Western guests can see firsthand the potter and then enjoy imitating it, which is a unique travel experience when returning to the West.
Bright smiles of two European tourists when participating in handmade pottery-making activities – Photo: NGOC DIEM
On November 6, Tuoi Tre Online reported that many tourists chose to visit and have fun in some Western-style places in Vinh Long province such as fruit gardens, An Binh island, pottery kilns, and homestays. ..
Which, organizing for visitors and practical experience of making handmade ceramics is one of the most impressive tourism products when having the opportunity to return to Vinh Long.
Along the Co Chien River (a tributary of the Tien River) are many brick and ceramic handicraft production facilities, forming a typical craft village of Vinh Long province.
The lovely bird is the result of a day at the pottery kiln – Photo: LAN NGOC
Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Oanh – owner of Mekong Pottery Homestay and Coffe (Long Ho district, Vinh Long) – shared that European guests would love to hear about the process and how to make handicraft products from clay as well. Like making your own products.
Need to be patient and meticulous is the way for you to successfully make a handicraft product – Photo: LAN NGOC
“Seeing that there is a need for customers, I decided to choose the experience of making handmade pottery as a typical tourist product in my place.
In particular, I organize handmade pottery classes for visitors to have a more professional experience … This will be a featured activity for tourists for the coming Tet season in 2023,” said Ms. Oanh.
Many other activities also satisfy many foreign guests such as rowing boat along the Co Chien River, having dinner on the boat to watch the sunset, exploring the fish market at night, cycling through the peaceful countryside roads…
Mr. Brent (Belgian tourist) is creating patterns on newly created ceramic products – Photo: LAN NGOC
Following in the footsteps of skilled craftsmen here, foreign tourists can go to collect clay, and mix the soil until the process of shaping, polishing and finally firing the product.
Mr. Brent – 26 years old, Belgian tourist – excitedly said that trying a trip to the West River was an unforgettable memory with unique experiences and I will definitely come back to bring more friends. friends come here.
The hard-working foreign “students” of the handmade pottery class – Photo: NGOC DIEM
After being guided, visitors embark on a step-by-step process from ceramic printing to shaping, decorating and finishing products according to printed samples at the facility or can be creative as they please. Although still quite clumsy, but in the end, the pots, the beautiful turtles, birds, snails … were also “out of the oven”.
This is also an opportunity for international friends to know more about Vietnam through pottery making, which is a traditional profession expressing our country’s unique culture that has been preserved and developed to this day.