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Commemorating the 582nd death anniversary of Nguyen Trai in Con Son (Chi Linh)

TIEN HUY - TUAN ANH September 18, 2024 10:21

Opening the series of activities at the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2024, on the morning of September 18 (August 16 of the lunar calendar), the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Hai Duong province held a ceremony to commemorate the 582nd death anniversary of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai (1442 - 2024), at Nguyen Trai Temple in the Con Son relic site.

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Comrades Le Van Hieu, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee offered incense at the memorial ceremony.

Attending the memorial ceremony were comrades: Le Van Hieu, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Minh Hung, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee; a number of comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; leaders of departments, branches, localities, along with a large number of people and tourists from all over.

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Comrade Nguyen Minh Hung, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee read a speech at the memorial ceremony.

From early morning, elders, religious dignitaries and a large number of local people respectfully carried the funeral oration from Con Son Pagoda to Nguyen Trai Temple. Carrying the funeral oration is an important ritual from the pagoda to the temple to serve the memorial ceremony.

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Reading of the eulogy for National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai

Comrade Nguyen Minh Hung, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee affirmed that the memorial ceremony is a major cultural event of Hai Duong and the country, demonstrating respect for history, to review the tradition of patriotism, the will of independence and self-reliance, national pride and educate the morality of drinking water and remembering its source, remembering and honoring the great men who have made great contributions to the cause of protecting and building the country.

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The procession of the funeral oration from Con Son Pagoda to Nguyen Trai Temple serves the 582nd death anniversary of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai.

Nguyen Trai, whose pen name was Uc Trai, was born in 1380. During his childhood, Nguyen Trai lived with his maternal grandfather in Thang Long and Con Son. In 1400, he passed the Thai Hoc Sinh exam and later became an official under the Ho Dynasty. From 1407, the Ho Dynasty weakened and our country was under the domination of the Ming invaders. Nguyen Trai went to Lam Son to gather the righteous, devoted himself wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly to help King Binh Dinh Le Loi, becoming the soul of the resistance against the Ming invaders, liberating the country in the 15th century. After the victory, Nguyen Trai wrote Binh Ngo Dai Cao - an immortal Declaration of Independence, a heroic literary work that skillfully summarized the great resistance of the nation.

Former Prime Minister Pham Van Dong said about Nguyen Trai: “Nguyen Trai, a national hero, both literary and martial, “literary” is politics, saving the country, saving the people, internal affairs, diplomacy to open up eternal peace, to wash away the promise of a thousand years; “martial” is military, strategy and tactics, the weak fight the strong, the few fight the many… defeating cruelty with great justice; “literary” and “martial” are both weapons, strong as a storm, sharp as a sword or knife”.

With the desire to participate in "Renovating the country, building eternal peace" and the thought "Humanity is based on people's peace", Nguyen Trai's thoughts and morality have transcended national space and time for many centuries.

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Art program performed by Hai Duong Cheo Theater at the 582nd death anniversary memorial ceremony of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai

In 1949, the World Peace Council was established in Paris (France), with the main goal of "Ending war forever" - the goal that Nguyen Trai set more than 5 centuries ago. Also from that great thought, Nguyen Trai was honored by UNESCO as a World Cultural Celebrity on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of his birth (1380 - 1980). Nguyen Trai has gone down in history and become a great hero of the nation, an outstanding cultural celebrity. Although his life ended in a tragic tragedy, he has been recognized and worshiped by history for his illustrious and glorious career, having a great influence on the strategy of protecting and building the country.

The ideology and eternal values ​​of the Truc Lam Buddhist ancestral land at Con Son Pagoda and the cultural celebrity Nguyen Trai have made important contributions, meeting the criteria to demonstrate and argue in the nomination dossier for the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac Monuments and Landscape Complex to become a world heritage site that UNESCO is evaluating.

The speech emphasized that we should cherish history and promote the cultural heritage values ​​of the Con Son - Kiep Bac relic and scenic area to continue to shine, becoming an endogenous resource to support each Vietnamese person to be steadfast in the work of building, protecting and developing a rich, democratic and civilized country.

On the same day, September 18, at Kiep Bac relic site, there will be the opening ceremony of the Culture, Tourism and Trade Promotion Week; awarding of prizes for the final round of the tour guide competition; the 724th anniversary of the death of National Hero Tran Hung Dao; the opening ceremony of the Con Son - Kiep Bac autumn festival; and the ceremony of opening and bestowing the seal of Kiep Bac temple.

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