Bat Trang Pottery Village fired up for trade ahead of Tet festival
VOV.VN - As one of Hanoi’s longstanding traditional handicraft communities, Bat Trang Pottery Village in Gia Lam District has long been popular with tourists. In recent days the village has been busier than usual as trade increases ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
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| The gate over the entrance to the pottery market in Bat Trang ancient village. |
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| Many trucks carry goods through the busy village streets, they are carefully loaded with pottery for delivery to trade centres across the country. |
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| Labourers in a production base are hard at work, they are busy making sure there are enough products to fulfil all of the orders. |
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| Young people practise throwing pottery in the manner of real artisans. |
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| An array of clay pots are set out to dry before being fired in kilns. |
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| On the way to the centre of the pottery market. |
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| In the market, there are many people shopping for items to decorate their homes or places of work. |
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| There is a wide variety of colourful clay figures, visitors are able to choose from many wonderful items. |
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| Products feature characters from traditional Vietnamese folk stories. |
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| Large vases with ornately patterned glazes are used to decorate people’s houses. |
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| A beautiful tea set costs between VND200,000-500,000. |
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| Buyers with different tastes and demands have many options, such as bowls with a plain white slip glaze or carefully decorated with colourful floral patterns. |
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| Painted tiles can be hung like canvases in living rooms or work places. |
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| The renowned market also attracts many foreign visitors. |
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