If Hanoi has Bat Trang, Hai Duong is also proud of Chu Dau pottery village. This craft village is a place loved by many people and come to explore the historical flow of a famous traditional craft village in the North.
Hai Duong is one of the strongest places for tourism in heritage and culture, this place has many places with many historical marks and characteristics of the Northern countryside. Chu Dau Pottery Village is one of the attractive destinations for tourists by the long tradition of making pottery and the values and quintessence of the craft village still preserved today. Traveling to Hai Duong and visiting Chu Dau pottery village, you will have the opportunity to explore the cultural beauty of the oldest craft village in the East.
Chu Dau pottery village is an attractive tourist destination. Photo: Securities Fast News
Ups and downs in the historical flow of Chu Dau pottery village
Chu Dau pottery village is located in Thai Tan commune, Nam Sach district of Hai Duong province on the left bank of Thai Binh river. This craft village was formed in the 14th century and flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries. After that, due to the chaotic war, the pottery profession in Chu Dau was gradually lost and lost.
Chu Dau pottery village developed extremely from the 14th to 16th centuries. Photo: Dang Cong Man Duong
In 1980, the secretary of the Japanese embassy in Vietnam, Makato Anabuki, when coming to Turkey, saw a ceramic vase of blue flowers at the Takapisaray museum with the Chinese inscription “Thai Hoa, Nam Sach Chau year. Ms. Bui Thi Thuy pen “so she asked the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Secretary at that time to find the origin of the pottery vase. , discovered many relics of one of the great handicraft centers in Thai Tan and Minh Tan communes and from here the restoration of the famous Chu Dau pottery village in the past began.
The pottery profession in Chu Dau was lost. Photo: Dy Toan
The son of Chu Dau begin restoring traditional villages of the fathers, even opened factories to make products of village development., Today not only in the country where the product of the village of Chu Dau ceramics has present in many countries around the world.
Chu Dau Village: not just a traditional craft village
The revived Chu Dau pottery village not only helps to preserve traditional values, create famous ceramic products, but also turn this place into an attractive tourist destination of Hai Duong.
Nowadays, the pottery village has become a famous tourist destination. Photo: @canviticoi
Visiting Chu Dau pottery village, visitors will be immersed in the peaceful space of a northern countryside village and at the same time visit and learn about the process of creating famous ceramic products in four directions.
A corner of the ancient pottery village of Chu Dau. Photo: Thai Loc
The pottery of Chu Dau village is from the white clay of Truc Thon in Chi Linh town. After taking the soil, people will bring it to water to filter it and add additives to mix it into a pottery lake. When the clay is soft, pliable and achieves the required fineness, it will be polished and molded on a turntable. From the past to the present, the pottery products of Chu Dau village are all handcrafted, from shaping and casting pottery to drawing and decorating flowers by the talented potters of the village. Therefore, the ceramic is always quality and has its own distinctive characteristics with ceramics in other places.
Ceramic products are mainly handmade. Photo: Hai Duong newspaper
Patterns are hand-painted by talented artists. Photo: Business forum
Chu Dau village pottery is characterized by a very clear white glaze with a blue pattern thanks to the use of indigo white enamel and red, brown, and yellow green patterns thanks to the use of tam Thai enamel. The design and motifs of the pattern on the ceramic are very sophisticated and have bold Vietnamese cultural identity. The secret to having ceramic products to reach the sophistication of the people here is the technique of drawing under the glaze and then being baked in the furnace, then coating with tam Thai glaze and burning again. That is why the pottery products of Chu Dau village from ancient times, whether buried underground or submerged on the sea floor over the centuries, still retain both colors and designs.
Chu Dau ceramic products are very beautiful and sophisticated. Photo: Decopro
Visiting Chu Dau pottery village , visitors will be amazed by the world of pottery here so many colors and beautiful. Visitors will admire the collection of ancient pottery, contemporary ceramic products, visit Chu Dau Pottery Joint Stock Company, Chu Dau Pottery Village. Especially visitors will have to enjoy the experience. production area as well as experience making pottery yourself or discover archaeological sites.
Where the artists draw patterns of the craft village. Photo: Investment Newspaper
Display area of Chu Dau ceramic products. Photo: VTV
In particular, many attractive destinations around the ancient pottery village such as the temple of Chu Dau Dang Huyen Thong pottery, Chu Dau ceramic museum or ancient pottery kilns will also bring attractive experiences to the journey of discovery. traveler.
If you love traditional craft village culture, especially pottery, when coming to Hai Duong, do not forget to visit Chu Dau pottery village to explore the colorful world of Vietnamese pottery for yourself.
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