(HBO) - Ky Son district held a ceremony on April 24 to mark 110 years since the uprising against the French colonialists of the Tong Kiem – Doc Bang insurgent troops (1909-1910) and to receive a certificate recognising the base of this uprising as a provincial historical and cultural relic site.
Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee
Nguyen Van Chuong presents the provincial historical and cultural relic site certificate
to officials of Ky Son district.
The uprising of the Tong Kiem – Doc Bang troops
was the first and only among uprisings against French colonialists of ethnic
people in the northern mountainous region in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries to launch an attack on and successfully occupy the province’s capital.
The uprising, which lasted from April 15, 1909
to January 20, 1910, caused great damage to the administration of French
colonialists in Hoa Binh and forced them to adopt a softer ruling policy in
ethnic minority areas, thus creating favourable conditions for Vietnam to later
build a revolutionary base under the Party’s leadership. Despite being
defeated, the uprising was a milestone in the history of combating foreign
invaders of local residents.
It inherited ancestors’ traditions and inspired
patriotism among the following generations on the path to the August Revolution
that led to Vietnam’s
independence in 1945, as well as Hoa Binh’s feats of arms during the resistance
war against the French colonialists.
The Tong Kiem-Doc Bang uprising’s 110th
anniversary is an occasion to look back on the local patriotic tradition. It is
also a pride of people of different ethnic groups in Ky Son district and Hoa
Binh province.
At the ceremony, officials also announced the
decision of the chairperson of the Hoa Binh provincial People’s Committee to
list the base of the uprising as a provincial historical and cultural relic
site./.
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
The Dao ethnic minority group in Hoa Binh province has preserved many unique cultural identities, especially rituals and belief. In particular, Nhay (dance) festival is the most important ritual with a long history, vividly reflecting the religious life of the local Dao people.
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