Vitality of rice paper craft village in Hung Phuc
(Baonghean.vn) - Hung Phuc commune is 7 km southeast of Hung Nguyen district center, with a natural area of about 500 hectares. To break the monoculture of rice, in addition to service, trade and labor export industries, the commune also encourages people to maintain and develop secondary occupations, including rice paper making.
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In Hung Phuc, rice paper making is concentrated in Hamlet 8, an area along the Ta Lam dike, with 16 households participating. In particular, in recent years, people have used machines to replace the traditional method of making rice paper by hand, with productivity increasing 10 times. Photo: Nguyen Thanh |
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| Every day, the craftsmen wake up at 3am to soak rice, grind flour and start making rice cakes at 6am. Photo: Nguyen Thanh |
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| Made by machine, the rice paper is uniform because the thickness can be adjusted, but it also depends on many technical factors from the rice selection stage, flour milling... Photo: Nguyen Thanh |
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| The drying stage is also extremely important, so the stronger the sun, the more excited the people are about making cakes. During the drying process, it is necessary to turn the cakes so that they "sunny" evenly. Accordingly, the cakes will be dry after 4-5 hours. If they are dried too much, they will be brittle, easy to break, difficult to flatten, difficult to cut. If they are not dried enough, the cakes will easily get moldy. Photo: Nguyen Thanh |
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| Currently, in hamlet 8 of Hung Phuc commune, people mainly make sesame-free rice paper, black sesame rice paper, and white sesame rice paper to serve the villages that make cu do candy. According to the experience of the households, in addition to sesame-free rice paper, black sesame and white sesame rice paper are mixed according to the formula, for every 10 kg of rice, mix 3 kg of sesame. Photo: Nguyen Thanh |
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| Currently, rice paper from Hung Phuc commune is sold everywhere, with the largest customer being the candy villages in Ha Tinh. On average, each bakery makes 300 kg of flour per day, and after deducting expenses, each family earns a profit of approximately 500,000 VND. Photo: Nguyen Thanh |
