In the age when an inch of land is worth as much as an inch of gold, cemeteries are also used to serve the living.
The cemetery of Tho Ha village in Van Ha commune, Viet Yen district,
the northern province of Bac Giang is located at the village edge but it is not quiet at all.
Villagers have used the cemetery as the ground to dry rice pancakes,
especially when the lunar New Year is coming and the demand for rice pancakes is rising.
Rice pancakes are dried everywhere in the village: on the road to
the cemetery, on the roofs of tents in the village market, on
the gate of the village temple, at the river wharf, etc.
Villagers have taken full play of the space at the village cemetery.
They place poles on tombs to make shelves to dry rice pancakes.
Tho Ha is well-known as a traditional ceramic village but the modern
life has made the village’s tradition trade to fall into oblivion.
Ceramic makers have become rice pancake makers.
Source: VietNamNet Bridge
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