Where posterity will forever be grateful

(Baonghean) - The memorial site of patriotic scholar Phan Boi Chau in Nam Dan district is a place that preserves special historical and cultural values ​​about the life, background and career of this outstanding son of the nation...

Special national monument

The Memorial Site includes the relic cluster of Dan Nhiem village's paternal home (now hamlet 2, Xuan Hoa commune) and the relic cluster of Sa Nam village's maternal home (now in Nam Dan town).

In which, the Maternal Homeland Relic Cluster is the main cluster, including 2 areas: the Memorial Area (2 thatched houses, the garden of Mr. Phan's family) and the Memorial Area (additional relic exhibition house, Memorial House).

Mr. Phan's house in Nam Dan. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The two thatched houses at the relic site were built by Phan Boi Chau's father, Phan Van Pho, in 1860. Each house has three rooms, four roofs, and two gables, forming an L-shape, typical of rural architecture in the North Central region.

The two houses are historical evidences that mark the childhood of 9-year-old Phan Van San, who pretended to fight the French; the nights when 17-year-old Phan Van San sat with a lamp and wrote the proclamation "Binh Tay Thu Bac" and established a team of military candidates, the Can Vuong Volunteers; and the time he spent studying hard, cultivating his mind and teaching of "The brightest star in the Vietnamese revolutionary sky in the early 20th century"...

In these two thatched houses, there are many artifacts such as spinning wheels, spinning wheels, and rice mortars that tell the story of the poor life of the famous Confucian family of Phan Boi Chau.

In the Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site, the additional exhibition house has a particularly important position; it fully recounts the life and career of Phan Boi Chau. The house was built in 1997 with Japanese capital.

The exhibits on display serve three major themes and sub-themes: Phan Boi Chau's homeland, family and youth (including sub-themes Homeland tradition, Family and youth, Phan Boi Chau's friends); Phan Boi Chau's national salvation career (including sub-themes Founding Duy Tan Association, Initiating and leading the Dong Du movement, Establishing Vietnam Restoration Association and on the way to approaching the new ideology of Marxism-Leninism, Old Man Ben Ngu); Posterity's gratitude and honor to Phan Boi Chau (including sub-themes collecting publications about Phan Boi Chau, Japanese people with Phan Boi Chau, Commemorative activities in the homeland).

Newly built memorial house for Mr. Phan Photo: Thanh Cuong

In 2016, the Prime Minister decided to rank the Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site in Nam Dan District as a special national relic. Before and after being recognized as a special national relic, the Relic Site has been continuously restored and embellished.

In 2017, the exhibition house was rearranged and new artifacts were added such as the Lecture on the friendship between Mr. Phan and Doctor Asaba Sakirato in the elementary school textbook of Fukuro city, the "Gratitude Stele" stamped by Mr. Phan in Fukuroi...

In particular, in 2016, the Memorial House of Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site was built from the idea and contributions of former students of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted and those who loved Mr. Phan; the total investment value was over 2 billion VND.

Not only did they propose the idea of ​​contributing to the construction of the Memorial House, but the former students of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted and those who loved Mr. Phan also contributed and called for many sources of investment in other items such as trees, fences, casting statues or awarding scholarships to poor students...

The construction of the Memorial House has warmed the hearts of the people of Nghe An, creating a driving force and calling for the attention of the whole society. People and tourists coming to the Relic Site can offer incense in gratitude and remembrance.

Promote to pass on to future generations

The noble gesture of later generations in building and restoring relics has created favorable conditions for the conservation of the Memorial Site of Patriotic Scholar Phan Boi Chau.

Now that the Memorial Site has been recognized as a special national relic, the issue is nothing more than promoting, honoring and publicizing the values ​​of Phan Boi Chau's personality and ideology; so that this place becomes a place to educate revolutionary traditions for the younger generation, an attractive cultural and spiritual tourist destination. This is the responsibility of all Nam Dan people in particular and Nghe An in general.

Panoramic view of the auxiliary exhibition hall. Photo: Thanh Cuong

It is known that over the past time, the Management Board of Nghe An Monuments and Landscapes and Nam Dan district have continuously coordinated to preserve the Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site to make it more and more solemn, green, clean and beautiful.

Every year, the relic site welcomes thousands of people to visit and pay their respects. And every year, at the Phan Boi Chau memorial site, the people of Nam Dan district often hold two important ceremonies: the death anniversary on the 29th of the 9th lunar month and the birthday celebration on the 26th of December.

Mr. Vuong Hong Thai - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Propaganda Department of Nam Dan District Party Committee said: Over the years, the district has continuously promoted educational work, arousing pride in each citizen about the tradition of their homeland - the land that gave birth to many great men of the country and nation, including patriot Phan Boi Chau - a culturalist, thinker, folk artist - outstanding scholar.

One of the many specific activities that have been implemented is to direct local schools to organize field trips, tours, and study tours about the life, career, and spirit of innovation and international friendship of Phan Boi Chau right at the Relic Site.

Mr. Thai also said: Nam Dan will coordinate well with management agencies and travel companies to connect the Phan Boi Chau National Special Relic Site to the tourism map, key sightseeing spots of the district and province; so that more and more children and friends from everywhere can come here to visit, explore and learn about Mr. Phan Boi Chau.

Thanh Son - Thanh Cuong