Bát Tràng (literally: ''bát'' is bowl and ''tràng'' is workshop) is an old, well established village in the Gia Lâm district of

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

, the capital city of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. It is about 13 km from central Hanoi. Bát Tràng is known throughout Vietnam for producing a unique style of

ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcela ...

s called Bát Tràng Porcelain. The first museum in Bát Tràng is the privat
Bát Tràng Museum / Museum of Ceramic Art by Vũ Thắng

References

*http://cktcrafts.googlepages.com/battrangvillage *https://vietnamdiscovery.com/hanoi/activities/bat-trang-ceramic-village/ *http://battrang.museum/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Bat Trang Culture of Hanoi Populated places in Hanoi