Visit the Ancient Village of Bat Trang, Vietnam

700 years later, I now take a journey to Bat Trang, along the dike by the Red river to witness the beauty of potteries. Bat Trang includes two villages, Bat Trang and Giang Cao, Gia Lam district, Hanoi. The commune features a pottery market, which is a destination of anyone, who would like to contemplate the beauty of potteries.

Stepping in Bat Trang pottery market, one can see the wonder of potteries that we cannot ignore and surely will buy something to take back home. At the entrance gate of the market, statue coloring workshops are favorite places of not only chirldren but also adults. Here you can choose a statue and color it as what you imagine. After being colored, the statue will be your own work and taken home as a sourvenir.



You can also try to make some potteries right in the parking. With available wet clay and machineries, artisans will instruct you to create your own potteries. The coloring and making potteries are some of entertaining activities in the village. In addition, you can wander around thousands of various potteries, in which some of them are 2m hight, to enjoy the beauty of potteries. You can find every type of pottery products in Bat Trang market. You can buy a vase or a glazed jar to decorate your room.



You can also buy a variety of statues such as the statues of woodcutter, Buddha and fisherman to make a collection of the trip. Stylized teapots at over a hunddred thousand VND are the most attractive. Many shops do not allow you to take photos. This is explained that because many tourists just would like to takes photos without buying any products, meanwhile the products need to be sold. To take photos in these shops, you have to buy some products here!.