The refined art of Bat Trang ceramics
As far back as 600 hundreds years the village has
supplied ceramic bowls, cups, bottles, jars and tiles to the whole of Northern
Vietnam. With precious soil, unique secret methods of making ceramic enamel and
wonderful artistic depictions on the products, Bat Trang ceramics have become
valuable goods that are highly appreciated by domestic and international
communities and have been exported to places as far away as Indonesia, India,
Japan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. Bat Trang bricks were also used to build the
Forbidden City in Beijing and famous mosques in Egypt and the Middle East
thanks to their creative carved images.
Bat Trang ceramic products of pearl; cracked and
ash-colored enamel are thejliqst sophisticated in the world and are now
displayed in famous museums throughout the world, including Guimet (France),
Brussels (Belgium), the Rijec museum (Holland), the national Museum of
Australia, San Francisco (America) and Tokyo (Japan).
After rebuilding and developing the handicraft
village, Bat Trang has become a large center for tourism and trade in Hanoi.
Hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists visit Bat Trang daily to buy unique
products made by the skillful craftsmen. When you come here, you are not only
able to choose from a wide range of goods but you can also go for a sightseeing
tour or try to make china products yourself under the supervision of one of the
craftsmen. Furthermore, the area is renowned as a place of literature in Hanoi,
with 346 people passing national examinations here and going on to become the
highest-ranking officials of Vietnam in the feudal time. The village festival
is held from the 15 to 22 February of lunar calendar (about March of the solar
calendar), at the same time as the Gom market festival, one of the biggest
market festivals of Vietnam.
