The mat weaving village is more than 200 years old, located next to the Hau River, recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. Currently, the craft village has about 10 establishments and more than 800 households participating in the dyeing and weaving stages.
Before Tet in Dinh Yen village, bundles of yarn and mats are dried from the yard to the road.
The Tet season starts in the 10th month of the lunar calendar. Her family stayed up late at night to dye and weave mats, in time to supply traders.
The dyed slices will dry after drying for about a day. There are four main colors that make up the brilliance of the mat: red, blue, yellow combined with the natural ivory white of the paving yarn.
Mat looms appeared in Dinh Yen craft village decades ago, bringing many times more efficiency than hand weaving. On average, per machine, a day, the artisan can weave 10 pieces, while the handloom needs two people and only 3-4 pieces.
Weaving machines require careful observation and knowing how to operate.
The weaver inserts each slice into the machine, customizing the correct pattern for each mat. Work requires concentration and care.
After many hours of processing, the weaver's hands were stained.
After weaving, the mat is dried in some sunlight to prevent mold. Many routes are therefore also brightly colored.
After drying, the mat will sew a fixed cover. The worker uses a tool such as a double-edged knife to rub through the mat to cut the excess slices, check the finished product for the last time before selling.
Depending on the weaving technique, mats are divided into many types such as ordinary mats, snail scale mats, chess mats, also known as swing mats. Beautiful and quality mats that people in the profession will know right from the meticulousness, weight, and thickness.
Dinh Yen mat weaving village is one of the four national intangible cultural heritages of the province. The Department is promoting tourism promotion for craft villages, in addition to improving human resources to connect with tours in the province.
According to VnE