Collection of artifacts about the Van Than - Can Vuong movement against the French
The movement to fight against French colonialism under the banner of patriotic scholars developed vigorously in Nghe Tinh in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The beginning was the uprising of Tran Tan and Dang Nhu Mai with the flag of "Binh Tay Sat Ta" in Thanh Chuong and Nam Dan districts. Responding to the Can Vuong edict of King Ham Nghi (July 1885), the people of Nghe Tinh rose up in the uprising "Determined to fight both the West and the court". In Yen Thanh district, the people gathered under the flag of Nguyen Xuan On and Le Doan Nha; in Nam Dan district, there was the uprising of Vuong Thuc Mau; in Nghi Loc district, there was the uprising of Dinh Van Chat. The most typical was the Huong Khe uprising of Phan Dinh Phung that lasted for more than 10 years (1885-1896).
Collection of artifacts about the patriotic struggle movement includes 15 artifacts: diverse in materials and rich in genres.
Artifacts are weapons that account for a large number, from primitive (three-pronged spikes, swords, martial arts sticks) to modern (flint guns, rifles).
Collection of artifacts about Phan Dinh Phung's uprising such as: ivory seal, sword, Can Vuong edict of Ham Nghi, stone used as bullet mold, gunpowder mortar of the insurgents...
The collection of artifacts about the Van Than - Can Vuong movement against the French, although not large, has many historical and scientific values... and contributes to recreating a period of fierce struggle of the people of Nghe Tinh in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- The bronze bell of Le Doan Nha - a general in the Van Than - Can Vuong movement, used as a signal to gather the insurgents.
Height 0.23m, mouth diameter: 0.17m.
Features: stylized stitch patterns.
- Ivory seal of Phan Dinh Phung, used to stamp documents and official dispatches during the period 1885 - 1896.
Size: 0.03m x 0.03cm.
Square with Chinese characters engraved.
Rifle: made by General Cao Thang based on the old gun barrel of the French colonialists (1874).
Size: 1.05m long.
