Solemn 121st Anniversary of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan's Death

Thanh Chung• DNUM_CEZABZCACC 12:26

(Baonghean.vn) - At the death anniversary ceremony, delegates respectfully offered incense and expressed their gratitude and respect to President Ho Chi Minh's mother - who worked hard, was loyal, and sacrificed her whole life for her husband and children.

Các đại biểu thành kính dâng hương, tưởng niệm bà Hoàng Thị Loan. Ảnh: Thành Chung

Delegates respectfully offered incense and commemorated Ms. Hoang Thi Loan. Photo: Thanh Chung

On the morning of January 24, at the Kim Lien National Special Historical Relic Site, Nam Dan District, the Relic Site Management Board, Kim Lien Commune, Nam Giang Commune and representatives of the Nguyen Sinh, Hoang Xuan and Ha families held the 121st Anniversary of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan's death.

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission attended the ceremony and respectfully offered incense in memory of Ms. Hoang Thi Loan.

Also attending and offering incense in memory, on the side of Military Region 4 was Major General Phan Van Sy - Deputy Chief of Political Affairs of Military Region 4. On the side of Nghe An province were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and sectors in the province; representatives of Nam Dan district and a large number of people in the province.

Central, provincial, and district leaders expressed their gratitude and respect to President Ho Chi Minh's mother. Photo: Thanh Chung

GrandmaHoang Thi Loanborn in the year of Mau Thin (1868) in Hoang Tru village, Chung Cu commune, Lam Thinh commune, Nam Duong district, Nghe An province (now Hoang Tru village, commune)Kim Lien, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province). She was born and raised in a Confucian family, but everyone directly participated in labor.

In 1883, Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan married Mr. Nguyen Sinh Sac. They had three patriotic children, the third of whom was Nguyen Sinh Cung, who later became President Ho Chi Minh - the great leader of the Vietnamese people.

Đồng chí Phan Đình Trạc - Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị, Bí thư Trung ương Đảng, Trưởng ban Nội chính Trung ương dâng hương tưởng niệm bà Hoàng Thị Loan. Ảnh: Thành Chung

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission offered incense to commemorate Ms. Hoang Thi Loan. Photo: Thanh Chung

In 1895, Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan went to the capital Hue, weaving to earn a living to support her husband's education and raise her young children. In the year Canh Ty (1900), she gave birth to a fourth child, Nguyen Sinh Xin, in a difficult and deprived situation. While Mr. Nguyen Sinh Sac was supervising the provincial examination in Thanh Hoa province, unfortunately, at home, she fell seriously ill. Although Mr. Nguyen Sinh Cung and the neighbors had given her medicine and treatment, due to her serious illness and poor health, on December 22, Canh Ty year (February 10, 1901), Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan breathed her last and entered the eternal world. She was taken by her relatives, neighbors and Mr. Nguyen Sinh Cung to her resting place at Tam Tang mountain, part of the Ngu Binh mountain range on the Huong River in the capital Hue.

Với đạo lý Uống nước nhớ nguồn, đại diện lãnh đạo các sở, ban, ngành, địa phương trong tỉnh đã đến tưởng niệm bà Hoàng Thị Loan. Ảnh: Thành Chung

With the philosophy of "When drinking water, remember its source", representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities in the province came to commemorate Ms. Hoang Thi Loan. Photo: Thanh Chung

The life of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan is a shining example of simplicity, modesty, great sacrifice, compassion, tolerance, simple and noble lifestyle, and love of work. That is clearly reflected in the lives of her children later on, and most notably in President Ho Chi Minh - Hero of national liberation, outstanding cultural celebrity.

Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan influenced President Ho Chi Minh with a folk culture imbued with local identity and national traditions, honestly reflecting the aspirations, wishes and qualities of the working class. Wherever she went, she demonstrated a pure, meaningful and affectionate lifestyle, loved and respected by everyone. With the heart and sensitivity of a mother, she cultivated, shaped and taught her children the first lessons about how to live, about morality in life, about being human...

Người dân huyện Nam Đàn đến dâng hoa dâng hương lên bà Hoàng Thị Loan. Ảnh: Thành Chung

People of Nam Dan district came to offer flowers and incense on the anniversary of Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan's death. Photo: Thanh Chung

At the 121st anniversary of her death, delegates respectfully offered incense and commemorated her; expressed gratitude and respect for her simple, deeply loyal, affectionate and meaningful life; pledged to unite and strive to build an increasingly civilized and prosperous country; and strive to protect, preserve and promote the priceless heritages of her homeland, family, childhood and the two visits of President Ho Chi Minh to her homeland./.