Taking advantage of the glimmering winter sunlight, Ms. Truong Thi Hai (born 1963, residing in Hamlet 3 Phong Phu, Nghi Phong commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An) handed out molds. make do paper drying in front of the family’s small yard. This is the result of Ms. Hai after a hard session of making paper with many different stages.“Make handmade paper so it’s a bit difficult. In addition, you have to wait for sunny weather to do it. Without sunlight, paper cannot be dried. “It’s all thanks to God,” Ms. Truong Thi Hai shared and said that she and the people in the village do not know when the paper craft started. However, Ms. Hai has now been doing this profession for more than 40 years and will try her best. Try to preserve the ancient profession left behind.Ms. Hai said that making Do paper takes a lot of steps and materials. The main raw material to make Do paper is the bark from the Niet tree. Niet trees often grow in the fields and Mrs. Hai and her husband go looking for them all over Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to pick. Every few months, Mrs. Hai and her husband will pick Niet trees to store, and when they are done, they will continue to pick.The frame to make do paper is assembled from bamboo sticks and curtain fabric. On the outside there is a frame made of sturdy iron to stretch the frame and the curtain fabric to be taut and flat. Paper making frames are shaped according to available templates and sizes.After picking the Niet tree, Mrs. Hai and her husband will peel it, clean it, and then stew it with a little lime powder to soften the bark and lose its inherent odor. Stew the bark for about one night. When the bark becomes soft, pour it out and soak it in running water for about an hour. The bark is then put on a stone slab and crushed with a wooden pestle to get the powder.The indispensable “additive” used to make paper is the slime from the Bet Bet tree. After cutting down the Bet Bet tree, Mrs. Hai cut it into small pieces and soaked them in water to create a slimy substance.This slime is then mixed with water and crushed Niet plant powder to coat the Do paper mold.Ms. Hai said that in the past, when it was prosperous, Do paper craft village in Nghi Phong commune There are hundreds of households doing it. However, over a long period of time, only 6 households still practice this profession. Other households have all switched to other jobs or gone to work far from home. This is also a unique and unique Do paper craft village in Nghe An province.Every day, Ms. Hai alone can make 40 sheets of Do paper. With the help of her husband and children, Mrs. Hai can make more than a hundred pieces of Do paper. All stages of making paper are done manually without any machinery or chemicals to assist, so it is quite difficult.After the paper molds were coated with a thin layer of water, Ms. Hai took them out to dry in the sun.After many hours of sun and wind exposure, thin sheets of paper were formed on the mold. Ms. Hai said that the process of removing the paper is not difficult but is very important and must be very skillful. If someone is not familiar with the task, removing torn paper will be considered a waste of work all day long.After completing the thin sheets of Do paper, Mrs. Hai sold them to traders for 4,000 VND/sheet. Purchased Do paper is often used to make paper fans, roll incense sticks or wrap sea fish.Ms. Truong Thi Hai shared that the paper craft is gradually disappearing. Partly because of unstable income, partly because young workers no longer follow the do paper making profession left by their ancestors but go to work in other jobs. Although she is old, Ms. Hai said she will try to keep the traditional profession.
Taking advantage of the glimmering winter sunlight, Ms. Truong Thi Hai (born 1963, residing in Hamlet 3 Phong Phu, Nghi Phong commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An) handed out molds. make do paper drying in front of the family’s small yard. This is the result of Ms. Hai after a hard session of making paper with many different stages.
“Make handmade paper so it’s a bit difficult. In addition, you have to wait for sunny weather to do it. Without sunlight, paper cannot be dried. “It’s all thanks to God,” Ms. Truong Thi Hai shared and said that she and the people in the village do not know when the paper craft started. However, Ms. Hai has now been doing this profession for more than 40 years and will try her best. Try to preserve the ancient profession left behind.
Ms. Hai said that making Do paper takes a lot of steps and materials. The main raw material to make Do paper is the bark from the Niet tree. Niet trees often grow in the fields and Mrs. Hai and her husband go looking for them all over Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to pick. Every few months, Mrs. Hai and her husband will pick Niet trees to store, and when they are done, they will continue to pick.
The frame to make do paper is assembled from bamboo sticks and curtain fabric. On the outside there is a frame made of sturdy iron to stretch the frame and the curtain fabric to be taut and flat. Paper making frames are shaped according to available templates and sizes.
After picking the Niet tree, Mrs. Hai and her husband will peel it, clean it, and then stew it with a little lime powder to soften the bark and lose its inherent odor. Stew the bark for about one night. When the bark becomes soft, pour it out and soak it in running water for about an hour. The bark is then put on a stone slab and crushed with a wooden pestle to get the powder.
The indispensable “additive” used to make paper is the slime from the Bet Bet tree. After cutting down the Bet Bet tree, Mrs. Hai cut it into small pieces and soaked them in water to create a slimy substance.
This slime is then mixed with water and crushed Niet plant powder to coat the Do paper mold.
Ms. Hai said that in the past, when it was prosperous, Do paper craft village in Nghi Phong commune There are hundreds of households doing it. However, over a long period of time, only 6 households still practice this profession. Other households have all switched to other jobs or gone to work far from home. This is also a unique and unique Do paper craft village in Nghe An province.
Every day, Ms. Hai alone can make 40 sheets of Do paper. With the help of her husband and children, Mrs. Hai can make more than a hundred pieces of Do paper. All stages of making paper are done manually without any machinery or chemicals to assist, so it is quite difficult.
After the paper molds were coated with a thin layer of water, Ms. Hai took them out to dry in the sun.
After many hours of sun and wind exposure, thin sheets of paper were formed on the mold. Ms. Hai said that the process of removing the paper is not difficult but is very important and must be very skillful. If someone is not familiar with the task, removing torn paper will be considered a waste of work all day long.
After completing the thin sheets of Do paper, Mrs. Hai sold them to traders for 4,000 VND/sheet. Purchased Do paper is often used to make paper fans, roll incense sticks or wrap sea fish.
Ms. Truong Thi Hai shared that the paper craft is gradually disappearing. Partly because of unstable income, partly because young workers no longer follow the do paper making profession left by their ancestors but go to work in other jobs. Although she is old, Ms. Hai said she will try to keep the traditional profession.