An Coc village

Is such as place of the profession Do paper, but in recent years, craft paper production in the village of An Brew is diminishing.

"Blinding smoke of thousands dew / Rhythm baseball Yen Thai, Tay Ho mirror" - The pounding pounders Do paper went on folk songs of the Vietnamese. And in the minds of the people of Hanoi still considered Yen Thai village in the southern bank of West Lake, Hanoi (further called Grapefruit village in the early 20th century) is the main place Do paper used for writing or printing. But few know that the village of An Bangkok, Hong Minh commune, Phu Xuyen district, Ha Noi Moi is such as place of the national Do paper craft.

An village Coc Coc two neighbors An Upper and Lower An Bangkok, separated by a passage located on the right bank dyke Nhue. Here, erstwhile known as the place of the profession Do paper. The village elders in Bangkok An unknown exactly papermaking profession from which there when. Only the artisan class from time to time that the village of mouth ancestor worship two papermaking.

An ancestor is called Thai Luan folk handing late first century AD. Patriarch second job, not their full names, the people of the village, after Chinese porcelain learned how to make paper has brought the teaching profession to the villagers, and he was taught Thang Long profession Do paper for two people and Yen Nghia Thai village.

At Tho Field house, also called family pool, ancestor worship two of paper, each year death anniversary Mug An village twice, first in the 9th, 10th January, the second in th 9 to August 12 Lunar. In those days, the paper maker from Yen Hoa, Yen Thai - which come from An Brew - remember that the anniversary.

Do paper makes the profession An Mug "cool hand" by a former village Do paper of excellent paper style king bestowed the tutelary god hue ... The years of war, An Do paper cups not only traditional but the real Their products are also used as newsprint National Salvation, affordable notebooks in Academic ... Before the 1990s, An Bangkok is also known and prosper because this is where suppliers of raw materials to make fireworks, fuse board, paper fan ...

Do paper processes and complex picky. The paper is made from paper mulberry trees - a tree that grows wild in the forest, riparian Lo Thao river, with many fibers. The water soaked tree two to three days and then picked up, drain, then soak with salt air lime water, then put it in copper pot peeled cooked to turn each crust.

Peel to class finally grinding it smooth as new pulp in jar prices have very thick spokes ken to treat bark drifting off. Then again ensuring that any ground pounding until thick, smooth as cake. The last stage was luck paper, paper drying. Which makes any kind of paper will depend on how thick paper PMs, thin, depending on the "language adjustment" in the mold luck.

Of the seven types of traditional Do paper production people An executor cups and paper size is the most famous, is the pride of the village. Executive Di is kind Do paper write the most beautiful, best, patterned paper stock, specialized to carry the king, princess. And paper is sharp and colored paper dragon pattern, silver emulsion, are provided for the court to use in writing tutelary ordained.

An Coc village do a lot of paper, not only Do paper, but paper means for the village votive, paper trays for packaging, construction paper to write, as a fan, do fireworks ... There was a time, a paper mill An formed at Bangkok and mainly manufacture of paper and notebooks, other papers mostly by households still do. But after nearly twenty years, for many reasons, paper mills have closed.

Also this time, the people of Bangkok An architecture focuses papermaking, paper type mainly serving the casing, as a fan, making firecrackers. Although this profession but who struggled Mug An occupational decision. The villagers also begin training for both girls. Married daughters carry on the profession of law.

e appearance of paper products from modern paper mills as Bai Bang paper making production Truc Bach Coc An not competitive enough.

In two villages of Upper and An Coc Coc An Ha, the day before, except two transplants reap the remaining period of the year, the house, the people are made of paper. But it is the story of a few hundred years ago, and since nearly two decades, the Security Mug Quartet of drift. From the early 90s of the last century onwards, with all kinds of imported high-grade paper, th

The demand for paper used to package architecture, making firecrackers shrinking An Bangkok led to the loss of markets. Traditional crafts become bleak, oblivion. The concrete slab is the bottom of the ship luck, piece of wood boards is enabled and the object moves ... this once so familiar, now just memories.

Not only the villagers awake the profession, local authorities also concern previous traditional situation oblivion. But the fact that now, though many modern machines serving of paper but to invest in technology can not, because the cost is too high.

In An Coc, who was most extreme, with heavy hearts, the coming anniversary profession altogether to offer incense family organization, express heart and remembered the plot fragrant smell fly around the village lake. The old artisans in craft villages are headache remember, just hope in the nearest day paper smell, smell fragrant lake across the road to the village of An Bangkok.