Some Features of Traditional Weaving in Vietnam

Traditional weaving has a long history.In the records of feudal historians it has been evident from the post-independence era (10th century) that the silk carnation was very developed.By the middle of the eleventh century, silk had become an important economic sector for state income.The Ly dynasty was established the exchequer to oversee the production and taxation of silk as a manifestation of the strong development of silk weaving.Up to the Tran-Ho period, mulberry trees and silk weaving were closely associated with each Vietnamese family as an integral part of the agrarian economy.The old record says "every year the mulberry grows for silkworm rearing, each household has three hectares."King Le has three times promoted for agricultural production and silkworm cultivation for weaving in 1461, 1485, and 1498.A mandarin guard system was organized to the commune level to promote the farming land, silkworm cultivation, weaving silk.Planting mulberry and silkworm cultivation for weaving are also strongly encouraged by the Nguyen dynasty.In 1834, he released a motto: "advise the farmer to be hardworking able to have enough to eat, to take care of the silkworm cultivation in order to have enough to wear" (2).Thus, feudal dynasties attach great importance to the silkworm trade, by which the weaving industry has developed conditions leading to the birth of famous weaving centers throughout our country, including Van Phuc.Over time, weaving is growing.Originally from the traditional looms, traditional weaving techniques gradually developed from low to high, from primitive to sophisticated, from simple to complex, from the family occupation has become a professional village of weaving products for serving the upper class and export to foreign countries.Besides the improvement of looms, the process of creating patterns, searching for fibers combined with silk has created the diversity of traditional weaving products in Vietnam.In this article, the author will go more deeply about the silk weaving of Van Phuc village, now in the Van Phuc Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi is a well-known traditional silk weaving village with many products.It can be used at major trade fairs in the world. METHODThe author collects historical data on the economic and social situation of traditional handicraft villages in general and silk weaving in particular, relevant documents for research problems.Survey and fielding some nearby handicraft villages that are influential and related to economic and social development of traditional handicraft villages, especially Van Phuc silk weaving villages and neighboring traditional weaving villages, the author has an overview of the evolution of weaving through the ages in history.Research on the main issues of Vietnamese traditional silk weaving on the investment of French capitalists with traditional weaving traditions, which led to the shift of economic sectors in the Abstract: Vietnam is a traditional agricultural country, associated with the traditional village, the traditional handicraft industry, from the past up to now it has always in an important role in socio-economic structure.In many traditional handicraft industries, traditional silk weaving in Vietnam has been well known in the world for its silk products.During the French colonial period, Van Phuc Silk was present at major exhibitions of colonial countries in Marseille (1928), Paris (1931-1938), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos…… Today, traditional weaving is less the same but still plays an important role in the structure of import and export of Vietnam textile and apparel industry.