Visit Kim Lan - a thousand-year-old ceramic village on the Red River Delta

Visit Kim Lan - a thousand-year-old ceramic village on the Red River Delta

The products of Kim Lan pottery village are rich and varied, such as vases, pots, bowls, incense burners, bowls, bowls, toothpicks ... from popular to high-end class.

Talking to the ancient pottery village of Hanoi, people often mention Bat Trang, but few know that there is another place called Kim Lan.

This ancient pottery village is located in Kim Lan Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi, just outside Bat Trang village on Bac Hung Hai canal. Based on the excavated relics in the village, pottery here in front of Bat Trang.

Products of the Kim Lan village appear much on the ceramic market in the country, but the job here is tougher, because the construction of the brand is weak as well as trade routes difficult.

Kim Lan as an "oasis" when lying flat in the land of Hung Yen province. The boundary of the commune is divided when one side is adjacent to Hung Hai canal and the other is contiguous with Bat Trang. The artisans of Kim Lan pottery village together with Phu Lang, Bac Ninh and Bat Trang, Hanoi are contributing to diversify, diversify and develop pottery in the North.

Kim Lan Village is also known as a place of production of household ceramics of the ancient Thang Long.

The ceramic kilns here are usually small. The special feature of Kim Lan pottery is the product is not too detailed in details that create the convenience, comfort for the user.

The main products of Kim Lan pottery village mainly serve the daily life. You can find products like pots, pottery vases, bowls, incense burners to bowls, bowls, toothpicks ... from low to high.

Kim Lan is a village occupied by the rich but the flow of the market, the development has ups and downs, the village was forgotten in the 17th century. Recently, pottery village is gradually recovering.

Kim Lan pottery is like "sleeping princess in the forest" right next to the famous Bat Trang village.

Despite the difficulties, the people in this riverbank are trying to restore and preserve the village with its value.