Tan Trao - the origin of the August Revolution

(Baonghean.vn) - With its dangerous terrain, strong revolutionary movement, and people wholeheartedly following the Party, Tan Trao became the center of the Vietnamese revolutionary base, the capital of the liberated zone, the capital of the Resistance. In Tan Trao, many places were chosen as the residence and workplace of President Ho Chi Minh such as: Na Nua hut, Lung Tau, Khau Lau, Hang Bong hut...

In May 1945, facing the rapid changes of the situation and the requirements of the revolution, Uncle Ho decided to leave Pac Bo (Cao Bang) for Tan Trao, Son Duong (Tuyen Quang). Tan Trao - Kim Long is not only a place with beautiful natural scenery but also a place where it is easy to move "advance to attack, retreat to defend", so there is a song: "Kim Long is a dangerous land on all sides/The enemy wants to die, go to Kim Long".

Uncle Ho visited Tan Trao communal house (March 1961).

After a 16-day journey, on May 21, 1945 - a day that has gone down in the history of our country's revolution, Uncle Ho arrived at Tan Trao. He was accompanied by comrade Vo Nguyen Giap. He wore an indigo shirt, a white towel over his shoulder, a slim figure, and tanned skin. The people in the area called him "Mr. Ke in indigo shirt". The four words "Mr. Ke in indigo shirt" were like the echoes of a legend. Uncle Ho stopped to rest at Hong Thai communal house. He entered the communal house, looked over the scene and the comrades around him with warm eyes. He began the conversation with kind greetings.

Na Lua hut - where Uncle Ho lived and worked during the resistance war against French colonialism.

In Tan Trao, in early June 1945, Uncle Ho directed the establishment of the Liberation Zone, with Tan Trao as the center, to build a revolutionary government and army. Tan Trao became the capital of the Liberation Zone and then the provisional capital of the new Vietnam, the revolutionary heart and mind of the whole country. From Tan Trao, Uncle Ho's and the Party's policies and instructions spread throughout the country. Here, the Party Central Committee and Uncle Ho made important decisions, successfully leading the General Uprising to seize power throughout the country in August 1945. After resting at Hong Thai communal house for an hour, Uncle Ho returned to stay at Mr. Nguyen Tien Su's house in Tan Lap village.

A week later, Uncle Ho moved to Na Nua hut. It was in this historic Na Nua hut that, at the end of July 1945, while he was critically ill, Uncle Ho said a firm sentence: “Now, the favorable opportunity has come, no matter how much sacrifice, even if we have to burn down the entire Truong Son mountain range, we must resolutely gain independence.”

Uncle Ho's meal with soldiers in Tan Trao during the days of resistance against French colonialism

The person who chaired the National Conference of Party cadres held from August 13 to 15, 1945, decided to seize the opportunity of the General Uprising to seize power, and elected the National Uprising Committee. The National Congress of Tan Trao - the predecessor of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (held at Tan Trao communal house on August 16 and 17, 1945), discussed and unanimously approved the policy of Viet Minh and elected the Vietnam National Liberation Committee, i.e. the Provisional Government, with Uncle Ho as President. He appeared under the name Ho Chi Minh in Tan Trao from that day on.

On August 17, 1945, in front of Tan Trao communal house, standing next to the Oath Stone, President Ho Chi Minh read the oath to resolutely lead the people to fight against the enemy and regain independence for the Fatherland. The Tan Trao National Congress demonstrated the deep trust of the people of the whole country in the Party and Uncle Ho, and the solidarity of the entire people at the decisive moment of the country's destiny.

Uncle Ho in Hang Bong (Tan Trao, Son Duong) during the resistance war.

In December 1946, the national resistance war broke out, and once again President Ho Chi Minh returned to Tuyen Quang to lead the people in the resistance war and national construction. From 1948 to 1949, he worked in Lung Tau. Tan Trao - the former capital of the liberated zone became the capital of the resistance war, the place where the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh, the National Assembly, the Government, the Front, ministries, and central agencies lived and worked. Honored to be the place that sheltered the revolution, Tan Trao was also honored to be the place where many important decisions, articles, and speeches on revolutionary ethics, and lifestyle training for cadres and party members were born; and Uncle Ho's poetry and literary works. Especially Uncle Ho's poems and New Year greetings.

General Vo Nguyen Giap takes a photo with leaders of Tuyen Quang province under the shade of a banyan tree. Tan Trao in early 1990.

On March 20, 1961, a great happiness for the cadres and people of all ethnic groups in Tan Trao commune was to welcome Uncle Ho to visit. Talking to the cadres and people, President Ho Chi Minh advised: Socialism is for all ethnic groups to be increasingly prosperous, our children and grandchildren to be increasingly happy... Everyone must strive to build socialism, must increase production and practice thrift, practice the slogan: "Thrift to build the Fatherland".

Hong Thai Communal House - Tan Trao (Tuyen Quang)

Through the ups and downs of history, the places where Uncle Ho lived and worked at the Tan Trao Special National Relic Site have been continuously preserved and honored. Tan Trao will forever arouse national pride and boundless love for Uncle Ho - the great leader of the Vietnamese revolution.

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