Hundred-year-old silk village in Thanh Nam

Located about 20km from the center of Nam Dinh city, nestled on the romantic and peaceful Ninh river, Co Chat Village is an interesting stop for visitors who want to come to the traditional craft village for generations with silk nursery. silkworm raising, silk weaving.

Coming to the village, many visitors are amazed at the ancient and poetic beauty with the shiny silk lines running along the village road. Co Chat Village is an interesting stop for visitors who want to find a traditional craft village famous for its profession of silk nursery, silkworm raising, and silk weaving. According to the elders in Co Chat village, the silk craft here has existed for a long time. During the French colonial period, Co Chat silk was famous in the early twentieth century. A villager introduces the stages of making silk thread. “One silkworm is the year of the cocoon, the other one is ripe,” said the proverb from the minds of many people, but few people can see the process from the cocoon to pull the silk. Only one day visiting Co Chat silk village, visitors are not only immersed in the peaceful village scenery but also know the stages of the silk making process. In the silk-drawing workshop, the worker working in the smoke screen rises from the pot of cocoon broth. Adult silkworms release silk to form cocoons, about 20 to 25 days after cocoons are brought to spinning They pour silkworm cocoons into the water and boil the water and then continue to pour the whole pot of boiling water with silkworm cocoons in it into a jar of water to start the process of pulling silk. The water was smoky, the zipper ran slowly and was once afraid of yellow or white silk being wrapped around the frame. This is just the first stage called dragging. After pulling the silk, the worker must also adjust the silk: Pick up the impurities, wrap the silk mold smoothly and evenly, so that the silk is clean. The silk rolls are then rolled into bundles and dried in the sun. Next is the pupal filtration stage. Once the strands were pulled, the mechanic quickly shook the nibs out of the remaining silk threads. This stage requires the worker to be very meticulous and skillful to avoid nagging in the silk. And coming to Co Chat, you will have to enjoy the fragrant, fatty roasted Pupa from the people themselves taken from the cocoon and carefully filtered. Silk after being pulled will be adjusted silk: pick up impurities, wrap the silk mold smoothly and evenly for drying The worker strokes each yarn to check the quality of the silk. Not only the elderly but also the children are also very eager and meticulous to participate in this work. The silk threads are cleverly rolled into bundles by the hands, dried in the sun. Coming to Co Chat, visitors can easily see the image of old people, women who are diligent in the profession. The shiny golden silk bundles are everywhere, in the yard, outside the alley, on the fence wall, iridescent golden.