Coming to Hoi An, we cannot help but mention a long-standing traditional craft village in Thanh Ha village – Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An. And Thanh Ha Terracotta Park – the largest ceramic park in Vietnam. This place is a unique ceramic museum in Vietnam. Thanh Ha Pottery Park has a market area to exchange and buy ceramic products, exhibit, and display unique ceramic products made themselves. The most special is the small world area shown through sophisticated ceramic products, extremely vividly reproduced through Vietnam’s architectural works and all the world’s wonders under ceramic products.
Contents
Overview of Thanh Ha Pottery Village Hoi An
Address: Pham Phan, block 5, Thanh Ha ward, Hoi An, Quang Nam province
Opening hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m
Entrance ticket price:
-Adults: 35,000 VND / ticket / time
-Children: 15,000 VND / ticket / time
Each ticket is valid for 24 hours, including visit the Nam Dieu Temple of pottery, watch artisans make pottery, and experience making pottery yourself – you will be able to bring back 02 ceramic products. Make it for yourself, visit Xuan My communal house.
Time to visit: you want to see for as long as you like, but you will spend a lot of time here because of the unique attraction from pottery that you will experience for the first time.
How to go to Thanh Ha Pottery Village Hoi An
The road to Thanh Ha traditional village will not be far away if you are present in Hoi An ancient town.
Thanh Ha pottery village is next to the gentle Thu Bon river, about 3km west of Hoi An ancient town. Right at the Thanh Ha fish market, from Hoi An towards Vinh Dien, along Duy Tan street, you will see a signpost indicating the way to Thanh Ha pottery village.
Learn about the traditional pottery village of Thanh Ha Hoi An
History of formation and development of Thanh Ha in Hoi An
The traditional pottery village existed for a long time in the 16th century in Thanh Chiem village. Then they moved craft village Thanh Ha village, Hoi An ancient town as it is today. Since then, it has been named Thanh Ha Pottery Village Hoi An. Thanh Ha Pottery Village Hoi An, where the port town of Hoi An has experienced historical ups and downs. It also enjoyed periods of glory in the seventeenth century and gained a reputation as a “national product.”
And some stages seem to be forgotten, but with the love of the people’s job, Thanh Ha village is still handed down to posterity to this day. Since Hoi An ancient town was recognized as a world cultural heritage, Thanh Ha pottery village has grown even more brilliantly as a destination attracting tourists to visit and experience both domestic and international visitors.
Stages of creating Thanh Ha Pottery products
When coming to Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An, you will see a rustic and peaceful picture, and all the utensils of the local people here are made from ceramic such as vases, cups, bowls, plates, pots, pans, etc. First, you will join the artisans here to perform the process of kneading pottery to make a rough shapeless rock. The primary raw material of pottery is clay, dense, flexible, and has higher adhesion. The primary colors are brown, yellow, and crimson, creating a unique feature of Thanh Ha pottery, bringing the national soul in each product.
Next, the preliminary processing of the rough soil mass reaches the adhesion. Then you will use your own hands to shape the product on a unique turntable, according to the shape you desire. This stage shows the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the creator to create the finished product. Then, you bring the product to dry in the sun or heat it on a charcoal stove to dry quickly.
Finally, bring these products into the kiln under a specific temperature. All the above stages are done by hand, so elaborately and sophisticatedly. Therefore, Thanh Ha artisans must show their ingenuity and creativity and have a love for their craft, love for their homeland, meticulously cherish each decorative line, and breathe the nation’s soul into each island to create unique ceramic products. It’s a fantastic experience.
According to the share of famous long-time artisans in Thanh Ha, to make an authentic ceramic product of Thanh Ha village requires a lot of work and dedication. Selecting clay to achieve the appropriate plasticity takes skillful hands to knead, mold, and shape on each rotating circle of the turntable.
Then, the stage of painting and decorating patterns and colors has to be even more meticulous and elaborate. When finished ceramic products, they have to go through the hot sun to dry. The particular firing stage must pay attention to the fire. The degree of fire and the firing time must be accurate, or else it will become a pile of rubble.
Explore the largest ceramic park in Vietnam
Have you ever heard about Thanh Ha Terracotta Park – the largest Ceramic Park in Vietnam? This park is a unique ceramic museum in Vietnam.
Ticket price to visit Thanh Ha Terracotta Park
-Adults: 40,000 VND / ticket / time
-Children: 29,000 VND / ticket / time
Opening time to welcome visitors: 08:30 – 17:30 daily
Thanh Ha Terracotta Park was built five years ago in the traditional pottery village of Thanh Ha, in Thanh Ha ward, Hoi An, with a total investment value of more than VND 22 billion, an area of nearly 6,000 square meters. Architect Nguyen Van Nguyen is the owner and the person who designs, invests, and builds.
Thanh Ha Terracotta Park includes 02 main buildings.
– The building on the left represents the upside-down kiln reproducing the history of the shaping process of Thanh Ha Village and displaying ancient artifacts of the pottery village. Here preserve the traditional values of Thanh Ha Hoi An pottery village hundreds of years of history.
– The building on the right represents upside down kiln – this place displays and exhibits Thanh Ha ceramic products made by famous artisans themselves and products of some other craft villages such as Bat Trang, Phu Lang, Vinh Long.
In addition, Thanh Ha Terracotta Park has 09 other separate zones such as:
-pottery kilns: turntables, kilns, etc.
-Craft Village Museum: displays artifacts related to the development of the village.
-Product area: you can buy souvenirs here at affordable prices.
-Terracotta Market: displaying clays of various colors
-Miniature world area: recreating the nation’s history through the years and the World’s wonders such as Sydney Opera House of Australia, or Taj Mahal of India, Statue of Liberty of America.
-Arrangement garden
-Production camp
-Sa Huynh pottery area – Cham
-Areas of other traditional craft villages
-The exhibition area displays priceless antiques that live forever over time.
The land of Hoi An port town is beautiful by its nostalgic beauty and attracts tourists from near and far by its traditional craft villages imbued with national soul. The peaceful Thu Bon River flows around Thanh Ha pottery village in Hoi An, which has been established and developed for more than 500 years, making this traditional pottery village associated with the ancient town of Hoi An. Artisan Thanh Ha with talented hands, skillful hands, and enthusiastic love for the job has worked hard day and night to breathe life into the land to create unique ceramic products.
