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Van Thuy Tu Palace
Van Thuy Tu Palace is located on Ngu Ong Street, Duc Thang Ward, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province. This is an ancient artistic architectural work associated with the history and culture of seafaring, especially the custom of worshiping the god Nam Hai (fish - whale) of fishermen in Binh Thuan province in general and Phan Thiet. in particular. According to the beliefs of seafaring residents in the South Central region in particular and Vietnamese people in general, Ong fish is the water god who often appears to help them whenever they encounter storms or accidents at sea, so people People who go to the beach revere the Ong fish, considering it a guardian deity. Therefore, when encountering a dead Ong fish (customarily called Ong Giay fish), people often hold a burial ceremony and worship it very respectfully. Returning to the story of Van Thuy Tu palace, according to ancient documents, this palace was established in the year of Nham Ngo (1762) to worship the Ong fish. At first, the palace was just a wooden house with a thatched roof, then it was gradually renovated with brick walls and a yin-yang tiled roof with a total area of about more than 500 square meters. Even though it has been through more than 250 years of wind and frost, this architectural work is still quite intact. Because the design, decoration and worship of Van Thuy Tu palace are quite similar to communal houses, it can also be called a communal house. The main incense box in the middle of Van Thuy Tu palace worships the Nam Hai Cu Ngoc Lan Ton Than (ie Mr. Nam Hai), the left side worships Hy Hoang Thai named Tien Su Ton Than (the ancestor of agriculture and fishery), the right side worships Thuy Long Thanh Concubine Nuong Nuong Ton Than (water goddess). In short, worshiping characters related to the marine profession. In addition, Van Thuy Tu Palace also has many Sino-Nom cultural heritages related to maritime craft, shown in the worship content in altars, statues, horizontal panels, parallel sentences, and inscriptions of Dai Hong. general... This place is also one of the ancient relics with a large number of ordinations bestowed by the Nguyen Dynasty kings. Because according to old history, in the past, when fighting with the Tay Son Dynasty, the Nguyen Dynasty's generals were rescued many times by whales at sea. Currently in the palace there are 24 ordinations of kings: Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Dong Khanh, Duy Tan, Khai Dinh. King Thieu Tri alone bestowed 10 divine colors, which is rare compared to other relics. In the grounds of Van Thuy Tu palace, there is a large area of land called Ngoc Lan Holy Land, used to bury the whale whenever he died and drifted in from the sea. According to custom, the fisherman who sees the "grandfather" first becomes his "eldest son", and this person is responsible for taking care of the funeral carefully, mourning after three years. This shows a strange custom of fishermen regarding Ong fish according to beliefs similar to relationships between people. In particular, in the Van Thuy Tu palace, a skeleton of the Ong whale, the longest and largest species of gray-backed whale in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, is currently being kept and worshiped, with the length and weight when he was alive. about 22m, 65 tons, preserved with almost no bones missing. The skeleton is more than 100 years old. Van Thuy Tu Palace is truly a sacred place, bringing many blessings to the people of Phan Thiet coastal area." Source: Binh Thuan Province Tourism Promotion Center
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Duc Thanh School
Duc Thanh School Where teacher Nguyen Tat Thanh (Uncle Ho's name at the age of 20) taught in 1910, before going abroad to Saigon to find a way to save the country. Duc Thanh School, formerly known as Duc Thanh Hoc Hieu, was established in 1907. Located in Thanh Duc village, 39 Trung Nhi Street, Duc Nghia Ward, Phan Thiet City, the school is near Ca Ty River. wonderful and peaceful. Duc Thanh Hoc Hieu was born thanks to the patriotism of scholars and Confucian scholars in Central Vietnam. Construction funding came from the generosity of Mr. Huynh Van Dau and Lien Thanh Thuong Quan. All students here study for free. This is a private school with progressive teaching content in Binh Thuan province at that time. Lien Thanh Thuong Quan (Lien Thanh company) was a patriotic organization in the early 20th century. Operating in the economic field. Duc Thanh Hoc opened a class to teach patriotic content according to progressive ideology for children of patriots and poor workers, in response to the Duy Tan movement initiated by Phan Chau Trinh, Tran Quy Cap and Huynh Thuc Khang in Vietnam. Mid-term. Lien Thanh Company operated effectively, secretly contributing part of its finances to Phan Boi Chau's Dong Du movement. Lien Thanh commune, led by Nguyen Hiet Chi, invited many speakers to give speeches, including Phan Chau Trinh, causing a lively buzz. In particular, Duc Thanh school has trained a class of young people to study according to the new books and spirit. In 1910, Nguyen Tat Thanh was introduced by his colleague Truong Gia Mo and came to Phan Thiet to teach at this school. At that time, the school had about 60 students and 7 teachers teaching subjects: Chinese literature, French literature, physical education... One of the school's students was Nguyen Kinh Chi, son of Nguyen Hiet Chi, later a doctor. , Deputy Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, National Assembly delegate of the 1st - 4th term, is a direct student of teacher Nguyen Tat Thanh. Nguyen Tat Thanh teaches second grade, mainly teaching Vietnamese and Chinese characters. During this time, in addition to the content assigned to teach, Nguyen Tat Thanh also spread love for his homeland, country and ancestral race to students. During extracurricular classes or free time, Nguyen Tat Thanh also leads his students to visit beautiful scenery in Phan Thiet such as Thuong Chanh beach, Thieng village cave, Duc Nghia village communal house. In February 1911, Nguyen Tat Thanh left Duc Thanh and Phan Thiet schools to enter Saigon. A year later, there was no one left in charge and for many other objective reasons, the school closed in 1912. The architecture of Duc Thanh school bears bold Asian traditions. The school has three houses, including two large houses for classrooms and one upstairs house. In the classroom, there are wooden tables and chairs below, and above is a blackboard for teaching. The school campus is a lush green garden, neatly and carefully cared for. To the right of the main house, is the Ngu house used as a boarding house for students and teachers. Ngoa Du Sao is an area for receiving guests and discussing poetry, located right behind the classroom and the Ngu House. On the school campus there is a well for drinking water. Source: People's Committee of Binh Thuan province
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Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee Base Relic Area
In Dong Giang's homeland, the heroic Ham Thuan Bac district has a revolutionary historical relic - the Sa Lon Provincial Party Committee Base Area. With an area of nearly 11 hectares, the Provincial Party Committee Base Relic Area in Sa Lon is both an educational address for patriotic traditions and national pride for the people and the young generation, as well as an attractive tourist destination. tourists inside and outside the province. Going back in history, after 1954, in the province, the enemy violently swept from urban to rural areas, many revolutionary bases were broken and loyal cadres were imprisoned. To ensure the safety of the Provincial Party Committee and continue to direct the resistance war, the issue of choosing a location to build the Provincial Party Committee Base was raised and was of vital nature. The Provincial Party Committee chose Sa Lon to build the base to ensure secrecy and safety. Sa Lon is a natural forest with a very important area, topography and strategic position, adjacent to the long coastal plain of Ham Thuan district. According to local Co Ho elders, Sa Lon means "Mother stream", the stream flows like a dragon. In the relic, there is a stream flowing through called Chin Khuc stream. During the resistance war against the US, the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee stood at more than 30 locations. At Sa Lon base alone, the Provincial Party Committee stood still 3 times over a period of more than 8 years (from December 1954 to June 1957, from mid-1961 to December 1964 and from September 1968 to August/ 1970) recorded many milestones and many important historical events such as: Conference to establish the Southern Vietnam Liberation Front in Binh Thuan province (October 1962); The First Congress of the Women's Union of Binh Thuan Province (1962) and the Second (1964); The First Congress of Emulation Soldiers of Binh Thuan Province (September 1964); Conference to establish the Provisional Revolutionary People's Committee of Binh Thuan province (June 1969), the 1st Binh Thuan Provincial Party Congress in the resistance war against the US (July 1970). In particular, on September 9, 1969, a memorial service for President Ho Chi Minh was held here with a portrait of him made of silk, wrapped in a frame, placed on the altar of a bamboo tree that is still preserved today. … With those special marks, the Provincial Party Committee Base Relic Area in Sa Lon was chosen by the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee as a place to restore, renovate, and embellish the original relics and build auxiliary items to preserve them. preserve and preserve the heroic and heroic revolutionary historical tradition of the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee in the resistance war against the US in particular, and of the Provincial Party Committee's History in general during the period 1954 - 1975. Can relic area The Provincial Party Committee headquarters in Sa Lon was ranked as a provincial relic by the Provincial People's Committee in October 2017. Construction on the relic site began on January 15, 2021, and was completed and put into use on February 2, 2023. The Provincial Party Committee base area includes the original relic area (civil items such as cellars, rest huts, hall, Hoang Cam kitchen, drainage ditch system...). The Sa Lon base relic site has 277 original artifacts, which are daily life items and combat equipment donated by veterans; Binh Thuan province also collected and found 219 original artifacts to display in the Memorial House. Since its construction, the historical revolutionary relic of the Sa Lon Provincial Party Committee base has had great significance in educating the young generation in patriotism and national pride. Source: Electronic Information Portal of Binh Thuan Province Party Committee
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Linh Son Pagoda
Linh Son Pagoda is located on the hillside at 120 Nguyen Van Troi Street, in Ward 2, Da Lat City, and is one of the largest and oldest pagodas in Da Lat city. This is also where the headquarters of the Lam Dong Buddhist Association is located. The pagoda was built in 1938 at the request of Mrs. Tu Cung (King Bao Dai's mother) to the Trung Phan Sangha Guardian since 1936, after she returned from Da Lat to the capital Hue. Linh Son Pagoda was completed and put into use in 1940 by Venerable Thich Tri Thu. The pagoda is named after a mountain in India and has been restored and embellished many times. Linh Son Pagoda is located on a hill of nearly 4 hectares, and is a complex of many architectural works of different sizes. Linh Son Pagoda was built on a land area of about 4 hectares following the architectural characteristics of harmonious and simple Asian countries. The design here is influenced by the architecture of ancient pagodas in the Ancient Capital. Hue. On the top of the pagoda's roof, there is a very flying, winding dragon's tail. The main hall is arranged in a nail shape. The steps leading into the main hall have two dragons on both sides. Go through the three-entrance gate and follow the steps into the pagoda, surrounded by rows of tall star trees, pine trees and eucalyptus trees. Near the temple yard, there are brick pillars engraved with Buddha's teachings on both sides. In front of the temple yard is the statue of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva standing on a lotus throne. On the left side of the temple yard there is a lake with delicate rockeries and ornamental plants, on the right side is a three-storey octagonal stupa with a 4 meter high tiled roof. In the middle is the main hall consisting of two houses with both sides of the steps flanking a pair of dragons symbolizing the Dragon God protecting and upholding the Dharma. Inside the main hall of Linh Son Pagoda, the main hall is solemnly decorated. The front hall has four large wooden pillars carved with parallel sentences in Confucian characters painted in red and gilded with heavy spiritual meaning: In the middle is the altar of Shakyamuni Buddha sitting on a lotus. Above is a bronze statue weighing 1.25 tons and 1.7 meters high, cast in 1952, inaugurated under the testimony of Venerable Thich Tinh Khiet, President of the Vietnam General Buddhist Association. On the left side of the main hall is where the Patriarch hall worships Dat Ma Master To, and places the tablets of monks who have passed away or deceased people brought to the temple by their relatives so that their souls can be purified. Outside is a large drum 0.75 meters in diameter. On the right side of the main hall, there are statues of Dharma Protector Amitabha and Dai Hong Chung weighing 450 kg hanging on a precious wooden frame. In Linh Son Pagoda, there is also a scripture distribution room and a house of rebirth, a place to bury the bodies of Buddhists whose families want to hold funerals at the pagoda. In addition, Linh Son Pagoda also has a fairly large lecture hall built in 1972 and is currently the basic Buddhist school of Lam Dong province. Source: Lam Dong Province Buddhist Church
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Da Lat Children's Prison
Da Lat Children's Prison was built by the old regime with the beautiful name: "Da Lat Children's Training Center". at No. 9A, Xuan Huong Lake, Da Lat city, Lam Dong province. This revolutionary historical relic was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Monument on June 22, 2009. "Da Lat Children's Education Center" was established in early 1971. The old regime used demagogy to deceive public opinion, covering up sinister plots to isolate, suppress, and eventually eliminate the elite. revolutionary spirit of the young generation in the South. This "center" is actually a children's prison, fully demonstrating the nature of an imperial prison. This special prison once detained more than 600 children from 12 to 17 years old with revolutionary spirit, gathered from all prisons in the South. The prison is designed as a closed rectangular block surrounded by stone walls. The two rows of houses along both sides are mainly cells and cells; The horizontal rows of houses create two courtyards in the middle to serve prisoners' activities when outside the cell. When allowed to sunbathe in the yard, prisoners are only allowed to move within small boxes marked on the yard adjacent to the entrance of each cell. In front is a normal A-shaped block, which is the office of the prison management apparatus. All activities of child prisoners are closed behind, within solid stone walls, with many rolls of thick barbed wire on the roof, only communicating with the outside through 2 layers of solid doors but barely always closed. Through the two doors of the A-shaped block is the flag yard area, the flagpole at that time permanently hung the flag of the Saigon government. Every morning at the beginning of the week, all child prisoners must gather here to salute the flag and sing the national anthem. Those who oppose, do not salute the flag, or sing the national anthem will be tortured until they submit. The prison has 8 cells, divided into 2 areas: the male prisoner area has 6 rooms and the female prisoner area has 2 rooms. Each room's area is about 30 square meters, usually holding 60 - 70 prisoners, with some rooms holding nearly 100 prisoners at peak times. At the end of the corridor of the two cell blocks are rows of solitary cells holding dissident soldiers. In particular, there was a stone cellar hidden behind the cell corridor, with no roof but only a thick barbed wire mesh on top for the enemy to carry out the dew and sun exposure punishment of prisoners. On April 23, 1971, the Saigon government sent 126 children prisoners from Ammunition Prison (Da Nang) to the Da Lat Children's Training Center, marking the official operation of this prison. After that, child prisoners from Hoi An, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Ben Tre... continued to be transferred; Especially at the end of 1971, the Saigon government gathered young revolutionary soldiers imprisoned in Con Dao prison and Chi Hoa prison to be detained here. From here, the young revolutionary soldiers gathered core forces, established a unified command, and set out specific demands to carry out continuous, persistent, and thorough fighting measures. the prison's existence process. During the struggle, even at a young age, child prisoners were still brutally abused and tortured in many forms: cross-cuffed, beaten with whips braided from electric wire, barbed wire, scout sticks, or Use a hot high-voltage electric bulb to press on your face... In the cell, in the middle of a cold Da Lat night, the temperature dropped below 15 degrees Celsius, the enemy also poured cold water to torture prisoners in solitary confinement. The young soldiers had to sleep on the cement floor, sharing each grain of rice, sip of water, bed... Young soldiers have also organized prison escapes seven times, expressing their desire for freedom and the desire to return to continue fighting. A shocking event at Da Lat children's prison on the evening of January 23, 1973 was when children prisoners organized to destroy prison guard Nguyen Cuong, who was willing to be a lackey for the enemy. It was the courageous and indomitable fighting movement of young revolutionary soldiers that failed the enemy's sinister plot to establish this prison, forcing it to disband in mid-1973. After the day of national reunification in 1975, former prisoners of Da Lat children's prison scattered to localities, continuing to promote the tradition of indomitable struggle in prison, actively contributing to the cause of building and preserving the country. protect the country. With particularly outstanding achievements in the cause of fighting the US to save the country, in 2009, the collective of former prisoners of Da Lat children's prison was awarded the title of Collective Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the President. The national relic of Da Lat Children's Prison (1971 - 1973) has now become a meaningful tourist destination in Lam Dong province. This is a "red address" in educating revolutionary ideals, patriotic traditions, and national pride for the young generation. Source: Lam Dong Museum
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