Workshop on Preserving and promoting the value of Quang Duc ceramic cultural heritage

On May 30, at the PYTOPIA Conference Center (Tuy Hoa City), the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a workshop on Preserving and promoting the cultural heritage values ​​of Quang Duc ceramics.

Conference scene. Photo: YEN LAN

Vice Chairman of the National Cultural Heritage Council, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim; Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, Chairman of the UNESCO Club for Research and Conservation of Phu Yen Antiquities Tran Thanh Hung; former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Dinh Phung; scientists and experts from Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Ninh Thuan; scientists, experts, representatives of some departments and branches, representatives of Tuy An District People's Committee, An Thach Commune People's Committee, antique collectors, representatives of tourism businesses in Phu Yen province attended the workshop. The workshop was chaired by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Tran Thanh Hung and Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Le Vu.

Vice Chairman of the National Cultural Heritage Council, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, spoke at the workshop. Photo: YEN LAN

Opening and introducing the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Le Vu gave a general speech about Quang Duc pottery village - a village located at the intersection of Cai River basin (Tuy An district), near the historical capital centers of Phu Yen such as Hoi Phu citadel and An Tho citadel. “During the prosperous development period in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, Quang Duc pottery products were not only consumed in Phu Yen province but also widely traded to many other areas.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Le Vu delivered the opening speech and introduced the workshop. Photo: YEN

Evidence is that many Quang Duc ceramic products have been discovered in the Central and Central Highlands provinces in recent times. Along with that, salvage surveys in the rivers in the South have also found Quang Duc ceramic products. Quang Duc ceramic artifacts are displayed in many provincial and municipal museums and are present in private antique collections inside and outside the province.

Delegates visit Phu Yen Museum - where the exhibition "Quang Duc Pottery - Once Famous" is being held. Photo: YEN LAN

Since the mid-20th century, due to many objective and subjective reasons, Quang Duc pottery village has gradually faded away. Up to now, many secrets and techniques of pottery making have been lost. In the old village, there are no longer any pottery kilns and no more craftsmen to maintain the pottery making profession," said Mr. Nguyen Le Vu.

The workshop was held to assess and identify the overall and complete value of Quang Duc ceramic cultural heritage, thereby proposing solutions to preserve and promote the value of Quang Duc ceramic cultural heritage associated with tourism development in the coming time, aiming to effectively implement the Phu Yen Province Tourism Development Project for the period 2025-2030, with a vision to 2050, which has just been approved by the Provincial People's Committee, develop diverse tourism products, exploit the values ​​of cultural tourism resources, and create resources for socio-economic development.

Comrade Tran Thanh Hung presented a paper on Quang Duc Pottery - a typical cultural heritage of Phu Yen. Photo: YEN LAN

The workshop on Preserving and promoting the value of Quang Duc ceramic cultural heritage received 20 presentations from scientists, experts and managers. At the workshop, there were 7 presentations: Quang Duc Pottery and the issue of conservation and promotion (Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Van Thang, Member of the Antiquities Appraisal Council, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, former Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City), Quang Duc Pottery - characteristics, age, owners and consumption market (Dr. Dinh Ba Hoa - Former Director of Binh Dinh Museum), Quang Duc Pottery - typical cultural heritage of Phu Yen (Mr. Tran Thanh Hung, Chairman of the UNESCO Club for Research - Conservation of Phu Yen Antiquities), Quang Duc pottery discovered through archaeological excavations at An Tho Citadel (Dr. Phi Ngoc Tuyen, former Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City), Quang Duc Pottery in some private collections in Ho Chi Minh City (Dr. Luong Chanh Tong, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City), Quang Duc Pottery through collections in Ninh Thuan - identification, conservation and promotion (MSc. Le Xuan Loi, Director of the Center for Ethnic Culture Research and Ninh Thuan Provincial Museum) and Initial research results on pottery making in Quang Duc village (Mr. Nguyen Danh Hanh, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Phu Yen).

Former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Dinh Phung spoke at the workshop. Photo: YEN LAN

In addition to the presentations, the opinions of experts, scientists, representatives of management agencies... at the workshop provided a lot of useful information, serving as a basis for organizing and implementing well the work of preserving and promoting the value of Quang Duc ceramic cultural heritage in the coming time.

On this occasion, Phu Yen Museum displayed the theme "Quang Duc Pottery, once famous", attracting the attention of conference delegates and ancient pottery lovers.

Source: https://baophuyen.vn/xa-hoi/202505/hoi-thao-bao-ton-va-phat-huy-gia-tri-di-san-van-hoa-gom-quang-duc-9801b23/