Discover Nha Xa silk weaving village: Brilliant traditional colors on silk frames

VOV.VN - Mild sunny days on the silk drying yard of Nha Xa silk weaving village, Moc Nam commune, Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province. Blending in with the bustling rhythm of the shuttles from one end of the village to the other are spaces of brilliant silk colors.

Nha Xa silk weaving village is ablaze with brilliant colors on the silk drying yards.

According to the legend at Nha Xa communal house, after defeating the Yuan-Mongol invaders for the third time, General Tran Khanh Du returned to Nha Xa village to practice asceticism and passed on the profession of growing mulberry, raising silkworms, reeling silk, and weaving silk to the people of Nha Xa village.

   

Nha Xa silk weaving village today still preserves the craft as the soul of the village, as the song "Nha Xa silk, Lanh river fish" has been passed down for generations.

Over time, Nha Xa silk weaving also spread to neighboring areas of Ha Nam province such as Lanh Tri, Chuyen Ngoai, Hoa Mac, Dong Van...

A weaving and dyeing factory owner in Nha Xa said that over time, silk frames have gradually been replaced by industrial weaving machines.

Traditional weaving looms are kept for display, preserving the village's traditions and demonstrating traditional weaving for tourists.

However, the steps of making silk, spinning silk, dyeing… are still done by traditional manual methods.

In recent years, the craft village has had a specialized division of labor, helping to increase labor productivity. Nha Xa village's silk has a reasonable price and better quality.

In the past, Nha Xa weaving village could only produce plain, dyed silk. Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, Nha Xa silk weavers learn and create new, high-quality silk fabric models.

The process of weaving Nha Xa silk in the past went through the steps of planting mulberry, raising silkworms, reeling silk, and weaving silk. Nowadays, the area of ​​planting mulberry and raising silkworms in Nha Xa has almost been reduced, Nha Xa people have imported high-quality silk from many places to serve production, preserving the traditional profession.

Nha Xa silk today has more patterns woven directly according to the original code with many beautiful designs. However, the traditional technology of dyeing and drying silk is still maintained, creating beautiful silk with many colors.

Coming to Nha Xa on a sunny day, walking through the colorful silk drying yards, visitors cannot help but be amazed by the colorful beauty of a traditional craft village.

With passion passed down through generations and tireless efforts, artisans of the craft village still preserve and pass on through many generations.

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, a household specializing in dyeing silk, after dyeing, silk must be stretched and dried in the sun to have beautiful and durable colors.

Nha Xa silk weaving village, Ha Nam is now an attractive destination for tourists who love to learn about traditional handicraft village culture.

Here, visitors will experience the unique silk weaving process, immerse themselves in the peaceful atmosphere of the Northern countryside and buy for themselves beautiful, unique silk products, containing the quintessence of one of the four most famous silk villages in Vietnam.

Nha Xa silk weaving village is one of the four traditional weaving villages that create the Vietnamese silk brand: Van Phuc silk village, Ha Dong ( Hanoi ), Nha Xa silk village (Ha Nam), Tan Chau silk village (An Giang), Duy Xuyen silk village, Hoi An (Quang Nam).

Thu Vu/VOV.VN

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