Nghe An celebrates 155th birthday of patriot Phan Boi Chau

December 26, on the occasion of the 155th anniversary ofBirth of patriot Phan Boi Chau, atSpecial National Monument Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site(Nam Dan town), Department of Culture and Sports, Nghe An Monument Management Board organized a flower and incense offering ceremony.

Phan Boi Chau's real name was Phan Van San, his pen name was Sao Nam, born on December 26, 1867, in Sa Nam village, Dong Liet commune, Nam Dan district (now Xuan Hoa commune, Nam Dan district) in a patriotic Confucian family.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and delegates offered incense at Phan Boi Chau Memorial House. Photo: Minh Quan

Phan Boi Chau was a leader of the typical national liberation movements before the proletarian revolution, a revolutionary with outstanding ideology, a great cultural figure in the history of Vietnamese culture. He was respectfully called by President Ho Chi Minh as “a hero, an angel, a person who sacrificed himself for national independence, revered by 20 million people in slavery”.

With a policy of saving the country in a violent direction, Phan Boi Chau established Duy Tan Hoi and Viet Nam Quang Phuc Hoi to gather forces to fight with revolutionary weapons and ask for external aid.

Among those movements, the most prominent was the Dong Du movement with the spirit of “same continent, same race, same culture”. The Dong Du movement created the foundation for changes in our country in the early 20th century; contributed to training a team of intellectuals ready to accept the path of proletarian revolution, and many of them later became key figures of the Vietnamese Revolution.

Delegates held a ceremony at the Memorial House of patriot Phan Boi Chau. Photo: Minh Quan

In particular, this is an important link, a milestone marking the friendship between Vietnam and Japan in the fields of culture and education, and until now, the Dong Du movement still retains its value in the cause of national development.

Not only a revolutionary, Phan Boi Chau was also a great poet and cultural figure. His literary legacy contains his love for the nation's destiny and expresses his faith in the future.

Throughout his life, Mr. Phan devoted himself entirely to the national liberation movement, was a shining example of patriotism, a loyal and steadfast heart to the country and mountains.

Provincial leaders, departments, agencies and Nam Dan district visited the Exhibition House at Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site. Photo: Minh Quan

The flower and incense offering ceremony to commemorate the patriotic scholar Phan Boi Chau on the occasion of his 155th birthday is an activity to commemorate and honor the great contributions of Phan Boi Chau; at the same time, to propagate and foster the spirit of patriotism, educate the revolutionary tradition for cadres, party members and people about the tradition of patriotism and dedication to the Fatherland./.