In the traditional house at 87 Ma May Street, the administration team of the Hanoi Old Quarter are promoting the traditional pottery of the North of Vietnam from places such as Bat Trang, Chu Dau, Tho Ha, and Phu Lang.
This is one of many activities to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. It is also a cultural event to preserve traditional pottery traditions and help both local and foreign tourists enhance their knowledge about Vietnamese pottery.
Pottery has long-standing position in the culture of Vietnamese people and throughout the generations has been used in daily life for everything from statues, vases and embossments to art used in both decoration and spiritual life. Pottery has also been applied in architecture in ways such as tile, carved brick and embossed works, for example.
Northern pottery has developed through the prehistoric, feudal, and modern ages, categorized by time as terra-cotta pottery in the Bronze Age, Han-Vietnamese pottery, pottery with gem glaze, tricolor pottery in the Le-Mac age and more. These items are not only historically important in the country's long history and national development but also evidence to the artistic skill and creativity throughout the ages.
Tho Ha pottery was sold in Thang Long from the 14th century until the 1930s and specific products included jars and steamers were favorite household commodities of Hanoians. However, Tho Ha pottery has nearly vanished due to limited supplies at very low prices and customers have recently switched to plastic items which caused production to be limited. Despite that fact, Tho Ha's natives have strived to find solutions and markets for their products and overcame in finding and winning over new markets and positions. Many people consider Tho Ha pottery their favorite because of its natural brown color and cool and long-wearing exterior.
Phu Lang pottery has the same casing as Tho Ha's, but is currently getting considerable limelight. People are attracted by its natural brownish glaze and raw but eye-catching design.
Also, Chu Dau pottery from Hai Duong Province and Bat Trang pottery from Hanoi have been getting considerable attention because of their unique cultural features. Hence, despite pottery being considered by many as an archaic, it is holding its own in a market full of new, innovative products.
Source: Vietnam Economic News
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