(HBO) - Currently there are 94 cultural and historical relics, revolutionary historical sites and landscapes that have been ranked in the whole province. They include 53 provincial-level relics and 41 national-level ones.
Since the beginning of the year, the Department of Culture,
Sports and Tourism has submitted to the provincial People's Committee and
awarded the ranking certificates to 7 cultural relics at the provincial level.
They include Truong Temple Relics (Lac Son), Boi Pagoda (Kim Boi). the venue
for the First Party Congress of Hoa Binh province (1948) in Dinh Lap, Lap Ch
Chap commune (Kim Boi). "The Area for the uprising against the French by the
General Kiem - Doc Bang Army, Ky Son district”, "The location of the
establishment of the 12th Regiment - Hoa Binh” in Cao Phong district, Cat Dun
Cave (Lac Thuy); Moon Waterfalls (Tan Lac).
Currently the scientific records of the relics are being
established. They are the Establishment of 2A Nhan Dan Newspaper in Luong Son
District, Bang Temple, Khenh Temple in Lac Son district. Thereby, the value of
the relics has been protected and promoted, contributing to the socio-economic
development in the area.
From March 10th – 11th, the People's Committee of Cao Phong town (Cao Phong) coordinated with the Relics Management Board to organize the traditional festival of Thuong Bong Lai Temple in 2024.
As spring comes, people in Phu Nghia commune in particular and Lac Thuy district in general flock to Tien Pagoda festival to enjoy festive activities during the annual event.
Khai Ha festival is a long-standing traditional folk festival with the largest scale of Muong people in Hoa Binh province. In 2022, Khai Ha fesstival the Muong minority in Hoa Binh province was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In 2023 and 2024, the festival was held on the provincial scale, getting together 4 major Muong regions (Bi, Vang, Thang, Dong) to participate, and it has been an opportunity for the quintessence of Muong ethnic culture to converge and shine.
With a great passion for national art, outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan in Voi area, Ba Hang Doi town in Lac Thuy district, has developed and promoted a Muong ethnic cultural space with over 2,000 artifacts which are familiar in the daily life in the Muong ethnic people.
Along with the process of integration and development, traditional cultural identities of the Muong ethnic community in general, and Muong ethnic people in Tan Lac district in particular, are at risk of falling into oblivion. Therefore, many clubs have been established in the locality to preserve and promote the beauty of the ethnic group’s cultural identities.
Held every three years, the swing festival in Muong Voi, Vu Ban town in Lac Son district is "one-of-a-kind". From the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month in the Year of the Dragon, thousands of residents and tourists flocked to the locality to experience the unique cultural festival.