An Giang Provincial Party Secretary offers incense at Kim Lien relic site

(Baonghean.vn) - Continuing the visit and working trip to Nghe An, on the morning of September 9, comrade Vo Thi Anh Xuan - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee and a delegation of provincial officials offered incense at Kim Lien Relic Site, the tomb of Ms. Hoang Thi Loan and visited Dai Tue Pagoda.

Accompanying the delegation, on the side of An Giang province, there was also comrade Nguyen Thanh Binh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of the Provincial Party Committee Office; Provincial People's Committee Office; Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of Nam Dan district and representatives of a number of provincial departments and branches.

An Giang provincial delegation and provincial leaders visited Kim Lien Relic Site, Nam Dan district.

The delegation offered incense and flowers in memory of President Ho Chi Minh.

Offering incense and fresh flower baskets, the delegation of An Giang province expressed their respect and infinite gratitude for the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh, the genius leader of the Party and people of Vietnam, and an outstanding activist of the international communist and workers' movement.

Comrade Vo Thi Anh Xuan - Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee offered flowers...

... and offer incense to the spirit of President Ho Chi Minh.

Before his spirit, the delegates pledged to strive to devote themselves to the cause of building, protecting and developing Vietnam to become more prosperous and beautiful as Uncle Ho always wished during his lifetime.

After offering incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh, the delegation visited Sen Village - Uncle Ho's paternal hometown.

Before that, the delegation offered incense at the tomb of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan, Uncle Ho's mother, on Dong Tranh mountain in Dai Hue range in Nam Giang commune, Nam Dan district.

In the complex of Hoang Thi Loan's tomb, from the foot of Dong Tranh mountain, following the path up, there is also the tomb of Ha Thi Hy, Uncle Ho's grandmother, which has also been recently restored. The path up to Hoang Thi Loan's tomb has 269 steps (number 69 is the year Uncle Ho died - 1969), the path down on the right has 242 steps (number 42 is the year Mr. Khiem brought his mother's remains here - 1942).

The delegation offered incense at the tomb of Ms. Hoang Thi Loan - the person who gave birth to and raised the nation's outstanding son, Ho Chi Minh.

In front of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan's grave, there are 33 steps down to the stele yard, corresponding to her 33 years of life. Above the grave is a stylized flower trellis shaped like a loom. Two clusters of bougainvillea trees shade her grave, which were taken from Hue - where she died and the mausoleum of Mr. Nguyen Sinh Sac in Dong Thap. In front of the grave are planted many precious trees from all over the country.

Next, the delegation visited Dai Tue Pagoda, an ancient pagoda built in the 14th century located on Dai Hue Mountain, Nam Anh Commune, Nam Dan District. The place where the pagoda is located, in the 7th century, was chosen by Mai Hac De as the place for uprising and the pagoda was built. In the 15th century, the pagoda was restored and rebuilt by Ho Quy Ly to worship Buddha Dai Tue.

Dai Tue is the pagoda with the most national records in Vietnam.

Located at an altitude of 450 meters, on the top of the sacred Dai Hue mountain range, the pagoda is said to be a place associated with the history of many kings. After 4 years of construction, Thuong Pagoda was completed with the nine-story Dai Tue stupa, Dai Hung Bao Dien, To Duong, Ngu De temple along with the Sangha area, lay people's house, guest house, bell tower, gong tower...

Dai Tue Pagoda is honored to be recognized by the Vietnam Record Association with 4 records: The pagoda on the mountain with the largest artificial lake; The pagoda with the largest system of ruby ​​statues; The pagoda with the largest system of monolithic mulberry wood statues and The pagoda with the largest system of parallel sentences in pure Vietnamese calligraphy in Vietnam.

The delegation visited and listened to an introduction to the 9-storey stupa in the Dai Tue pagoda grounds.

Hoai Thu