点评:Having already bought a painting in Hanoi, we were not looking for another one when in Hoi An. However, having been on a fabulous 'fishing experience' the day before, a large painting of one of the fishing nets that are drawn in by a huge wooden cog wheel operated by both hands and feet, caught our eye. The colours of the dawn light in the painting caught the image perfectly. We went inside. The gentleman working there was also the painter - a really gentle soul, who was also a fisherman himself. He wasn't pushy or arrogant, just quietly spoken and friendly and warm. He talked about his fishing experiences and showed us other paintings he had done. Another couple caught our eye - one of a small fishing boat with a man throwing out a hand-held net at sunset, and one of the water buffalo walking across the paddy fields. We had no intention of buying another painting, but left with his card. After some thinking time, we knew we couldn't go home without one of his truly personal paintings that really represented the authentic Vietnam. We chose the fishing boat after much deliberation and he wrapped the painting really well so that we could post it home via the post office as it was too big to fit in a suitcase. He was so delighted that we wanted to purchase his work, and haggled in a very gentle manner to reach a mutually agreeable price. We had no trouble posting the painting to the UK from the Hoi An post office and it arrived safely. We love having this very personal memory on our wall at home. I would thoroughly recommend!
翻译:由于之前在河内已经买了一幅画,所以到会安时我们并没有打算再买。然而,前一天我们体验了一次精彩绝伦的“捕鱼之旅”,一幅描绘渔网的大型画作吸引了我们的目光。画中渔网由一个巨大的木制齿轮拉动,需要双手双脚操作。黎明的光线在画中完美地捕捉到了渔民的身影。我们走了进去。在那里工作的先生同时也是画家本人——一位非常和蔼可亲的人,他自己也是一名渔民。他既不咄咄逼人,也不傲慢自大,只是轻声细语,待人友善热情。他跟我们分享了他的捕鱼经历,并向我们展示了他创作的其他画作。其中两幅画作也吸引了我们的目光——一幅描绘的是一艘小渔船,船上的渔民在日落时分撒网捕鱼;另一幅则描绘的是水牛在稻田中漫步。我们原本并没有打算再买一幅画,但还是留下了他的名片。经过一番思考,我们意识到,如果不能带走一幅真正代表越南风情、充满个人风格的画作,我们就无法安心回家。我们经过反复斟酌才选定了这幅渔船画作。由于画作尺寸较大,无法装进行李箱,他非常仔细地包装好,以便我们通过邮局寄回家。他很高兴我们想购买他的作品,并非常温和地与我们讨价还价,最终达成了一个双方都满意的价格。我们从会安邮局顺利地将画作寄回英国,并且安全送达。我们非常喜欢这幅充满个人回忆的画作,它挂在家里的墙上。我强烈推荐!