Nghe An will organize a contest to learn about provincial cultural heritage.

The People's Committee of Nghe An province has just issued a Plan to organize the contest "Learning about Nghe An cultural heritage in 2022". This is the first time the contest is organized at the provincial level.

Accordingly, the contest aims to continue implementing the Project "Building a learning societyperiod 2021-2030" according to Decision No. 1373/QD-TTg dated July 30, 2021 of the Prime Minister, including the task: "Promoting lifelong learning activities in libraries, museums, cultural houses, clubs", implementing Instruction No. 73/HD-BGDĐT - VHTTDL dated January 16, 2013 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Instructions for usingcultural heritagein teaching in general schools and continuing education centers; Celebrating the 17th anniversary of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23, 2005 - November 23, 2022).

Hoanh Son Communal House - A special national relic in Khanh Son commune (Nam Dan). Photo: Thanh Cuong

The contest aims to promote, introduce and publicize cultural heritages in Nghe An province; educate students about the nation's cultural and historical traditions; arouse pride and love for the homeland, and responsibility to contribute to preserving and promoting national cultural heritage;Contribute to diversifying the forms of bringing heritage into schools, while creating a useful playground for students, helping them expand their knowledge, improve presentation skills, and communication skills.

Reenacting the space for performing Vi and Giam folk songs at Ho Chi Minh Square. Photo: Minh Quan.

With the theme “I love my homeland’s heritage”, the contest is organized for students of secondary schools in Nghe An province. Each district, city, and town establishes and selects 1 team to participate in the contest.

The teams will learn about and introduce tangible and intangible cultural heritage including: Historical and cultural relics, landscapes, relics, antiquities, national treasures; Folk performing arts; Social customs and beliefs; Traditional rituals, festivals, folk knowledge (cuisine...), traditional crafts, spoken and written languages, folk literature...

The contest has 3 parts: Part 1. Create a clip introducing local cultural heritage; Part 2: General knowledge contest: Team competition to learn about typical tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Nghe An province; Part 3: Presentation on 01 typical cultural heritage in Nghe An province.

The competition is expected to take place in December 2022 in Vinh city.

The award structure includes: Group awards (2 First prizes, 3 Second prizes, 4 Third prizes and Consolation prizes) and performance awards for each competition./.