Thousand-year-old Kim Lan ceramic village
Monday, 12:13, 12/10/2015
(VOV) - Kim Lan is considered to be one of renowned ceramic villages in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district producing, making a variety of products like flowerpots, decanters and jars, toothpick holders.
The village is near Bat Trang, a well-known ceramic village in the north. |
Together with other ceramic villages in Bac Ninh and Hanoi, Kim Lan has been preserving and promoting the traditional craft. |
Kim Lan village is seen as a cradle of household ceramic wares in the old Thang Long Capital (or Hanoi today). |
Despite difficulties, local villagers are making every effort to develop the traditional craft. |