Bat Trang pottery is a famous traditional pottery product in Vietnam located on the left bank of the Red River, now in Bat Trang commune, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, more than 10km from the center of the city. South East.
This village was formed in the Ly dynasty. Over the past 500 years of history with the ups and downs of the same time, but the name Bat Trang still exists and growing up until now.
Why is the name popular with most tourists to North Vietnam? The answer is that its famous ceramic and porcelain products are of high quality. If you have never heard of Bat Trang's pots, bowls, dishes and many other ceramic products have been exported all over the world. If you want to make pottery by hand, come here! Moreover, you can also try it!

Bản dịch:Gốm Bát Tràng là sản phẩm gốm truyền thống nổi tiếng ở Việt Nam nằm bên tả ngạn sông Hồng, nay thuộc xã Bát Tràng, huyện Gia Lâm, Hà Nội, cách trung tâm thành phố hơn 10km. Đông Nam.
Ngôi làng này được hình thành trong thời nhà Lý. Trải qua 500 năm lịch sử với những thăng trầm cùng thời điểm, nhưng tên Bát Tràng vẫn còn tồn tại và lớn lên cho đến bây giờ.
Tại sao tên tuổi lại phổ biến với hầu hết khách du lịch đến miền Bắc Việt Nam? Câu trả lời là các sản phẩm gốm và sứ nổi tiếng có chất lượng cao. Nếu bạn chưa bao giờ nghe nói về Bát Tràng, bát, món ăn và nhiều sản phẩm gốm khác đã được xuất khẩu trên toàn thế giới. Nếu bạn muốn làm đồ gốm bằng tay, hãy đến đây! Hơn nữa, bạn cũng có thể thử nó!

You are in Hanoi? Don’t forget to visit Bat Trang Pottery Village!

Bat Trang ceramic village is located in Gia Lam District, the outskirts of Hanoi. If you come to Ha Noi, you should not ignore this place. Bat Trang traditional quality pottery includes bowl, dish, pot, cup, wine pot, a big flower-vase, leg lamp, lime-pot, big-bellied jar with glazes such as ancient pearl blaze, crackle glaze, dark glaze, indigo-blue flower glaze, grey flower glaze, melt glaze…

On the road to the market, there are many pottery families, so you can choose any of them to. You can ask understand quite clearly about ceramic and history by asking the local people. Most interesting thing is you can observe how they make the pottery products manually, really amazing. These families also sell ceramic products but for bulk amount instead of retail one. But no worry, all you want to buy will be sold at Bat Trang market.

Bat Trang market sells many kinds of potteries. It is divided into small stalls: the daily household use stall, the decorative stall, the worshiping stall and the souvenir stall. Most of products sold at affordable price but if you can go there with Vietnamese, you can save some amount of money.

I forgot mention about the most interesting thing when visiting pottery families. These families provide service that the tourist can directly make pottery products by themselves. Many youngsters and foreign tourists are interested in this pottery- making experience, and spend a whole day in the market to make a gift for family or friends. With wet clay, a basin of water and a turn-table, you are ready to start creating. However, making pottery is not easy. Some people spend 5 hours working on a vase or a bowl, but it never seems to come out right; one small mistake, and their piece is ruined… You can create what you like, from simple things such as pots or bowls, to vases of different figures or to shape clay into animals such as cats, mice, buffaloes or cartoon characters.

After the pottery is finished, it will be baked for 15-30 minutes. Afterwards, you can paint and decorate your items. You can then buy your creation at price ranging from 30-100 thousand VND.

If you do not want to try this service, you can choose the easier type that is decorating pre-made pottery. You can buy your decorated product at price ranging from 30 to 50 thousand VND.

Note:

You should bargain when you buy in the market, as well as you go shopping.

You must check the product quality (drawing line, color, etc) before buying to avoid the bad product.

You should walk in the market carefully. The owners put many products outside. They are fragile and you must pay for the broken products if you break it unintentionally.

There are much of things you could discover here, so remember let your shopping until the end of trips if you don’t want to have to worry about the heavy bag or broken products.

Cuisine is not the unique interest of this Village but as other place in Vietnam, you still can enjoy some traditional dishes and some local dishes which are really delicious. You can easily find a “Bún Chả” or “Phở” restaurant. Each bowl could be priced at 25,000 VND to 35,000 VND ($1 – $1.5). In addition, it has some other foods that you should try like: “Bánh tẻ thơm”, 6,000 NVD ($0.4) per pair; “Bánh sắn”, 5,000 NVD ($0.3).