Mon Quang conical hat village
(BNP) - Vietnamese conical hats have become an indispensable piece of clothing for Vietnamese women and a beautiful feature of Vietnamese culture. Referring to the conical hat, we cannot but mention the cone hat village of Mon Quang (Lang Ngam commune, Gia Binh district), these conical hats are culture associated with the rural countryside of the Northern Delta.
Illustrative photo (Source: Internet).
About 50 km from Hanoi, Mon Quang hamlet (Lang Ngam commune, Gia Binh district) was once a rural village, the life of the people here still met many difficulties. Around the middle of the twentieth century, Mr. Nguyen Van Cuc went to Chuong village (former Ha Tay) to learn how to make conical hat and provided vocational training to his fellow villagers.
This is an easy-to-learn job suitable for many ages. At one point, up to 95% of households and hundreds of laborers earn their living by making conical. There are families for up to three generations of making hats.
To make a hat, we have to gather materials from many provinces across the country such as Hoa Binh, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Quang Binh… The hat usually has the shape of a cone as evidenced by the name. Thin and small bamboo sticks are bent into a circle with different diameters. These circles are pinned on a conical frame by thread, silk, or filament. Hatmakers make the leaves flat, cut cross-head on the top of the leaves, and uses a needle to sew the top of 24 or 25 leaves together. Next, all the leaves and layers are attached and sewed by thread around every bamboo circle on the frame. In the middle of the third and fourth bamboo circle, hatmaker uses thread to tie the strap. The strap is usually made of velvet or silk in many different colors. The outside of the conical hat is covered with varnish to increase the durability and beauty.
Mon Quang conical hats are not only serving the needs of the people in the village and surrounding areas but are also selling in many provinces such as Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen.
