Bat Trang Pottery Village
Bat Trang is one of the oldest and most famous traditional pottery villages in Vietnam, existing for more than 400 years. Bat Trang pottery village is located along the Red River, in Gia Lam district, about 15km from the center of Hanoi. The experience of exploring Bat Trang pottery village every weekend is definitely not a bad choice for domestic and foreign tourists.
Visiting Bat Trang pottery village, visitors will be lost in the ancient and ancient space of an ancient Vietnamese village. Here, you can not only admire unique and highly aesthetic architectural works, but also experience hand-molding ceramics as you like under the guidance of skilled potters or go to Bat Trang ceramic market, listen to the stories of keeping the craft fire from ancient times of Vietnamese artisans.
In recent years, Bat Trang pottery village has continued to leave a strong impression on visitors because of the super "good" work - the Quintessence Center of Vietnamese Craft Villages or commonly known as the Bat Trang Ceramics Museum. Inspired by the image of a ceramic clawing turntable, the work appears as a unique masterpiece, honoring the quintessence of pottery and the craftsmanship of pottery artisans in Vietnam. Walking around the Bat Trang pottery museum, you can bring back a lot of extreme "check-in" photos.
In addition to the unique space, Bat Trang Ceramic Museum also displays unique ceramic products, helping you better understand the culture of Vietnamese pottery village. In addition, the culinary paradise of Bat Trang pottery village is also a highlight that you definitely cannot miss with unique delicacies such as hot cakes, baked cassava cakes or rice meals with the flavor of the ancient village.
Photo: Bat Trang Ceramics Museum
Chu Dau Pottery Village
Chu Dau pottery village is famous in Hai Duong because of the uniqueness and sophistication in each ceramic product. Coming here, visitors will have the opportunity to admire with their own eyes the extremely sophisticated and eye-catching collections of antique and contemporary ceramics, imbued with Vietnamese cultural imprints such as natural scenery, the life of the people in the Red River Delta or the scenes of buffalo herders, etc fish swimming in the water, birds perched on flower branches...
In particular, visitors can also immerse themselves and enjoy the peaceful and simple space of a Northern village. Smoking village roads, ancient honeycomb stone walls, banana bushes, simple fruit trees... all create a rustic and sincere village picture.
From Chu Dau pottery village, visitors can also visit a number of other destinations such as worshipping the ancestor of Chu Dau pottery Dang Huyen Thong, Chu Dau pottery museum, visiting pottery kilns and experiencing pottery molding by hand...
TEL: 0906.655.095
Fanpage: https://chudauceramic.vn/lang-gom-chu-dau-hai-duong
Photo: Chu Dau Ceramics
Bau Truc Pottery Village
Down to the sunny and windy Central region is Bau Truc pottery village located 10km south of Phan Rang city. Bau Truc is the most famous traditional pottery village in Ninh Thuan province and also the oldest pottery village in Southeast Asia.
The reason why Bau Truc pottery village is praised everywhere is because this place owns handmade ceramic products and pottery firing techniques imbued with Cham culture. Ceramic artisans in Bau Truc all make pottery by hand, breathing life into each vase, pot, etc kettles, jars with vivid Cham Pa cultural motifs. In particular, ceramic products are piled up, annealed and fired by hand. Therefore, the variegated color marks in each ceramic product have their own distinct and unique features.
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Vinh Long Pottery Village
Vinh Long pottery village is located along the banks of the Co Chien river with thousands of brick kilns, pottery kilns crowded together like mushrooms after rain, stretching for tens of kilometers to form an interesting picture, looking far away like red castles in the sun. Therefore, the people of this country also named Vinh Long Pottery Village as the "red kingdom".
Vinh Long pottery has a natural red color, after firing, there is also a unique white chalk on the outside. Ceramics are strong, durable, and eye-catching colors, gradually favored by the domestic market, and attracted the attention of the international market, paving the way for export.
Tourists visiting the pottery village, in the distance, saw smoke rising. Along the provincial highway, trucks of all kinds are waiting for goods, workers are busy carrying. In the workshop, printers, coins, and scrubs work diligently. Some artisans sit and contemplate "digging the soil", looking for ideas for a new pottery model: a breakthrough, an abstract work, or a village girl with clear and holy water...
In addition, Vinh Long Pottery Village also has a unique architectural work that is almost unique in Vietnam, which is the pottery house. The whole house, from the roof, fences, reliefs, walls, to interior items such as tables, chairs, couches... are all made entirely of ceramics. Each component is fired separately, changing colors to emphasize bold and light strokes as desired, then reassembled during construction. As a result, the pottery house seems fragile, but it is solid and the colors blend together. Coming here, you will admire the talent, elaboration, and meticulousness of the potters.
Photo: dulichmientay
Traditional pottery villages along Vietnam are the place to preserve the beauty of national culture. What are you waiting for without picking up your backpack and going exploring?
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