Shiny Tan Ky silk
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghia Dong Commune is the only locality that still maintains the traditional profession of growing mulberry and raising silkworms in Lat - Tan Ky (Nghe An). The golden silk products have provided the people here with a significant source of income.
| Clip: Xuan Hoang - Quang An |
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| Nghia Dong Commune is the only locality in Tan Ky district where the silkworm farming profession exists and is being developed. Currently, the locality is maintaining 13 hectares of mulberry. Photo: Quang An |
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| Mr. Dang Ngoc Anh in Hamlet 10, Nghia Dong Commune said that his family grows 1.7 sao of mulberry in the field. With that mulberry area, it is enough to produce 8 batches of silkworms in a year. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| Previously, Nghia Dong commune had hundreds of households growing mulberry and raising silkworms, but now there are only about 100 households maintaining this traditional profession. Photo: Quang An |
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| In the past, silkworm farming attracted many age groups, but in recent years, as young people have gone to work as workers in companies and factories, only the elderly remain at home to continue this traditional profession. Photo: Xuan Hoang. |
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Because the land in Nghia Dong commune is good for growing mulberry, on average each household raises 8-9 batches of silkworms each year, each batch lasting 25 days, earning 2-3 million VND/batch. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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People in Nghia Dong commune said that silk reeling has many stages and is hard work. When the silkworms are making cocoons, the breeders must watch for mild sunlight so that the cocoons are dry and fragrant, so that when the silk is spun, the cocoons do not dissolve, and the silk thread becomes golden. Photo: Quang An |
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| Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the current price of cocoons this year ranges from 80,000 to 90,000 VND/kg, down from 20,000 to 30,000 VND/kg compared to previous years. According to Mr. Vo Duy Hien - Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghia Dong commune, although the silkworm farming profession is always busy, it brings in higher income than the production of other crops. The most difficult thing is that the labor force in this profession is mainly elderly people, so it is difficult to expand the area and scale. Photo: Quang An |
