Avoid spreading out in relic restoration

(Baonghean) - Damaged and degraded relics are a difficult problem for the current work of preserving and restoring relics. To have capital for effective restoration and renovation, it is necessary to promote socialization and avoid spreading investment...

Located deep in a small alley on Tue Tinh Street in Yen Son Block, Ha Huy Tap Ward (Vinh City) is a "red" revolutionary address during the Nghe Tinh Soviet period. That is the house of Mr. Nguyen Trung Ho, one of the secret operating locations of the Central Region Party Committee and a shelter for many revolutionary soldiers, including the former General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh. Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh, the eldest grandson of Mr. Nguyen Trung Ho, said: "When I was a child, this house was still intact and was a fairly spacious three-room house with two wings. However, because it was so old, the house has seriously deteriorated and only a small wing remains, with four sides empty, the roof leaning to one side. All the furniture in the house has also been damaged."

Talking about the house of Mr. Nguyen Trung Ho, Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam, Vice Chairman of Ha Huy Tap Ward, regretted: This is a very meaningful relic, located in the relic cluster of the former Red Village (Hung Dung). Particularly in Ha Huy Tap Ward, this is the only remaining revolutionary relic, so the wish of the family and the people in the ward is to soon restore the relic so that this place can become a traditional education address. Recently, the ward has carried out procedures to recognize the house as a national cultural relic, and at the same time prepared a dossier to restore the relic. However, for many different reasons, from 2011 until now, the restoration has not been able to be implemented...

Duc Nam Communal House (Van Dien - Nam Dan) is seriously degraded.

The long-standing cultural and historical tradition has left Nam Dan with a rich system of historical and cultural relics. Currently, the district has 167 relics and scenic spots, of which 162 are historical and cultural relics and 37 have been ranked at the national and provincial levels. Mai Hac De Temple in Van Dien Commune is a famous, majestic and sacred temple and has been ranked since 1996. The temple's location was formerly the headquarters of the Mai Thuc Loan uprising. Nearly ten years ago, the temple was also renovated once, but currently most of the newly replaced wooden items in the lower house have been eaten and damaged by termites. Fearing for the lives of the people, the temple's management board had to call on a local business to support the cost of buying steel and meter-long poles to tie up the entire house.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tai, a member of the relic management board, added: In the past 3 months, due to serious damage to the structure, all ceremonies at the lower temple have had to be suspended. The Bac Son relic complex (Van Dien) consists of 4 structures, of which 2 have been classified but have not been repaired or renovated for many years. Duc Nam communal house in particular has seriously degraded, especially the roof tiles, pillars and the wall surrounding the temple area. The most regrettable is Hoanh Son communal house, a temple built 250 years ago, an architectural work of massive scale and artistic value among the highest in the Central region. However, through the ups and downs of events, this national cultural heritage has seriously degraded, some details in the communal house have rotted and are no longer intact...

In Dien Chau district, there are 140 relics, of which 38 have been ranked, but 1/4 of them have been seriously degraded...

Compared to many other provinces and cities in the country, Nghe An is one of the provinces with a large number of relics with 1,395 relics, of which 316 relics have been ranked, 134 relics are ranked at the national level. However, with time and the impact of natural disasters, wars and people's awareness of preservation, many relics have seriously degraded. To preserve and restore relics, the capital source has long relied mainly on the National Target Program on Culture of the Government and the Program to Prevent Regular Degradation of the Provincial People's Committee. However, this source of capital is very limited, in 2014, the province's capital to prevent regular degradation was only 450 million VND; each relic was only supported from 20 - 30 million VND, only some temporary damage could be repaired. In 2014, through a survey, according to statistics of the Relic Management Board, there were 47 historical relics recognized as having been seriously degraded. Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee has urgently allocated more than 1.3 billion VND to support the restoration of 7 works, including: Trung Kien communal house, Luong Son communal house, Hoang Vien's house, Trung communal house, Ram temple...

Lack of capital has also caused many other projects to not be implemented even though they were approved a long time ago. These include Duc Hoang Temple in Phuc Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh), approved in 2010; Ram Temple (Hung Nguyen), approved in 2010... In addition, some relics have been approved and implemented but due to lack of capital, they are still unfinished. For example, the project to restore and embellish the national historical and cultural relic of the temple of the first prize winner Bach Lieu, has a total investment capital of nearly 13 billion VND but has only been granted 1.3 billion VND. Phung Chi Kien relic has a total capital of 25 billion VND but has only been granted more than 7 billion (of which nearly 4 billion VND is from socialized sources). According to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoan, Deputy Director of the Management Board of Projects for Construction of Cultural Works - Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Restoring and embellishing relics is different from constructing other projects.

If the works are dismantled and not implemented, it will affect the relics and the structures in the relics. Another difficulty in the work of preserving and restoring relics is the procedures. According to Decree 18 of the Government on the restoration and renovation of historical - cultural relics and scenic spots, the unit that is qualified to restore the relics must have a certificate of recognition from the Department of Cultural Heritage. However, in reality, in our province, there is currently no construction unit that is qualified to do so. Therefore, in the implementation process, many relics, although they have mobilized social resources, are still stuck because of difficulties in preparing documents and requesting approval. Recently, because of these procedures, at least 2 projects, Hoanh Son communal house (Nam Dan) and Luong Son communal house (Do Luong), although they have been allocated capital by the Central Government, cannot be implemented because they cannot complete the procedures according to the regulations of the Department of Heritage. The work of restoring historical revolutionary relics is also facing many difficulties because it is difficult to mobilize social capital for these relics, while local resources are almost non-existent.

Reality shows that the restoration of relics is currently facing many difficulties. The most effective solution in this difficult time of capital is to mobilize social resources and in fact, each year, localities have mobilized tens of billions of VND to restore relics, especially family church relics and some works associated with historical events and famous people of the region. To partly solve this difficulty, the province has also issued regulations on receiving, managing and using donations at historical and cultural relics. Thanks to that, at some relics (especially communal houses and pagodas), 65% of donations have been annually allocated for repair and restoration. In addition, to make the restoration effective, it is necessary to strengthen inspection of the preservation, restoration and rehabilitation activities of relics as well as promote the community's supervisory responsibility to promptly detect and correct errors that may occur during the implementation of projects. Do not spread investment, focus on relics that have seriously degraded. Strengthen propaganda work to raise people's awareness in preserving and promoting the values ​​of relics...

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