Recently, not only a lot of people in Hanoi and in other surrounding provinces but also many international tourists go to the calligraphers street to buy hand-drawn traditional calligraphy in Hanoi’s Temple of Literature area.
Calligraphy is a special traditional custom in Vietnam which originated from the art of writing beautifully.
Vietnamese script and Chinese script written carefully on red paper by calligraphers has a special attraction to foreign visitors. The meaningful characters have become the symbol of luckiness, worshipping objects for thousands years in Vietnam.
Visitors come and enjoy Vietnamese traditional culture and keep memories about their trip to Vietnam on Tet holiday. They are so surprised when seeing many people, not only the old but also the young and children go to buy calligraphy in the calligraphers street. They are curious about the significance of calligraphy, the significance of giving and receiving calligraphy…
Anually, on Tet holiday Hanoi people come to the calligraphers street to buy calligraphy with many wishes. The old people pray for blessing, happiness, young people pray for a happy new year with luckiness and success…. Apart from hanging the calligraphy in the house, many people buy small-size calligraphy to put in their wallet.
A calligrapher is writing carefully a character. Most of calligrapher belong
to Huong Nam calligraphy club and UNESCO calligraphy club
  
Foreign tourists pay attention to the calligraphy
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