Quang Phu Cau Incense Village

Quang Phu Cau Incense Village is a traditional craft village in Quang Phu Cau Commune, Ung Hoa District, about 35 km south of central Hanoi. Known for more than a century of incense making, the village is notable for large outdoor yards where thousands of bright red, pink and yellow incense sticks are fanned out to dry. It remains an active production center supplying incense for religious and cultural use across northern Vietnam and a popular photography destination.

Visitors can expect an active rural craft village with family-run workshops and open courtyards filled with bundles of incense sticks arranged in fan-like displays for drying. The setting is a residential village with narrow lanes, small temples and production areas where artisans dye bamboo sticks, coat them with incense paste and dry them outdoors. Visitors can walk between households, observe production steps, take photographs of colorful incense displays and purchase incense products directly from makers.

Quang Phu Cau has been known for incense making for more than 100 years, with the craft traditionally passed down through generations in Quang Phu Cau Commune. The village historically supplied incense for religious practices in Hanoi and northern Vietnam and remains one of the largest incense production centers near the capital.

The village preserves a traditional Vietnamese craft linked to ancestor worship and Buddhist practices where incense is used in temples, pagodas and household altars. The colorful drying yards and artisanal techniques reflect the cultural importance of incense in Vietnamese spiritual life and the role of craft villages in the Red River Delta.