New atmosphere in Dien Chau homeland

Rich educational value of red addresses

Dien Chau is a district with a long revolutionary tradition, with a history of 1,396 years. Currently, the whole district has 55 ranked relics, of which 14 are ranked at the national level and 41 are ranked at the provincial level. Among them, there are many relics associated with each historical period of the nation, typically the Phuong Lich Communal House Relic (Dien Hoa) - where the meeting to decide on the order to seize power in Dien Chau took place on the morning of August 21, 1945.

According to documents at the Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum: From the end of 1930, the first Communist Party cell in the Dien Hoa, Dien Vien, Dien Hanh areas was established at Phuong Lich communal house. Under the leadership of the Party cell, the Red Peasant Association, Red Self-Defense Force, and Women's Liberation organizations were established and developed vigorously. Phuong Lich communal house became a meeting place, a place to print documents, newspapers, and leaflets of the Party and a place where people's protests in the area took place in the years 1930-1931, 1936-1939, culminating in the August Revolution of 1945. On the night of August 20, at Phuong Lich communal house, comrades in the Dien Chau district Party Committee convened an emergency conference to discuss a plan to seize power in the provincial capital.

After the success of the August Revolution, Phuong Lich communal house was the location for the election of the first National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam along with many other important activities serving the revolutionary cause at that time.

Through the ups and downs of history, over time, Phuong Lich communal house has been restored and embellished many times so that today the communal house remains intact in its old location, a place for Dien Hoa people to organize annual cultural activities, improve spiritual life; is a red address to educate the tradition of patriotism for the young generation of the locality...

In Dien Chau, there is Phap Do Temple (Dan Trung - Minh Chau), which is also a relic with a strong imprint of patriotic tradition. The temple is one of the important places for meetings, exchanges, and communications in the Can Vuong movement against the French in the late 19th century, and a place for printing secret documents in the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement 1930-1931. Notably, during the August Revolution of 1945, comrade Nguyen Tat Thang (assigned to lead the General Uprising in Dien Chau) represented the Viet Minh General Headquarters to hang the red flag with a yellow star in front of Phap Do Temple to gather people to seize power and establish the Dan Trung Provisional Revolutionary People's Committee.

Regarding the cultural value of Phap Do Temple, it is known that before 1945, every year on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the people in the surrounding area held a festival to commemorate, report their achievements, and offer to their "protector" god the achievements they had made after a year of labor and production. Through the festival, the spirit of learning, labor, and enthusiasm for production of the people was encouraged and motivated, and the community spirit of the local residents became increasingly close. This is a typical festival of the rice-growing agricultural residents in Nghe Tinh. Since 1945, the annual festival has been integrated with the nation's Independence Day (September 2).

Ms. Tran Thi Phuong Thu - Deputy Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Dien Chau district said: Along with historical relics bearing the mark of the August Revolution such as Phuong Lich communal house, Phap Do temple, in the district there is also Long An communal house relic associated with the 1930-1931 movement... And especially the historical relic of Phung Chi Kien Memorial Area - a loyal and exemplary communist soldier, who was posthumously awarded the rank of General by President Ho Chi Minh, the first in the history of the Vietnam People's Army.

Since its completion, the District People's Committee has directed the organization of many activities to promote the value of the relic such as building tours and tourist routes associated with Phung Chi Kien Memorial Site; organizing Youth Union activities, admitting Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union members at the relic; encouraging schools to organize extracurricular and experiential activities so that students have the opportunity to learn about the history and culture of the locality; organizing field trips to the relics; organizing learning activities with the theme "I love my homeland's heritage"...

Exciting activities to celebrate National Day

To have a better life today, the people of Dien Chau district always remember the contributions of heroic martyrs and families with revolutionary contributions. According to statistics, each year, the district mobilizes over 1.8 billion VND from the "Repaying gratitude" fund, combined with other socialized sources. Over the past 5 years, the district has supported the construction of over 200 new gratitude houses, repaired and upgraded over 150 houses; and presented over 50 savings books to people with meritorious services.

In particular, to celebrate the August Revolution and National Day on September 2 this year, 37/37 communes and towns in the district organized rallies, awarded Party badges, met with cadres who participated in the two resistance wars against foreign invaders and presented hundreds of gifts to policy families.

Along with the gratitude activities, the People's Committee of Dien Chau district has issued a Plan on organizing cultural, sports and communication activities, requiring departments, branches, units, communes and towns to promote propaganda work in many forms such as: Visual, slogans, flags, banners, through the radio system, social networks... to enthusiastically organize cultural, artistic and sports activities, children's festivals, Team rites; general cleaning, tidying up agencies, offices, village roads and alleys, ensuring security and order.

Coming to Dien Van commune these days, you will witness the excitement of the people celebrating the national festival with the sky and land full of the national flag. The loudspeakers every morning and afternoon broadcast propaganda about the history of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, praising the increasingly prosperous life of the homeland, evoking noble values ​​and pride in each citizen.

On this occasion, the Dien Ngoc Fisheries Union launched a campaign to replace the national flag on ships with 300 union members. Along with that was a movement to compete in labor and production, promoting high productivity in going offshore. Fisherman Thai Ba Quy, in Ngoc Van hamlet, Dien Ngoc commune, shared: “We always determine that going offshore to protect the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland is the responsibility of every fisherman. Celebrating the National Day, we are very aware of the sacred meaning of hanging a new national flag on ships... On the National Day, September 2, like every year, our fishing families prepare offerings to commemorate Uncle Ho and the heroic martyrs”...

Thus, throughout the homeland of Dien Chau these days, a new spirit is awakened, continuing to promote the revolutionary tradition, the Party Committee and the people are united, determined to strive to successfully implement development targets, realizing the aspiration to build an increasingly prosperous homeland...

Up to now, 36/36 communes of Dien Chau district have been recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting new rural standards, of which 5 communes have achieved advanced new rural standards. The Provincial New Rural Appraisal Council has examined the criteria for new rural districts and unanimously proposed the Central Government to recognize Dien Chau district as meeting new rural standards.

Thanh Thuy - Mai Giang