Solemn memorial ceremony for the 81st anniversary of the death of patriot Phan Boi Chau

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches, and units; leaders of Nam Dan district, Xuan Hoa commune and Nam Dan town, the Clan Council and representatives of Phan family descendants.

Minute of silence on the 81st anniversary of the death of patriot Phan Boi Chau. Photo: Cong Kien

At the ceremony, delegates heard the biography and activities of the patriotic scholar.Phan Boi Chau. Phan Boi Chau's real name was Phan Van San, his pen name was Sao Nam, born on December 26, 1867 in Sa Nam village, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, in a Confucian family with a rich tradition of patriotism. Born and raised in a country under French colonial rule, Phan Boi Chau nurtured the desire to find a way to save the country and save the people.

That aspiration urged the son of Nam Dan to find a way to fight for the revolution. During nearly 30 years of activities, regardless of hardship, difficulty and danger, Phan Boi Chau traveled all over the country and to China,Japan, Thailand… for revolutionary activities.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department offered flowers in memory. Photo: Cong Kien

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee offered a ceremony at the altar of patriot Phan Boi Chau. Photo: Cong Kien

With the policy of saving the country in a violent direction, Mr. Phan founded Duy Tan Association, Viet Nam Quang Phuc Association and then Viet NamKuomintangto gather forces and seek foreign aid. Most notably, the Dong Du movement laid the foundation for changes in the country in the early 20th century, contributing to the training of intellectuals ready to accept the path of proletarian revolution, and many of them later became key figures in the Vietnamese revolution.

On June 30, 1925, Phan Boi Chau was kidnapped by French colonialists in Shanghai (China) and then taken back to Vietnam, tried at the Hanoi Criminal Court and then exiled to Hue. On the morning of October 29, 1940 (September 29, Canh Thin year), he breathed his last in a thatched house on the slope.Royal Wharf.

Comrades Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee offered incense to commemorate the patriot Phan Boi Chau. Photo: Cong Kien

Not only a revolutionary patriot, Phan Boi Chau was also a great cultural figure. His literary legacy contained his love for the nation's destiny and expressed his belief in the future. Phan Boi Chau devoted his entire life to the national liberation movement, and was a shining example for future generations to learn from and follow.

Ribbon cutting ceremony to inaugurate the statue of patriot Phan Boi Chau on November 14, 2020. Photo courtesy of Cong Kien

Also at the ceremony, on the occasion of the 81st death anniversary of patriot Phan Boi Chau, delegates respectfully offered fresh flower baskets and incense sticks to commemorate him and express their condolences.gratituderevolutionary predecessor, great cultural figure, embodying the tradition and morality of "When drinking water, remember its source" of the nation.