Traditional power circuit
Over many centuries of formation and development, the craft of making Quang noodles in Quang Nam is the continuous creation of generations of artisans in the craft village. Professional knowledge, skills, and processing procedures are accumulated over time, associated with craft village products with regional characteristics.
Therefore, culinary culture carries the vitality of its origins, and the owners of culinary heritages are also the ones who preserve and transmit the vitality of the heritage, and are the source link between tradition and modernity through generations.
The traditional craft of making Quang noodles exists in many districts, towns and cities of Quang Nam province. According to incomplete inventory results, there are currently nearly 900 establishments and households making Quang noodles, most concentrated in Dien Ban, Hoi An, Tam Ky, Duy Xuyen, Nui Thanh...
In Dien Ban, there are about 400 establishments and households involved in processing and trading Quang noodles. Dien Phuong ward (Dien Ban) alone has about 200 households and establishments processing Quang noodles, including trading locally and selling in neighboring towns.
Many villages have almost become craft villages for processing and trading Quang noodles, such as La Thap village (Duy Chau, Duy Xuyen), Phu Chiem (Dien Phuong, Dien Ban), Yen Pho (Tam Anh Nam, Nui Thanh), Dong Xuan block (Truong Xuan, Tam Ky), Thanh Ha block (Thanh Ha, Hoi An).
In particular, Phu Chiem village, Dien Phuong ward (Dien Ban) specializes in processing and trading Quang noodles. Some elders in the village believe that Phu Chiem noodles were born when the Vietnamese opened up the land in Quang, associated with the activities of the Hoi An trading port.
During the war years, Phu Chiem noodles were sold by women and mothers. Gradually, Phu Chiem noodles spread further to Duy Xuyen, Thang Binh, Tam Ky, Dai Loc, and Da Nang City. Even the children of Phu Chiem village brought their secret noodle recipes to the Central Highlands, the South, and Saigon to start a business.
Both unique and diverse
Quang noodles also show its uniqueness in versatility because few localities like Quang Nam have a dish present in death anniversaries, Tet, new rice offerings, new house building, parties... And it is also a dish that can be eaten all year round, "four seasons, eight festivals" can use noodles as the "main dish" instead of rice.
Almost every child born and raised in Quang Nam loves and knows how to prepare Quang noodles. Therefore, the profession of making Quang noodles in Quang Nam province is very popular.
In modern society, Quang noodles have become the “cultural ambassador” of Quang Nam. It is present in festivals, cultural and tourism events, conferences, seminars, and diplomatic events of Quang Nam province with domestic and international delegations.
It can be said that My Quang is a "cultural ambassador" of national and international stature. My Quang is increasingly asserting its value and spreading as a unique culinary cultural heritage of Quang region.
Every Quang Nam native who goes to work far away yearns for his mother’s bowl of noodles. Quang noodles have become the soul of Quang Nam, passed down through many generations and are deeply attached to every Quang Nam native who leaves their homeland.
According to chef - culinary expert Trinh Thi Diem Vy (Hoi An), when analyzing a bowl of Quang noodles in Phu Chiem, it is possible to determine the standard recipe by continuing the values of traditional folk knowledge to determine the processing ingredients, colors (spices), as well as the side dishes (raw vegetables, rice paper), while also considering additional quantities, nutritional formulas as well as practical methods in processing the fillings; from there, it is possible to teach the profession universally.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/tram-nam-trong-mot-to-my-3139963.html
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