The name Bat Trang was formed from the Le dynasty, which is the integration between the five famous pottery family of Bo Bat village of Thanh Nguyen family in Minh Trang. The five great families, including Tran, Vuong, Nguyen, Le, Pham, met and decided to bring some artisans, potters and their descendants to move to Thang Long for business. They stopped at the 72 m Tran Minh mound village.
Bat Trang pottery has been circulated all over the country, even abroad. Bat Trang pottery products, such as vases, vases, bowls, bowls, etc., have been bought in large numbers by Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch and French traders. Many Japanese artists have imitated the style of drawing, mineral paint, diverse colors, simple, rustic but deep of Bat Trang pottery.
Since the last century, Bat Trang pottery has been a high class, rare but much worshiping: lamp baskets, incense burners, vases. Later, due to tastes developed, plus the market demand, Bat Trang pottery has many household items, most commonly bowls, plates, vases. Today, the skillfulness of the Bat Trang pottery village is highly promoted in the market mechanism. A wide variety of product categories and designs have been produced. Fine ceramics, industrial ceramics, antique imitations, high-grade building ceramics are gradually being produced more than household wares. Now traditional items are only made when guests order to restore restoration of ancient monuments. Stand in front of ceramic art items.
Bat Trang, we feel amazed by the talented hands of pottery artists - people who have been sent earth and fire to create the celadon for life.
To Bat Trang today, few people doubt that there is a pottery here, there are only a few pottery pottery village with a variety of products such as bowls, plates, bowls, low quality products. . In order to have vibrant life today, the Bat Trang outside the crystal, sensitivity also implies a passion for traditional ceramics. By loving the profession and the hard work, creativity, artisans have discovered the secret of translucent glass, reefs of ancient Vietnamese pottery to restore the ancient pottery glaze Bat Trang. The fruits of creative labor of Bat Trang's old and young artisans have created a vibrant and vibrant world that shimmered from the land of the land.
In October 2004, Bat Trang pottery market included the pavilions of nearly 1000 households specializing in producing consumer pottery that was opened on the 5,000 square meters of Bat Trang Ceramic Joint Stock Company. Not only is the exhibition and trade organization, the Bat Trang people hope the pottery market will attract a lot of tourists and will soon become a popular tourist destination of Hanoi capital.