Friday 31 December 2010

Bat Trang Pottery Village Then and Now

Bat Trang pottery village - a village about 500 years old ancient capital Hanoi is located approximately 10km south-east, on the left bank of the Red River, Bac Ninh province earlier this Gia Lam District, Hanoi suburb.

According to Vietnamese General Su Ky Toan Thu, the name Bat News Bat Trang commune appeared first in 1352. But by the time it took the Ly (1010-1225) People from Bo Bat commune in Ninh Binh province to settle in this land and named the Bat Trang commune. Bo Bat The reason people choose this area to settle because there is a white-clay a good material to produce ceramic products with high quality. Moreover, this land riverside News Second Red River will facilitate the communication, transportation and commodity exchange.

Since the product of Bat Trang pottery village was born of royal rank Elites in Thang Long to the farmer foot mud covered hands in the countryside are popular. Moreover, many everyday household items in Bat Trang beyond the borders of Vietnam. XV centuries, Bat Trang pottery festival in tribute to the emperor of China-where the ceramic tradition for thousands of years ago and is known throughout the world. From then on, any time, whether or popular thinking, the Bat Trang pottery village has confirmed the value of their goods, pottery still survive and overcome all challenges.

Since several decades, the vitality of traditional villages still be blown up by thousands of pottery kilns burning day and night. Currently, the Bat Trang pottery was not used much coal, straw or wood burning stove that was used for industrial furnaces fired by gas, limit the environmental pollution and also reduce the amount of waste products.

According to the artisans of the village, common themes of Bat Trang products are dragon, phoenix, verses on, patterns, scenes of people, landscape flowers, nature scenes ... all reflect the spiritual life and philosophy of the people of Vietnam.

From previous centuries, Bat Trang mostly worship. Later, Bat Trang has many household items, most popular bowls, plates, pots, vases, cups warm. And today, Bat Trang has many items of diverse types and styles, including items such as disk wall art, vases, animals, statues and reliefs version with technical and high technology. The collection of Bat Trang ceramics have reached the pinnacle of the art manufacturing techniques and ceramics in Vietnam.

Bat Trang ceramics products not only popular in the country but also exported to many countries around the world since 1990 as Japan, Korea, USA and the EU member countries. Many ancient ceramics of Bat Trang is stored in a number of major museums around the world as the Royaux museum-Belgium, the Guimet Museum in France.

Mr. John S. Guy worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum-London has appreciated about Bat Trang during the Ly-Tran and pottery that Vietnam was said to be independent of the people of Vietnam. He also said, Bat Trang pottery ancient fruit is the pride of Vietnam and the image of Bat Trang people work hard will be celebrated in his memory.

Since 2002, Bat Trang artisans began to link production and consumption through the Bat Trang Ceramics Association. The association's members are not only producing household ceramics, but also the ceramics companies. Through association, the Bat Trang have the opportunity to learn, obtain information about the market, the new knowledge in ceramic production technology, trade and part-time modes of electronic commerce and how to improve competitiveness competition.

Recently, Bat Trang ceramics Association has established the Centre for Bat Trang Export Promotion and conduct branding "Bat Trang Vietnam, 1,000 years of tradition."

Bat Trang now on, visitors will find an ancient village of Bat Trang-exist in parallel with a Bat Trang-urban. Traditional and modern mix both in thinking production and business of pottery as well as the appearance of Bat Trang pottery village.

Every year, Bat Trang village festival is held on February 15 (lunar calendar) and lasts seven days.

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