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TAN CHAU SILK VILLAGE
SHORT BRIEF ABOUT TAN CHAU SILK VILLAGE
Tan Chau silk village is a pretty village located in the northwest area of An Giang province.
This village has been famous for its smooth silk woven from silks with beautiful patterns and unfading color.
To make rolls of golden silk, Tan Chau villagers are very careful in every step of making their products, from growing mulberry, raising silkworms, nursing silk, weaving and dying fabrics.
This career is a hereditary profession, which has been preserved and transmitted for generations in Tan Chau.
Tan Chau is located near Chau Doc, 204km East of Ho Chi Minh City, 125km South-East of Can Tho City.
SIGNIFICANT HISTORY EVENTS OF TAN CHAU
Tan Chau was formed in 1757. It once was known as the largest province in Chau Doc. However, in 1968 it was separated from Chau Doc and has become a part of An Giang province since then.
It gains nice fame for softness and beautiful silk, especially “My A” silk which is handmade with the best materials and complex process.
Back in the past, the locals only used the local fruit “Branches of mulberry (mac nua)” to make the dye which is black as well as not faint for a long time and much labor for making silk, which led to its high price.
After 1975 this product of Tan Chau was generally not used much by people because there were polyester and Chinese silk being cheaper and having more colors than silk from Tan Chau. It seems that this kind of silk will slowly disappear.
However, because of the development of fashion and demand for high quality products this brand of silk generally returns to the daily markets.
THE PROCESS OF MAKING TAN CHAU SILK
When collecting the mulberry, they do not collect every single leaf like in Quang Nam or Chuong My, Ha Dong — two other famous silk villages in Vietnam. Instead, they cut all the mulberry trees close to its root, then gather them in big branches and bring them home. After that, the mulberry will be cut into fibers.
Raising silkworms is the hardest work among many steps of making Tan Chau silk. There are hundreds of coal furnaces constantly burning with very big copper pots on the stoves. When the water boils, they put the cocoon silkworm into these pots, pull the silk threads and roll it in a spinning wheel.
The silk will be dyed with diospyros mollis fruit and dried dozens of times. The resin of this fruit gives the silk a black glossy color which will never fade away. It’s also the secret of Tan Chau silk, making this product well-known all over the country.
TAN CHAU SILK — QUEEN OF SILK
The silk of Tan Chau village is woven from specially made silk, so it is very smooth, light, and comfortable when you wear clothes made of this silk. This fabric will not shrinkage or absorb moisture, so it’s very cool and easy-to-wear in the summer, and warm in the winter.
As it’s quite time-consuming and hard to make this product, Tan Chau silk is quite expensive. In the past, only officials and rich families could buy and wear clothes from Tan Chau silk.
Recently, thanks to the high quality, Tan Chau silk has become a favorite choice of customers. To meet the demands of the market, besides the traditional black color, the craftsmen in this village also dye the silk with more color.
10 HIGHTED NEW WORDS WITH MEANING FOR EACH
(MULBERY: cây dâu tằm): Since ancient times, mulberry leaves have been used as food for silkworms by our ancestors.
(FABRIC: vải): During the Ly dynasty, the weaving fabrics developed extremely brilliantly.
(HEREDITARY: cha truyền con nối): Mrs. 9 Tuyet's family is very proud that the profession of making Cao Lanh Tet cakes has been hereditary to the following generations.RY)
(SOFTNESS: tính mềm mại): Ha Dong silk is extremely high quality silk because it is softness when we touch it and extremely cool when we wear it.
(DYE: thuốc nhuộm): Ancient Vietnamese silk was used with 100% natural ingredients. Vietnamese silk today mostly uses dyes because of their convenience and color accuracy.
(SILKWORM: con tằm): An artist's life is like a silkworm spinning silk, always devoting himself to theatrical art.
(COCOON: kén tằm): Ma Chau silk, My A silk, Ha Dong silk, Duy Xuyen silk,... are all woven from silkworm cocoons.
(THREAD: sợi chỉ): The thread in cross-stitch picture is larger than the thread used in sewing clothes.
(SHRINKAGE: độ co): Vietnamese silk is proud to be 100% silk from silk and says no to shrinkage when washed and dried many times.
(CRAFTSMEN: thợ thủ công): No matter how times change, the craftsmen in Van Phuc silk village have always stuck to this "hereditary" profession all their lives.