 As a village specialized in making woodcuts and paintings, almost all Đông Hồ villagers were involved in the manufacturing of paintings from carving the woodblocks, producing "điệp "papers, obtaining natural colours to creating new themes, and printing.Traditionally, Đông Hồ painting was an essential element in every Vietnamese family during the Tết holiday.The colourful tones and optimistic content of the images livened up the house and the picture was considered a good luck sign for the family in the New Year, thus Đông Hồ paintings had other names like Tết paintings ("tranh Tết") or spring paintings ("tranh xuân").