On January 17, the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, the Literature and Arts Times, and the Vietnam Literature and Arts Creation Support Fund solemnly held the inauguration ceremony of the Memorial stele house where the first headquarters of the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association, now the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, was located.
Attending the ceremony were Dr. Doan Thanh No, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations; National Assembly Delegate Tran Thi Thu Dong, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, President of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists; Architect Phan Dang Son, President of the Vietnam Association of Architects; musician Cao Hong Phuong, President of the Phu Tho Province Union of Literature and Arts Associations; writer and journalist Hoang Du, Editor-in-Chief of the Literature and Arts Times; comrade Ngo Anh Vu, Vice Chairman of Ha Hoa district; comrade Nguyen Tien Phuc, Secretary of the Gia Dien Commune Party Committee, comrade Cat Quoc Viet, Chairman of the Gia Dien Commune People's Committee, and leaders of the Gia Dien Commune Party Committee, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front; representatives of the leaders of Goc Gao village, Mrs. Bu Gai's grandchildren, and many artists.
In the fall of 1947, General Secretary Truong Chinh directly assigned comrade To Huu to go to Viet Bac with writers Nguyen Huy Tuong and Nguyen Dinh Thi to be in charge of literary and artistic work. With the advantage of a mountainous area with dense trees, gentle and hospitable people, and being a free zone during the resistance war, Ha Hoa - Phu Tho was the place where many central agencies were headquartered and many artists, journalists, etc. came to work, lead the movement and perform creative and propaganda activities. Gia Dien commune (Ha Hoa) was chosen as the location for the headquarters of the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association and the headquarters of the Literature and Arts Magazine - the agency of the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association. And the house of Mother Girl - the prototype in the poems Ba Bu, Bam Oi by poet To Huu. This was also the place where the necessary work took place to prepare for the first Congress to establish the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association.
From July 23 to 25, 1948, in Doc Phat village, Yen Ky commune, over 80 artists from all over the country gathered to establish the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association, the predecessor of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations today, opening a new stage for the development of Resistance Literature and Arts and later the development of revolutionary literature and arts. This is considered the "Capital of Literature and Arts" in the resistance war against French colonialism.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Union of Literature and Arts Associations (July 25, 1948 - July 25, 2023), at the request of the Literature and Arts Times, with the sponsorship of Nam Cuong Hanoi Group Joint Stock Company and the support of the local government, a Project Management Board was established to renovate and build two memorial steles in Gia Dien and Yen Ky communes, where two steles marking the above two events were placed.
After more than 2 months since the groundbreaking date (November 7, 2023 - January 17, 2024), the renovation and construction project on the memorial stele marking the location of the first working headquarters of the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association, the predecessor of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations and the Literature and Arts Magazine, the agency of the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association (1948) in Xom Goc Gao, Gia Dien commune, Ha Hoa district, Phu Tho province has been officially completed.
The project’s commissioning is of great significance. This is not only a place to mark ancient relics, pay tribute to previous generations of artists; cadres, local Party Committees and people who have protected and sheltered artists and soldiers during the resistance war, but also a particularly meaningful destination for artists and a “red address” to educate and foster love for the homeland, pride in revolutionary traditions, and Vietnamese literature and art for today’s and future generations.
At the ceremony, Dr. Doan Thanh No, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations shared the joy with the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front of Gia Dien commune, the Party Cell, the government, and the people of Goc Gao hamlet, when from now on there will be a memorial project "returning to the source", a destination with a new, spacious and impressive appearance on the sacred land. He affirmed: "Later, due to the requirements of the resistance war, the Association and the Literature and Arts Magazine moved to Dai Tu district - Thai Nguyen next to the Central agencies, peace was restored in Hanoi, the headquarters is located at 51 Tran Hung Dao - Hanoi until today, but this place will forever bear the historical mark of the formation and development of revolutionary literature and arts".
Mr. Cat Quoc Viet, Chairman of Gia Dien Commune People's Committee shared that in the early years of the resistance war against the French, this place was chosen as a stopover, a headquarters and revolutionary activity place for many central agencies, artists... Also during that time, artists working here created immortal works. After peace was restored, senior artists returned many times to visit and erect a stele to commemorate the establishment and operation of the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association. The local government and people are proud and honored when the project is restored and rebuilt to be a destination for tourists and a place to educate the people about traditions.
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