Baoquocte.vn. During his visit 65 years ago, Uncle Ho advised: The new Bat Trang village must become one of the model villages in the new Vietnam, the socialist Vietnam.
Bat Trang village, Gia Lam district, Hanoi city was honored to welcome President Ho Chi Minh to visit on February 20, 1959. In the memories of many people, wearing simple khaki clothes and tire sandals, he visited several families and kindly asked about their lives.
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| President Ho Chi Minh visited and talked with Bat Trang commune members on February 20, 1959. (Photo courtesy of Ho Chi Minh Museum) |
Impressions from the historic visit
Speaking to the people of Bat Trang, President Ho Chi Minh, on behalf of the Party and the Government, welcomed the people of Bat Trang for their contribution to the construction of the great Bac-Hung-Hai irrigation project.
He praised the people and reminded members to pay attention to roads, traffic, and plant trees to improve the environment.
On this occasion, President Ho Chi Minh visited Minh Chau Ceramic Cooperative, chaired by Mr. Phung Ngoc Oanh (later a workshop of Bat Trang ceramics).
According to Mr. Vu Van Vinh - the youngest member to meet Uncle Ho at that time, President Ho Chi Minh stopped to watch him manually printing bowls. Uncle Ho also asked and encouraged him to study hard and work hard to become a good worker to make more good products. After that, he went to the yard of the Cooperative to talk to the members.
At the talk, he advised: "We must pay attention to preserving and promoting the traditional profession. Now, we must not only make ceramic products for people's use, but also make fine art ceramic products for export."
Following the advice of President Ho Chi Minh, members of Minh Chau Cooperative have made many improvements in traditional ceramic handicraft production. Many generations of artisans and skilled workers are promoting the tradition of the traditional craft village, continuing the heroic history of Bat Trang commune.
65 years have passed, Mr. Vu Van Vinh still remembers the kind advice of President Ho Chi Minh. Throughout his labor and production process, he always tries to train and build his hometown associated with the emulation movements of the Cooperative and Bat Trang Ceramic Enterprise such as: "Promoting technical innovation initiatives", "improving productivity, quality, and savings", "each person's work is equal to two"...
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| President Ho Chi Minh watched young cooperative member Vu Van Vinh print bowls by hand. (Photo courtesy of Ho Chi Minh Museum) |
In the family, he always advised his children and grandchildren to learn from Uncle Ho's moral example and promote the tradition of the village craft. Currently, Mr. Vinh's three sons all follow in their father's footsteps, owning a pottery kiln, taking charge of the family business, creating jobs for many local workers.
Preserving the “Soul of the Earth”
It can be seen that Uncle Ho's teachings are always a source of motivation to encourage generations of Bat Trang cadres and people to strive, unite to build and develop the famous "Bat Trang Pottery" brand at home and abroad, becoming a bright spot in building new rural areas in Hanoi and the whole country.
Recently, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2024) and the 65th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's visit to Bat Trang (1959-2024), the Ho Chi Minh Museum in collaboration with Bat Trang Ceramic Joint Stock Company and the Vietnam Fine Arts Association organized the exhibition "Soul of the Earth"
Dr. Vu Manh Ha - Director of Ho Chi Minh Museum, said that this exhibition is a community-based display activity, helping businesses, craft villages, and artisans participate and tell their own stories.
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| Opening of the exhibition "Soul of the Earth" at Bat Trang Pottery Village on October 8. (Photo: Ha Anh) |
With more than 300 photo documents, a collection of paintings, porcelain vases, and ceramic artworks of various types and colors, the exhibition introduces to the public typical artworks with content and images of President Ho Chi Minh and the capital Hanoi, by famous painters and sculptors of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association, along with typical Bat Trang ceramic and porcelain products created by artisans.
The ceramic works displayed at the exhibition all have high historical, cultural and artistic values, expressing love for Uncle Ho, the capital Hanoi and the Fatherland, helping the public at home and abroad to better understand and appreciate traditional cultural values, raising awareness of preserving and promoting national cultural and historical values...
The exhibition consists of three parts: "Uncle Ho visited Bat Trang and collected porcelain works about President Ho Chi Minh", "Collection of porcelain works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital" and "Introducing ceramic works of high artistic value".
Notably, the exhibition introduces typical works such as porcelain paintings of the historical event of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital, a collection of porcelain vases of famous landmarks of Hanoi: Long Bien Bridge, The Huc Bridge, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam...
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| The exhibition "Soul of the Earth" will last until the end of October 2024. (Photo: Ha Anh) |
Especially the work "Hanoi Tu Quy" - preserving the scenery of Hanoi's four seasons in a vase... helps the public see a capital Hanoi with a thousand years of history of civilization, heroic, indomitable, as well as a beautiful, elegant, graceful and friendly capital Hanoi.
Besides, the works of art also convey messages about peace, national cultural traditions, love for people, love for family, love for homeland and country... that generations of artists and sculptors desire, aspire to, and send to future generations.
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