Pot of painted earth

Trù Sơn is the only pottery village in Nghệ Province, located 20 km southeast of Vinh City.

To learn about this artisanal pottery village, Vietnamese To get the proper soil, villagers had to travel a distance of 7-10 km down to Nghi Van commune, Nghi Lộc or up to Sơn Thành, Yên Thành to get it. Hard work and extreme fatigue is what people here call "selling bones, raising meat". The photo contest and The video Happy Vietnam, happy Vietnam. by Ministry of Information and Communications the organization.

Although it is only handmade, the pottery here has been "breathed" by craftsmen into each product with great sophistication, carrying ancient and modern qualities. Talking about the craft of earthenware, no one in the village knows the origins of the elderly, they remember that at the age of five they started following their father and mother to learn how to make earthenware.

The earth, after being collected by skilled craftsmen, is put on a turntable to create the original shape of beautiful round pots.

The products of the Trù Sơn pottery village are all handmade, requiring skill and craftsmanship, in which most of the work to create the product is undertaken by women in the village.

Products of all kinds and sizes are shaped by "artisans", carefully crafted into shape, then burned to make beautiful earthen pots that reach consumers.

A kiln, about 250 to 300 of which are stacked in a triangular furnace built with bee stones and covered on the outside with a layer of straw to retain heat.

The most important part of producing a good quality pottery is firing it, and to make "nine" pieces the craftsman must know how to watch for fire and stop in time.

The perfect pottery products were brought to the domestic market for consumption. tourism, experience in Trushan earthen pottery village, Do Long District Municipal Council will support the government, People's Commune as transportation, production area, exhibition point, ceramic making experience points, earthen pots. The plan has now been approved, striving to 2025 will be completed and put into service tourism In 2024, Photo and video competition Happy Vietnam Continued by the Ministry of Information and Communications in collaboration with Vietnam Photographic Artists Society https://happy.vietnam.vn The contest is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 years or older. the worldThereby helping people in the country, compatriots abroad and international friends to access authentic images of the country, Vietnamese people, Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights, towards a happy Vietnam. Each entry category (picture and video) has awards and prize values as follows: 01 Gold Medal: 70. 000. 000đ 02 Silver Medal: 20. 000. 000đ 03 Bronze Medal: 10. 000. 000đ 10 Awards Encouragement: 5. 000. 000đ 01 Most voted work: 5. 000. 000 The winning authors will be invited by the Organization to attend the Award Ceremony and award ceremony and certificate on live broadcast of TV Viet Nam.

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