1. The road from Hanoi to Tan Thai commune, Dai Tu, Thai Nguyen was very convenient, so the car took us there very early compared to the plan of the Inauguration Ceremony. Everyone was eager to see, enjoy the scenery and visit inside and outside the Relic, going from surprise to joy and saying: "So beautiful and meaningful" ... Veteran journalist Ha Dang at the age of 96, traveled a long way to come here, emotionally shared: "Coming here, I felt extremely moved when looking back at the past - a heroic past of journalists..." .
How touching, this land, 75 years ago, formed the school named Huynh Thuc Khang - the first training facility for press cadres in the history of revolutionary journalism of our country. Today, also on this land, although that school no longer exists, most of the "old people" have passed away, a majestic, meaningful project built from the passion, intelligence and responsibility of the Vietnam Journalists Association and Thai Nguyen province... seems to have fully and convincingly restored and recreated this special training cradle.
“Time gradually passes with the flow of history, most of the lecturers and students of Huynh Thuc Khang Journalism School have passed away. Although it is late, we are still trying to honor and remember a generation of pioneering resistance journalists on the press front who devoted their lives to the goal of “All for victory”, contributing to the glorious tradition and vitality of our country’s revolutionary press… ” – The words shared by the President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Le Quoc Minh, seem to speak for the feelings of many journalists of today’s generation.
Party and State leaders, leaders of the Vietnam Journalists Association and delegates shared many stories about the old Huynh Thuc Khang school. Photo: Son Hai
Although it is late, it can be seen that everything that exists here is a great effort of today's generation of journalists who want to honor and show gratitude to the previous generation. The vivid evidence of the Viet Bac resistance base journalism and Huynh Thuc Khang journalism at the Relic has become invaluable traditional educational materials about patriotism and the glorious tradition of Vietnamese revolutionary journalism. And not only that, a complex of historical and tourist relics has been and is being opened, marking the expectation for the journey of preserving and developing the Relic for future generations.
2. Huynh Thuc Khang Journalism School, after 70 years, has been officially recognized as a National Monument, after 75 years, owning a diverse and vibrant "complex". Excellently recreating the space of resistance journalism and Huynh Thuc Khang journalism after more than seven decades, both having to summarize a period as a whole and exploiting the depth of a school that only existed for 3 months are remarkable efforts of the Vietnam Journalism Museum - the investor of this project.
“For us, this is quite convenient because the Vietnam Press Museum has been holding regular and special exhibitions on the Viet Bac war zone press with many valuable documents. In addition to the existing documents and artifacts, we have researched, supplemented, and exploited some more suitable documents so that visitors coming here will not only see wood, roofs, columns... but more importantly, see the atmosphere of journalists, the atmosphere of the resistance war along with more proud images and stories about the country's first journalism training cradle..." - journalist Tran Thi Kim Hoa - In charge of the Vietnam Press Museum shared.
Indeed, when we came here, we not only saw wood, roof, pillars, not only understood about Huynh Thuc Khang Journalism School but also understood more about the great resistance war, a historical context larger than the scope of a school... We were moved when entering the 80 m2 stilt house with many windows, the walls were all maximized for display, there were more cabinets of artifacts, large artifacts, roller shafts with more capacity for documents related to resistance journalism and Huynh Thuc Khang journalism.
Entering the exhibition area is like entering a valuable historical space, like seeing a glorious past of the resistance war where journalists held both guns and pens, seeing a vibrant atmosphere of wartime journalism, determined to "compete with the enemy", seeing generations of fathers and grandfathers in the days with "rice dipped in salt, heavy hatred on the shoulders", "stones worn out but hearts not worn out... " (Two verses of poet To Huu). Another impression is that, at the exhibition area of Viet Bac War Zone Press 1946 - 1954, there is a map marking the locations of major newspapers born, printing houses converging on the land of the old war zone...
The stilt house, the Exhibition House, is not simply an architectural work but also seems to breathe into it a spirit, a value of journalism, a space of press culture, a vibrant corner of resistance life, just like the investor's passion for a miniature "museum" of journalism in the Viet Bac resistance zone.
We all seemed unable to take our eyes off the sight of a magnificent relief with 48 portraits of the Board of Directors, lecturers and students of the School, sketched by artist Ngo Xuan Khoi and directly built by sculptor Pham Sinh and his students, right on the campus. Then there was a hall located in the heart of the hill with the practical function of serving conferences, seminars and other activities, with a capacity of over 150 people; a 200 m2 "mini square" that can serve events, art performances...
Many press leaders and journalists, upon seeing this, were amazed and came up with the idea that in the next few months, they would bring their agencies, journalists, and members here for meetings, to award cards, to organize conferences, seminars on journalism, events, and to review the history of Vietnam's revolutionary journalism. Thus, to understand the success of a project is to immediately touch the emotions of the viewer, in the true sense of being beautiful, having cultural value, and time value.
3. Perhaps a particularly impressive thing was the presence of the families of the school's former lecturers and students gathered here, in a very emotional and solemn setting. Arriving very early, the woman who cried out loud when standing in front of the relief was Do Hong Lang - daughter of journalist Do Duc Duc. She choked up and told us that her father's eyes seemed to be carved into the relief, she could not hold back her tears because just looking at them made her miss her father so much that her heart ached...
Relatives of lecturers and students gathered here, moved by the relief at the Relic. Photo: Son Hai
Mr. Nguyen Huy Thang - son of writer Nguyen Huy Tuong, emotionally shared: 75 years ago, his father, writer Nguyen Huy Tuong, participated in teaching here, as he briefly wrote in his diary on April 24, 1949: "Teaching drama in the journalism class." In the guestbook a day later, he confided: "I got to know the journalism class "Huynh Thuc Khang" through a memorial service for the veteran scholar and Mr. Hoang Huu Nam, and was very happy to contribute a small part to the training of young journalists."... No wonder I was moved when, decades later, I was invited to witness the event of recognizing history and honoring the ancestors who once built the first team of journalists in the fire of the resistance war. It is understandable that an event like this has the participation of many levels of authority, including the highest levels of both central and provincial, district... What I appreciate and respect is that the organizing committee did not forget to invite relatives of the teaching staff, press staff who have contributed to the school. That is why some people from the South also flew out to attend, some families came with both father and son, or siblings, husband and wife.
It is a pity that journalist Ly Thi Trung, one of more than forty students of the class (also one of the three rare female students of the course), one of the two remaining witnesses since then, now has health problems that do not allow her to travel the distance from Hanoi to Dai Tu to attend the ceremony. However, perhaps the absent person is the one who is mentioned the most, in stories or simply in greetings from insiders - I want to talk about those who knew about the Journalism School named after the patriot Huynh Thuc Khang... From the sharing of Mr. Nguyen Huy Thang, suddenly somewhere echoed a poem by student Ly Thi Trung: "Bo Ra, oh Bo Ra/The map no longer has a name... But in the heart it is intact. Memories of the bo ra!..." .
Ha Van
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