How Is Silk Made?

Silkworm is a caterpillar that eats leaves, and would have been harmful to the crops and eradicated had people not discovered that it produces delicate silk. Raising silkworms Silkworms prefer mild weather, so it is best to breed them in spring and autumn. Their life-cycle is about 23-25 days, divided into 5 phases, through 4 molts. Larvae eat continuously, and their food is white mulberry. White mulberries are cultivated on fertile alluvial fields and cut twice a year in order for them to grow strong and fast, to supply sufficient leaves for sericulture. Leaves are picked either young or later […]

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Famous Craft Villages In Thai Binh

Not only is Thai Binh a land of rice paddies but it is also well known for its many traditional craft villages. Let’s pay a visit to some of these villages, where our ancestors have left many great traditional values. Phuong La textile village Also known as Meo Village, this is the only textile village among the 5 villages of Thai Phuong Commune, Hung Ha District. Phuong La people now weave silk, tussah, satin with treadle  and motor-driven weaving machines rather than manual looms, making tens of meters of silk a day. It has become one of the billionaire village of […]

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