 1069).
Dai Bai village includes four hamlets: Tay, Giua, Ngoai and Son. Each hamlet specializes in producing a given goods. Specializing in making copper food tray is Tay hamlet, specializing in making cauldron is Ngoai hamlet, specializing in making water pot is Giua hamlet, specializing in making vessel is Son hamlet. There is no exist the state of vieing with each others in making, all regard themselves to be in a guild and look ahead their vocation inventor Nguyen Cong Truyen.
Due to need of trade, this well known vocational village formed spontaneously a commercial and exchange centre. It is Buoi market. Located near the village communal house by Bai Giang river's bank Buoi market is the pride of Dai Bai village people.
Beside being a celebrated vocational village, Dai Bai is also a studious and examination one. The whole of village has fourteen laureates and Ph. Doctors, a number that not every village owns. Thus, Dai Bai was considered a "miraculous land and eminent person" of former Kinh Bac.
In addition to, Dai Bai village people also took part in many rebellious movements such as Mr Nguyen, Mr Chan and the general Nguyen Huu Can opposing Le King and Trinh Lord; Mr Nguyen Truc participated De Tham's movement and was exiled to Con Dao and died there; Mr Nguyen Huu answered to Ham Nghi King's Can Vuong imperial edict etc.
Dai Bai is also the village of several communal houses, pagodas and festivals. In comparison to many other villages in Dai Bai commune, Dai Bai village festival is considered to have most amusements, especially is the game "throwing fireworks" and "white cock running".
The vocation of forging bronze of Dai Bai village is implemented with methodical rules. They start cooking bronze after completing the collection of materials. When the reverter is red, they light of a package firecrackers to start the carrer. After cooking, the bronze melts, people make it thin and light one package of firecrackers more. They also go to the communal house to light incense sticks if that is right on the occasion of initiator death aniversary or in the two great seasons of the year spring and autumn. After a working year, they stop for new year on the 25th of the 12th lunar month till the 6th of the 2nd (1 lunar month of new year. The reason why the start of the career is late is because Dai Bai village people has another "Tet" (festival) on the 30th of the 1st lunar month called "The end festival". Dai Bai people has a rich system of terminologies of bronze forging vocation that not everyone can understand all except proficient persons. Besides, there're a lot of proverbs and folk literature for glorifying this traditional vocation.
It is possible to say that Dai Bai is a cultural village which has developed stubbornly and strongly.
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