President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense to commemorate Poet Ho Xuan Huong in Nghe An

Thanh Duy• December 3, 2022 11:49

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 3, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, President of the State visited Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district (Nghe An) to offer flowers and incense to commemorate Poet Ho Xuan Huong in her hometown.

Also attending were comrades: Le Khanh Hai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Office of the President; Nguyen The Ky - former Member of the Party Central Committee, former General Director of the Voice of Vietnam, Chairman of the Central Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and representatives of leaders of a number of departments and branches of Nghe An.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation offered incense at the Ho Phi family temple in Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Cuong

When arriving at Quynh village (Quynh Doi commune has only one village called Quynh village), a land of outstanding people, with a history dating back to the 14th century, and awarded the title of "Cultural village, heroic commune", President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered flowers and incense at the Ho Phi family temple, commemorated and paid tribute to the ancestors of the Ho family and poetess Ho Xuan Huong, and offered incense at the memorial stele of poetess Ho Xuan Huong.

Poet Ho Xuan Huong (1772 - 1822), was the daughter of Mr. Ho Phi Dien, a descendant of the Ho Phi family, Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district - a family with a tradition of mandarin exams, many of whom achieved high grades, and were contemporary intellectuals.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation performed the incense offering ceremony in front of the Ho Phi family temple. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Her hometown of Nghe An, her hometown of Quynh village, has contributed to molding a Ho Xuan Huong who is both romantic, talented, strong and heroic.

Ho Xuan Huong was an outstanding female poet of Vietnam in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, honored as the "Queen of Nom poetry" with many works reaching the pinnacle of Nom poetry, a rare phenomenon in world literature.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense at the Ho Phi family temple. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy offers incense at Ho Phi family temple. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Ho Xuan Huong's poetry expresses profound humanistic and humane thoughts with the core being the struggle for human rights, first and foremost gender equality and women's liberation in Vietnam.

At the 41st General Assembly session in November 2021, UNESCO passed a Resolution to honor and join in commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth (1772 - 2022) and 200th anniversary of the death (1822 - 2022) of Poet Ho Xuan Huong.

That is the international affirmation and appreciation of the cultural and artistic values, literary creativity as well as the timeless thoughts on gender equality and women's liberation in Poet Ho Xuan Huong.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense at the memorial stele of poetess Ho Xuan Huong. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The President offers incense at the memorial stele of poetess Ho Xuan Huong. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Nghe An is currently organizing a series of activities to honor Poet Ho Xuan Huong, the highlight of which is on the evening of December 3, in Vinh City, there will be a ceremony to honor and celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth (1772 - 2022) and 200th anniversary of her death (1822 - 2022).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense at the tomb of comrade Ho Tung Mau. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Next, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the delegation respectfully offered incense to commemorate and pay tribute to martyr Ho Tung Mau at his grave.

Comrade Ho Tung Mau (1896 - 1951), a son of Quynh Doi village, Quynh Luu district, a staunch and indomitable communist, devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause of our Party and people.

Comrade Ho Tung Mau, 55 years old, with more than 30 years of revolutionary activities, was trusted by the Party and the People with many important responsibilities. He devoted all his heart and mind to excellently completing all assigned tasks.

The President offers incense at the Monument to Hero Cu Chinh Lan. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Also at Quynh village, the President and the delegation respectfully offered flowers and incense at the Memorial Monument of Armed Forces Hero Cu Chinh Lan (1930 - 1952), expressing deep gratitude for his heroic sacrifice in the resistance war against French colonialism.

Next, at the headquarters of Quynh Doi commune, speaking before local leaders and people, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent his warm regards to the people, aunts and uncles, veteran comrades, war invalids, martyrs' families, and families in difficulty.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc talks with people of Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Cuong

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits the elderly in Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The President emphasized that Nghe An province in general, and Quynh Doi in particular, is the birthplace of many famous people and outstanding people who have contributed to the homeland and the country, including poetess Ho Xuan Huong. The President also expressed his deep gratitude for the contributions of the people of Quynh Doi commune to the cause of fighting for independence, building and defending the Fatherland.

The President wished the people of Quynh Doi commune to continue promoting the spirit of solidarity and determination to build the commune in particular, Quynh Luu district and Nghe An province in general to develop more and more comprehensively, contributing to helping the material and spiritual life of the people to develop more and more strongly.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents gifts to policy families in Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presents gifts to policy families in Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presented gifts to policy families in Quynh Doi commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The President presented gifts to support the construction of charity houses for disadvantaged households in Quynh Luu district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents souvenirs to the Party Committee, government and people of Quynh Doi commune. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On this occasion, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented gifts to 30 policy families and meritorious people; donated 30 gratitude houses to families in especially difficult circumstances in Quynh Luu district with a total value of 1.5 billion VND; and presented souvenirs to the Party Committee, government and people of Quynh Luu district and Quynh Doi commune.