Inauguration of the monument to revolutionary Phan Đăng Lưu
(Baonghean.vn) - In addition to the monument to revolutionary Phan Dang Luu, Yen Thanh district also inaugurated the district's martyrs' shrine on this occasion.
On the morning of July 17th, the People's Committee of Yen Thanh district held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the monument to revolutionary Phan Dang Luu and the district's martyrs' shrine.
Attending the ceremony were Comrade Le Thi Thuy - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee; Major General Ho Quang Tuan - Deputy Head of the General Department of Industry, Ministry of National Defense; and Nguyen The Trung - former Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization.
Representing Nghe An province were Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, representatives from provincial departments and agencies, and leaders of Yen Thanh district.
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| Overview of the ceremony. Photo: Hien - Cac. |
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Phan Van Tuyen, Chairman of the Yen Thanh District People's Committee, said that the statue of Comrade Phan Dang Luu is nearly 10 meters tall. The statue's body and base are made of solid stone, joined together with mortise and tenon joints and steel pins.
The project was executed in accordance with the approved design, conforming to the 1:1 scale plaster cast model, meeting the quality requirements of the design documents, and following the correct procedures. After acceptance, Yen Thanh district coordinated with the family and clan to conduct traditional ceremonies in October 2015 and put the monument into operation. Construction of the monument began in 2012, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary Phan Dang Luu.
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| Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the monument. Photo: Hien - Cac. |
Meanwhile, the district's martyrs' memorial, construction of which began in 2013, covers an area of over 21,000 square meters. The complex includes a main temple, a memorial stele, a gong tower, a drum tower, a relief sculpture, a ceremonial courtyard, a torch stand, a parking lot, a guardhouse, restrooms, a flower garden, roads, a fence, steps, lighting, and water supply and drainage systems. The interior of the memorial features a three-tiered central altar, a three-tiered martyrs' altar, a stone stele inscribed with the martyrs' names, a viewing gate, and couplets. The basic construction is now complete.
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| Delegates offer incense at the martyrs' shrine in Yen Thanh district. Photo: Hien - Cac |
| The revolutionary Phan Đăng Lưu was born in 1902 in Tràng Thành commune (now Hoa Thành, Yên Thành district). From a young age, he was known for his intelligence and academic prowess. At just 16 years old, he participated in the Hương examination, even though he had to falsely claim to be two years older to be eligible. In 1923, he was appointed to the position of Thông Phán (a high-ranking official) and worked at the Northern Vietnam Department of Agriculture, hence he was popularly known as Mr. Phán Tằm (Mr. Silkworm Judge). At the end of 1925, he was transferred to the Nghệ An Department of Agriculture in Vinh. There, he maintained contact with several members of the Phục Việt Society, regularly discussing current events and reading revolutionary documents. It was during this time that he came into contact with the first communist documents in French… In September 1939, he was transferred to Southern Vietnam to work and was assigned by the Central Committee to be in charge of the revolutionary movement in the Southern provinces. In November 1940, at Dinh Bang, Bac Ninh, he chaired the 7th Central Committee Conference. There, he was nominated for General Secretary, but he declined, saying that he needed to return to the South, where the Regional Party Committee and the people were waiting for the results of his trip, and he feared that his arrest would hinder the newly consolidated Central Committee in the North. Immediately after the conference, he returned to the South to postpone the Southern uprising, as decided by the Central Committee Conference. Due to an informant, he was arrested by French secret police on the night of November 22, 1940, just as he arrived in Saigon, before he could convey the Central Committee's instructions. On August 26, 1941, he was executed by firing squad at the Nga Ba Giong shooting range in Hoc Mon, Gia Dinh, along with his comrade Nguyen Van Cu. |
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