Lai Thieu Pottery is a famous brand at home and abroad in the ceramic industry. Together with Bien Hoa Pottery (Dong Nai), Cay Mai Pottery (Saigon) and Lai Thieu Pottery (Binh Duong) have created an illustrious reputation throughout the country for the southern ceramic industry from the past to the present. Lai Thieu is a long-standing land with a rich history and culture of China because most of the residents of Lai Thieu are Chinese who migrated here to live. And most of the pottery kilns in Lai Thieu are also owned by Chinese people. Therefore, Lai Thieu pottery also has a heavy Chinese style with many sophisticated patterns or painted images according to many ancient Chinese legends.
Born in the mid-nineteenth century, Lai Thieu pottery is a combination of South China ceramic techniques and South Central Vietnam pottery tradition.Together with local raw materials, Lai Thieu pottery and Saigon - Bien Hoa pottery form a famous ceramic triangle of the Southern region. Lai Thieu craft village used to be in the hamlets of Binh Duc, Binh Hoa, Long Thoi, Hoa Long... in Lai Thieu town, Thuan An district, Binh Duong province. 10 km from Thu Dau Mot Town to the North, 15km from Ho Chi Minh City to the South.With a convenient transportation system both by road and waterway, right from the ancient land of Lai Thieu, it is very convenient for trade with other places in the region.
According to "Natural Geography of Binh Duong Province", Lai Thieu pottery craft dates back to the 1850s of the 19th century and earlier with the Chinese population who came to settle in Binh Nham, Tan Thoi at that time the pottery kilns were built. Built along the banks of Tan Thoi canal with the use of hillsides to build pottery kilns according to the principle of natural wind. In the early stages, Lai Thieu ceramic products were mainly in the kilns belonging to the school of the Phuoc Kien people such as jars, khaps, jars, pots, pots, super cookers, etc. black glaze (lu used to store sugar for food) sugar kilns at that time), some famous kilns in the past such as Anh Ky, Quang Thai Xuong, Kien Xuan, Lien Hiep Thanh still exist and develop.
