Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has just signed Decision No. 694/QD-TTg dated July 18, 2024 to rank as special national relics (phase 15) for 3 relics including Hang Xom Trai archaeological relic and Mai Da Lang Vanh (Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province); Vinh Hung archaeological relic (Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province) and Truong Dinh Uprising historical relic (Go Cong town, Go Cong Dong district and Tan Phu Dong district, Tien Giang province).
Thus, after the 15th ranking, Vietnam has a total of 133 special national monuments.
Archaeological site of Hang Xom Trai and Mai Da Lang Vanh
The relics of the Vanh village stone roof and the Hang Xom Trai relic are typical representatives of Hoa Binh cultural heritage in Hoa Binh in particular and Vietnam in general. These are also archaeological relics with attractive and unique historical and cultural values, and are valuable tourism resources of the province in the period of opening, integration and regional linkage.
Vanh village cave is right next to the primitive residence at Vanh village rock shelter. Inside the cave there is a small lake and many archaeological remains of Hoa Binh culture residents.
The Hang Xom Trai relic was discovered in 1975. The cave dates back 21,000 years ago and was ranked as a national archaeological site in 2001. Through many investigations, explorations and excavations, a huge amount of material including mollusk shells, animal teeth and bones, human remains, pottery and especially stone relics amounting to thousands of artifacts was discovered. Up to now, this is the Hoa Binh Cultural relic with the richest collection of stone tools.
The Vanh village stone roof relic was discovered and excavated by French female archaeologist M.Colani in 1929 and was ranked as a national archaeological relic in 2004. The relic still retains part of the original cultural layer, on the stone roof wall there are many sedimentary layers of the Quaternary period. The relic has a very thick stratum, containing a complex of stone tools, pottery, and burials of Hoa Binh culture residents dating from 17,000-8,000 years ago.
Through the excavation, traces of some fire pits, animal bone clusters, and boulder clusters were discovered that may be related to the place where prehistoric people made tools or prepared food; no traces of relics were found in the pits outside the cave. In the excavation and exploration pits, a large amount of relics were collected, mainly stone tools, bone tools, pottery, and mollusks; 7 more absolute ages were found for the Vanh village stone roof relic. After the tree ring correction results, the earliest absolute age of this relic is up to 25 million years ago.
The discovery of new values in Hang Xom Trai and Mai Da Lang Vanh in recent times has proven that Hoa Binh Culture sites in Hoa Binh province still have many mysteries to attract scientists to come and continue researching Hoa Binh Culture.
Vinh Hung archaeological site
Vinh Hung archaeological site is located in Trung Hung 1B hamlet, Vinh Hung A commune, Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province, about 20km from Bac Lieu city center. Follow National Highway 1A, from Bac Lieu towards Ca Mau 5km, to Sap bridge, turn to Vinh Hung market to reach Vinh Hung tower.
This is not only the only remaining tower architecture of the Oc Eo culture in the Southwest, but during the excavation at Vinh Hung tower, archaeologists also collected many extremely valuable artifacts with many stone, bronze, ceramic, and precious stone statues... marking a rather long period of existence and development (from the 4th century to the 8th century AD) of Vinh Hung ancient tower.
The first person to discover the tower and announce it with the name Tra Long tower in 1911 was Mr. Lunet de Lajonquière. Next, in 1917, Henri Parmentier came to survey and announced the survey results in the journal of the French School of the Far East (BEFEO) with a new name - Luc Hien tower.
In 1990, archaeologists from the Institute of Social Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City (now the Institute for Sustainable Development of the Southern Region) coordinated with the Minh Hai Provincial Museum to survey and dig an exploratory pit, discovering a number of artifacts such as god statue heads, inscriptions, grinding tables, and Linga-Yoni.
On that basis, the tower relic was initially dated to the 7th-8th century AD, belonging to the final development stage of the Oc Eo culture.
From the architectural value of Vinh Hung tower, in 1992 the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sports (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) decided to rank it as a national monument.
In 2002 and 2011, to serve the restoration of Vinh Hung tower relic, the Center for Archaeological Research coordinated with Bac Lieu Provincial Museum to excavate around the tower to reveal the tower's foundation, resolve the underground traces to find solutions to restore and embellish the tower to promote the value of the relic.
The excavation results have yielded many unique and valuable artifacts (some of which are being kept at the Bac Lieu Provincial Museum and some are on display at the Vinh Hung Tower Relics Exhibition House). From the results of the archaeological excavation, scientists determined that Vinh Hung Tower dates back to the 4th century AD and was restored in many subsequent stages (from the 4th to the 8th centuries) belonging to the Oc Eo and post-Oc Eo cultures.
Historical relics of Truong Dinh uprising sites
Truong Dinh (Truong Cong Dinh) was born in 1820, in Tinh Khe commune, Son Tinh district (Quang Ngai). Previously, he followed his father to Gia Dinh, then returned to Go Cong (Tien Giang) to start a business, reclaim land, and establish plantations.
In 1859, when the French invaded Gia Dinh, in Go Cong, he rose up to raise the flag of uprising against the invaders, using the "Dark Leaves" in Gia Thuan, Go Cong as a base and won many glorious victories, making the army and people proud and was honored as "Binh Tay Dai Nguyen Soai."
On August 20, 1864, after being betrayed by an internal agent, the French army attacked the base "Dam la toi troi." In this battle, Truong Dinh, after fighting bravely until he was exhausted, committed suicide to avoid falling into the enemy's hands. That year, he was 44 years old.
To commemorate his merits, the people of Go Cong often call him "Truong Cong Dinh" or "Mr. Truong," and in some places in Go Cong, he is called "Mr. Lon."
Related to the resistance war against the French of National Hero Truong Dinh in Go Cong land, there are still many relics such as Luy Phao Dai, Dam la toi troi, Dinh pond, his temple and tomb...
The Fortress Relic is located in Phao Dai Hamlet (Phu Tan Commune, Tan Phu Dong District). The relic is located right on Cua Tieu River, so it is convenient to visit by water or road.
In 1987, the Fortress was recognized as a national historical site. In 2000, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism built the Fortress monument. The monument has a beautiful, airy and solemn architecture, with a height of 9.4 m, a width of 8.4 m, a tiled roof, concrete pillars, a corrugated iron floor 2 m above the ground and has restored 2 cannons.
Truong Dinh Temple is located in Hamlet 2, Gia Thuan Commune, Go Cong Dong District. The temple is a place to worship the national hero Truong Dinh, who opened up the Go Cong area. This is considered his second hometown (besides his hometown in Quang Ngai province), where he grew up, made a living and fought against the French colonialists.
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