Bat Trang Village

Bat Trang Village

Located on the banks of the left bank of the Red River , the center of Hanoi than 10 km north- east - south as Bat Trang pottery village , Gia Lam district today ( suburban ) .

As a long-standing pottery village and most famous in Vietnam , Bat Trang is still active today and is growing strong . Legend has it , the village was originally called Bach worship ( precinct workers put up the white land ) later changed to Bat Trang ward ( ward oven bowl ) .

 According to folklore , the craft appeared in Bat Trang ceramics from the Ly dynasty . Because a group of people the White Bat ( Bat Bo ) , Yen Mo district, Ninh Binh province sail to trade opposite the Red River , close to Thang Long found a fertile wasteland they immediately had to stay overnight .
That night, one of those who dreamed that Qi procession down King Aquatic Aquarium play . When that person , he sent a delegation to follow and construction workers for building full of splendid land . Later descendants of this root to eat raw land that wall down forever ... Wake up people that bring their dreams to tell the whole group , everyone here is auspicious for , he decided to quit trading in the plug he founded the village land .

The story , though not very convinced about the time of appearance of Bat Trang pottery village . But through archaeological materials that have many sites Ly material decorated with green glaze pottery . A more reliable documentation Du Dia Chi is written first Le Nguyen Trai said the rules state each culvert China , Bat Trang village to supply 70 sets of dishes . That proved to Bat Trang this time was pretty neat .
Currently, in many temples still kept the candlesticks , incense burners have carved dragon phoenix , clouds of flowers in blue , topic name, address and manipulate time in Bat Trang XVI century ( Boi Khe Pagoda - Ha Tay ) .

In addition, a number of foreign document also said the information about Bat Trang in the sixteenth century - XVII ( Pujio Koiama - Asian pottery ) . With all that information allows estimate Bat Trang village existed in suburban Thang Long as a village more than 500 years .

Bat Trang ceramics from far away had circulated all over the country and even outside the country . Many types of ceramics and most unique you 've already famous at home and abroad . It is celadon pottery ( Ly - Tran ) , ceramics or pottery brown glaze brown (late Tran - first Lake ) , ceramic mosaic ( Le - Trinh ) and blue and white ceramics ( late Le - Nguyen started ) . Can confirm that you are the type of pottery are produced in Bat Trang pottery brown glaze except by Tho Ha pottery village ( Hebei ) are making .
From the preceding centuries , Bat Trang ceramics have high levels of a kind , rare but mostly worship : candlesticks , censers , vases . Later , by developing tastes , plus the market demand , Bat Trang has many household items , most popular dishes, plates , vases , jars .

Nowadays , Bat Trang has produced many items rich in variety and style , including fine art items : Wall Plates , vases , seed , statues and reliefs version with technical and high technology .

Faced goods Bat Trang handicraft today gives the impression of incredible admiration by the talented hands of the artisan pottery village - the men who dictate land and fire to create celadon for life .