Re-enacting the 'Red Ceramic Kingdom' at Vinh Long tourism festival

The 3rd Vinh Long Provincial Tourism Festival 2023 was held from December 23 to 25 in Vinh Long City with the theme "Vinh Long - Southern Rendezvous". This is an event in response to the 2023 Binh Thuan National Tourism Year and continues to respond to the tourism stimulus and recovery program. Here, it attracts many tourists, especially the red ceramic park that recreates the once famous "Red Ceramic Kingdom" along Thay Cai Canal.

Panoramic view of the park recreating the "Red Ceramic Kingdom" by Thay Cai canal

Ms. Doan Thi Ngoc Diep, President of Vinh Long Ceramic and Fine Arts Association, said that she was assigned by Vinh Long Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to build a park recreating the "Kingdom of Red Ceramics". In just 3 days, she and the members coordinated with artist Mai Nam (HCMC), sketched and completed the project to meet the schedule. This project is located in Ward 9 (Vinh Long City). After the tourism festival, it will be kept for people to visit until the end of the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin 2024.

A corner of the "Red Ceramic Kingdom" by the Thay Cai canal

The park was not handed over to the organizers until this afternoon, December 23, but in the morning, many people came to see it.

Boats carrying bricks and pottery are also recreated.

There are more than 900 red ceramic products on display here.

Artist Mai Nam, who designed "Kingdom of Ceramic Bricks", said that due to the tight time frame, from planning to handover in just 3 days, the work was very difficult. "The brothers tried to complete the work from design to construction in a way that had a theme, highlights, and realistically recreated the river, representing Thay Cai canal, the ceramic kilns representing the contemporary cultural heritage of Mang Thit...", said artist Mai Nam.

Image of the ceramic kiln being recreated and completed

Carved red ceramic columns

Boat transporting raw materials such as rice husks and unburnt bricks

Ms. Phan Ngoc Thien Kim brought her pet to check-in at the ceramic park.

The tourism festival coincided with the weekend, so there were many tourists coming to visit and take pictures. Ms. Phan Ngoc Thien Kim (27 years old, living in Da Lat City, Lam Dong ) came to Vinh Long for tourism and said that this was the first time she saw so many red ceramics, she was very happy to capture this rare moment.

Nguyen Thi Xuan Duyen in Ao Dai also checked in at "The Kingdom of Red Ceramics"

According to Mr. Phan Van Giau, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vinh Long, this Vinh Long Tourism Festival will bring visitors interesting experiences about the image of the homeland and people of Vinh Long, full of love for the land and people, no less dynamic, creative, connected, integrated for development...

The festival also includes main activities such as: Hot air balloon performance at the opening ceremony; exhibition, promotion, introduction of tourism, craft village products, typical products; flyboard performance combined with windsurfing canoe, sampan racing; culinary contest and exhibition, promotion of Binh Tan sweet potatoes; water music art program and fashion show; festival of music groups, dance groups and dance groups of Vinh Long province in 2023.

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