CHU ĐẬU CERAMIC

Chu Đậu ceramic is a traditional one in Việt Nam, made in Chu Đậu and Mỹ Xá, Nam Sách
district, Hải Dương province.
Chu Đậu ceramic was founded and flourished during XIII-XVII centuries. It rapidly developed in
Lý, Trần, Lê, Mạc dynasties. Chu Đậu ceramic’s products were brought to many places in the world.
People have recently gained more than 300,000 Chu Đậu ceramic antiques in a ship that came to Turkey
but had sunk in the sea near Chàm. Island. Nowadays, Chu Đậu pottery is preserved at 46 famous
museums in many different countries. Chu Đậu ceramic depicts unique shapes, special sense of beauty,
high technical level and aesthetic value of Vietnamese craftsmen of our ancestors.
Chu Đậu traditional ceramic began strong revival with the presence of Chu Đậu Ceramics
Enterprise in 2001. There are now hundreds of young descendants working at Chu Đậu Village.
Chu Đậu pottery is ancient, fine in glaze, elegant in shape, flexible in pattern. It is ranged among
beautiful ceramics of Việt Nam as well as the world. Chu Đậu ceramic depicts the gentle beauty of
Vietnamese people and symbolizes for the Red River delta with 4000 national historical chronicle.
The most special thing of Chu Đậu ancient ceramic is HOA LAM (Deep-Blue Flower) vase and TỲ BÀ
(Moon-shape lute) vase. They are called Father vase, Mother vase, representing for Phồn Thực (Good
Reproduction) belief – Yin and Yang – Heaven and Earth – Husband and Wife. One bearing the feature of
TỲ BÀ vase symbolizes the Yin (negative), the Earth, Mother manifesting grace and juvenility of
Vietnamese woman. The LẠC VIỆT bird feathers surrounding the mouth of the vase show the tradition of
descendants of Fairy and Dragon; On the vase shoulder, there is a pattern of five basic elements; A set of
picture of four seasons depicting the four seasons (Pine, Chrysanthemum, Plum, Bamboo) and BÌNH
THAN (name of a river wharf) waves is the common topic on vase body; Vase foot is decorated with
lotus petals, a national character to praise Buddhism - the most popular religion of Việt Nam and Việt
Nam beauty. HOA LAM vase represents for Yang (positive), the Sun, Father, Pillar. On the other hand, it
is the foundation for family, and further more universe; vase body is a great combination between
decoration of marguerite-a symbol of nobleness and gentle people.
Chu Đậu pottery is considered as wise, quintessential one: Deep bearing spirit culture value,
human culture mark of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism; ceramic’s patterns help the spectators feel the
national character, wild animals, plants and trees, flowers and leaves, silk and satin, mountains and rivers
of Vietnam. At an auction held in USA, a 24cm high TỲ BÀ ceramic vase was sold with a record price of
521,000USD; The ancient HOA LAM vase has been being kept on Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul,
Turkey and being insured US $1 million.
Chu Đậu Ceramic bearing Việt Nam’s spirit
Chu Đậu ceramic’s products can be classified into 2 main kinds:
- The old ceramic: imitating the precious things of ancient Chu Đậu ceramic (Besides normal items,
many small-size souvenir products are used for tourists’ demand.)
- The morden ceramic: bringing the national characters which express through modern artistic style.
Each main kind consists of small others: interior and exterior decoration ceramic, worship ceramic, civil
ceramic, even ceramic made from alluvia rich soil with a reddish brown enamel when burning.

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