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Bat Trang Ceramics Village – Vietnam

Bat Trang, a small village in northern Vietnam, is located about 13 miles southeast of Hanoi, on the other Chuong Duong side of the bridge. Why the name is popular, most tourists in the north of Vietnam? The answer is always his famous ceramic and pottery products of high Quality. If you know about Vietnam is, you can not be surprised to have Bat Trang's vases, bowls, dishes and many other types of ceramic products worldwide exported. If you would like workers to consider ceramic products by hand, come here! What's more, you can also try it for yourself!

History. Bat Trang village is 15th century be founded 14 or more documents. But sooner after the villagers, the village appeared, perhaps. There are always two stories about the village of origin. One of them said that under the Ly dynasty, in 1100, when the nation was in its independence and growth stage, there were 3 scholars the back of their mission to China to bring the ceramic craft was learned it back to Vietnam and taught the people in Bat Trang. In the other story in the History of goes back to the 10th Century, King Ly Cong Uan moved as the capital in Thang Long. With the creation and development of the capital, many business people, artisans come from many areas to settle down here to work and trade. In Bat Trang, there was a lot of white clay, so that many potters, was among whom Nguyen Trang Ninh Family came here and built the ovens. Accordingly, Bat Trang gradually from a normal ceramic and pottery village in a famous ceramic and pottery center changed to buy up.

Over time, the village's products have developed well and for the best quality, style and glaze known, both within and outside the nation. Many of these are now tailored for noble families and religious needs. His favorite foreign markets are Japan (the Brand name "Kochi (Giao Chi) ware"), the Netherlands, Great Britain, Portugal, Southeast Asia, etc.

The famous ceramic & Pottery products

Production process. To produce a complete product, you must follow three steps. The first step is the preparation of the goods context. The artists choose the right tone, treat it and start making a crude product. It must be repaired to get the best appearance. Secondly, decorate and they cover it with glazes. Last but not least, the raw products baked in 3 days and 3 nights. There are several types of furnace are still the temperature at 12000 or 13000 be. After baking, the products are made, took classified and repaired in case there are errors. And now we have the perfect product.

Popular product types. Bat Trang products are divided into 3 types of end use.

Decorate the product

• Use goods: including plates, bowls, mugs, Kettle, wine bottles, flower pots, vases, glass … What is different is that they are thicker than those of Chinese.
• Cult product: include lamp stands, candle holders, Incense burners, altar boxes, swords … These are valuable to collectors because of the inscription years of production, the names of producers and the potter.
• Decorative objects: House models, altars, statues and architectural devices.

The special feature is the variety of decoration s on the products. Thanks to a long lasting history and development of the village works with many different special versions have accumulated. Another thing that makes them different to is the glaze, which, as of high quality and a variety of colors such as blue, white, brown, moss green, and melt the two glazes break into.

In fact, there appeared a number of competitors both domestically and internationally, benefiting from high-tech. But most customers prefer artisanal products, which contain historical and traditional values. It is no wonder that even in Bat Trang busy days and it works. More importantly, the Village now so popular that absorbs a large annual number of tourists to visit and buy ceramic goods.

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