Commemorating Uncle Ho's second visit to Hung Temple

(Baonghean.vn) - Hung Temple is a particularly important relic site. During his career, President Ho visited this relic site twice.

First time:

On September 19, 1954, after the historic Dien Bien Phu victory that "resounded throughout the world and shook the world", before returning to take over the capital Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh chose Hung Temple as the place to meet and talk with cadres of the Vanguard Army Corps (Division 308 - Vietnam People's Army).

Uncle Ho talks with the Vanguard Army at Gieng Temple.

It is not by chance that in the special historical circumstances, taking over the capital is a new task for our Government and army, of great significance to the people of the South and public opinion around the world. Uncle Ho chose to visit Hung Temple, a special historical relic of the nation. Hung Temple is the place where every Vietnamese person, when referring to their origins, always uses the image of "children of the Dragon and Fairy" "children of Lac and Hong"; considering it a source of pride for the sacred soul of the mountains and rivers, for the quintessence and race of their nation.

Here, Uncle Ho instructed the cadres and soldiers who took over the capital to maintain strict discipline, maintain order and security, protect the lives and property of the people, and fight against all acts of sabotage by the enemy. They must protect industry and commerce, including that of foreigners. The soldiers must help the people, propagate and explain to the people, and must not do anything to annoy the people, so that everyone from the elderly to children will love and trust them. Maintain the qualities of revolutionary soldiers. Do not fall into or imitate bad lifestyles. Cadres must be exemplary, close to soldiers, and unite and love one another.

Uncle Ho stopped at the main gate to Hung Temple in 1954.

Uncle Ho talked about the situation and tasks in the new revolutionary period. He reminded the army not to relax their guns because of peace. As long as the empire in the South is still in existence, we still have to build the North and liberate the South. The task of building and protecting the Fatherland is still very heavy. Uncle Ho said: "The Hung Kings have contributed to building the country, you and I must work together to protect the country."

The words that Uncle Ho uttered at Hung Temple became a sacred proclamation of the country, resonating in the hearts of every Vietnamese person in every region, in every generation. Uncle Ho's advice was not only addressed to the 308th Division but also to the entire army and people, not only to the generation of that day, the generation of today but also to future generations. A word that resonates forever, forever with descendants.

Second time

On August 19, 1962, President Ho Chi Minh visited Hung Temple when the country was divided. The North was restoring economic development, building socialism, and was a solid rear base supporting the Southern revolution in the struggle for national liberation.

Uncle Ho visited Hung Temple for the second time (August 19, 1962).

People came to visit Hung Temple, burn incense to pay respect to the ancestors at around 9 o'clock. Accompanying Uncle Ho were comrade Nguyen Van Tran - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Heavy Industry, comrade Nguyen Khai - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee. When reaching the Lower Temple, the guards were afraid that Uncle Ho would be tired, so they asked him to rest and invited him down the mountain. Uncle Ho said:“Climbing a mountain must reach the top, just as a revolutionary must not give up halfway, once going, must reach the destination.

When going to the Middle Temple, he met a group of soldiers visiting the Ancestor. Uncle Ho asked how many levels there were and could not answer. Uncle Ho reminded him: military means observing the terrain. Going to the Upper Temple around 11am, Uncle Ho and the group took a lunch break, ate rice balls with pickles and eggplants at the Southeast gate of the Upper Temple. Before leaving, Uncle Ho instructed the leaders of Phu Tho province.“We must pay attention to protecting and planting more flowers and trees so that Hung Temple will become more solemn and beautiful, becoming a historical park for future generations to visit.

Nowadays, every Hung King's death anniversary (10th of the third lunar month), thousands of people in the country visit Hung King Temple to show their respect towards the land of their ancestors.

Uncle Ho's teachings, both summarizing and orienting the future planning of Hung Temple, have become a compass for countless thoughts, feelings and actions of Vietnamese generations today and tomorrow, to appreciate the past, preserve traditional national ethics, protect the ecological landscape and environment, and inherit and promote national cultural identity.

On April 5, 2017 (March 9th of the lunar calendar), people flocked to Hung Temple to worship their ancestors.

More than half a century has passed, the memorial relics of President Ho Chi Minh's events at Hung Temple have been respectfully preserved by our Party and State. The original artifacts at the relics associated with Uncle Ho's activities such as the bell that Uncle Ho saw, the big tree that hung the bell, the Southeast side gate of the Upper Temple, Thien Quang Pagoda - the cycad tree, and the Gieng Temple door have been carefully protected to maintain their original value./.

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