Opening of sedge mat weaving class at 700-year-old craft village in Hai Phong

Delegates and artisans visit the traditional sedge mat production process

On the morning of August 23, the City Cooperative Union opened the 2025 sedge mat weaving class at Bao Ha wood carving and lacquer craft village, Vinh Hai commune, Hai Phong city.

This activity aims to implement Plan No. 198 of Hai Phong City People's Committee on training human resources for craft villages and traditional occupations in the period of 2023 - 2025.

The curriculum is designed in a "hands-on" manner, helping students master knowledge about materials, tools, processes, mat weaving techniques, pattern printing, and product finishing stages.

Over the course of about a month, 50 students, including youth, workers and craftsmen in the craft village, will receive knowledge and practical guidance from lecturers and artisans at the production facility.

After the course, learners can master skills from raw material preparation, dyeing to manual sedge weaving techniques.

Bao Ha craft village artisan introduces the process of weaving sedge mats

Bao Ha craft village has a history of more than 720 years, famous for many traditional crafts such as bamboo weaving, sedge mat weaving, statue carving, wood carving, puppet making... Through the ups and downs of history, Bao Ha has maintained a number of unique crafts such as wood carving, statue carving, gilding, lace embroidery, mat weaving... contributing to providing unique products to the market, creating stable jobs for the people.

However, the craft village is facing the risk of extinction. Many crafts are being lost, among which the sedge mat weaving craft faces many difficulties due to small-scale production, lack of competitiveness with industrial products and a shortage of young human resources.

Students are interested in practicing sedge mat weaving techniques.

Organizing sedge mat weaving classes helps equip students with vocational skills, and is a “bridge” between artisans and the younger generation. Through this, students can acquire skills, feel the quintessence, passion, and pride associated with the traditional craft of their homeland, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural values of traditional craft villages.

This is also a practical step for the sedge mat weaving profession to adapt to the market, affirm its unique cultural brand and become an important part of the local economic and community tourism development in the integration period.

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