A Cham tower in My Son complex (Source: VNA)Binh Dinh (VNA) – An international conference hasheld in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, to look into ancientceramics dating back to the Kingdom of Champa many centuries ago.
Scholars from Vietnam, France, the US, Japan,China, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines and Brunei shared theirresearch findings about ancient ceramics in Binh Dinh and the relationshipbetween Vijaya capital of Champa Kingdom and Thang Long capital of Dai Viet,now Vietnam.
In the past, Binh Dinh was Vijaya capital of theancient Kingdom of Champa. From the 11th to the 15th centuries, Vijaya was themost important political, economic and cultural centre of Champa.
From the 10th to the 13th centuries, the VijayaDynasty built big citadels such as Cha, Do Ban, and Thi Nai as well as towerslike Canh Tien, Phu Loc, Duong Long, Binh Lam and Thu Thien here.
The area which is now Binh Dinh is also known asan ancient ceramic centre with six concentrated production workshops under theVijaya Dynasty.
A number of excavations in Vietnam and othercountries have showed that Binh Dinh ceramics were also shipped to manycountries from Southeast Asia to the Near and Middle East.
However, most of foreign experts as well ascollectors still believe that those ceramic products came from China.
Meanwhile, the creators of Binh Dinh’s ancientceramics remain a controversial problem. There are three suppositions that theycould be Chinese, Cham or Vietnamese people.
In October 2017, the Research Centre forImperial City under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Binh DinhMuseum excavated the archaeological site of Go Cay Me in An Nhon township ofBinh Dinh. They found many kilns and ceramics in various styles, including theCham, Vietnamese and Chinese styles.-VNA
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