The house of President Ho Chi Minh's maternal grandparents.
Thanh Cuong, Thanh Chung•June 11, 2024 16:36
The family of Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong - President Ho Chi Minh's maternal grandfather - was a well-off scholarly family with a compassionate and tolerant spirit; he was a profound scholar of Chinese classics, and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kep was a kind and capable woman who knew many folk songs from Nghe An province.
The Hoang Xuan Duong family was a well-off scholarly family with a compassionate and tolerant spirit. He was a profound scholar of classical Chinese studies, and his wife, Nguyen Thi Kep, was a kind and capable rural woman who knew many folk songs from Nghe An province.The house of Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kep consists of five rooms. The three outer rooms were used as a teaching and resting place for Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong. The two inner rooms were the family's living quarters. Photo: Thanh CuongPhoto: Thanh CuongThe wooden platform in the first room was where Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong taught. His students were mainly the children of working-class people in the surrounding area. Photo: Thanh CuongThe fourth room contained a small bed, the resting place of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kep. The fifth room, further out, also contained a small bed, the resting place of her two daughters. Inside was a loom for weaving cloth, and in the space between the two rooms was a cupboard for storing family belongings. It was here that Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kep mentored and taught her two daughters to love labor and be skillful in silkworm farming, spinning, and weaving. (Photo: Thanh Cuong)At the beginning of the Spring of Mau Dan (1878), when Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong went to offer New Year greetings in Lang Sen village, he saw a young buffalo herder engrossed in reading a book. This sight deeply moved him. Upon inquiring about the boy's family, he learned that he was Nguyen Sinh Sac, the son of Mr. Nguyen Sinh Nham and Mrs. Ha Thi Hy from Lang Sen village. Photo: Thanh CuongAt the age of four, Nguyen Sinh Sac was orphaned, losing both his parents, and lived with his older brother, Nguyen Sinh Thuyet. From a young age, Nguyen Sinh Sac was an intelligent and studious boy, but due to his family's difficult circumstances, he was unable to attend school. Sympathizing with his plight, Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong discussed with his wife the possibility of taking Nguyen Sinh Sac into their home to raise and educate him. (Photo: Thanh Cuong)Photo: Thanh CuongWhen Nguyen Sinh Sac reached adulthood, his eldest daughter, Hoang Thi Loan, also came of age, and the two were very fond of each other. Touched by their affection, Mr. Hoang Xuan Duong had the good intention of choosing Nguyen Sinh Sac as his son-in-law. In 1883, the wedding ceremony of Nguyen Sinh Sac and Hoang Thi Loan was held here. (Photo: Thanh Cuong)The five-room thatched house – the home of President Ho Chi Minh's maternal grandparents – is where his mother, Hoang Thi Loan, was born; where his father, Nguyen Sinh Sac, nurtured and cultivated his talents; and where his parents built their happiness. During a visit to his hometown, President Ho Chi Minh visited his maternal grandparents' house and was deeply moved by the sacred family mementos. (Photo: Thanh Cuong)
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