Over the years, the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage values have always been focused on by the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee.
Urgent profile
The Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City has just organized a "Training Conference on the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage values in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024", with the participation of more than 300 cultural heritage management officials at all levels.
According to experts, the management and restoration of relics in the city have been carried out regularly. Many cultural relic sites retain their original elements and historical values, creating a friendly landscape, a harmonious environment in the process of urbanization and becoming attractive tourist destinations such as: Thong Nhat Hall, Cu Chi tunnels, City Post Office, City Theater, History Museum, Saigon - Gia Dinh Special Forces Museum, Binh Tay Market, etc.
Mr. Nguyen The Thuan, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the city is preparing a dossier to propose to include the art of Lion Dance in the list of national intangible cultural heritage. The art of Cai Luong is also receiving attention, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City is also developing a project to propose to recognize Cai Luong as a national intangible cultural heritage.
"The news that Ho Chi Minh City is developing a project to propose recognizing Cai Luong theater art as a national intangible cultural heritage has received great attention from artists and everyone hopes that it will soon be recognized so that this art field can spread further and further," People's Artist Le Thuy happily expressed.
Dr. Mai My Duyen hopes that the art of Cai Luong will soon become a national intangible cultural heritage, in order to have systematic investment plans for the preservation and development of this unique art form typical of the Southern region.
The program introducing Cai Luong art and traditional musical instruments in front of Ho Chi Minh City Post Office attracts many tourists.
Bringing the law to life
Insiders believe that preserving and promoting cultural heritage is not only the responsibility of state management agencies but also requires the participation of the whole society. These solutions do not stop at preserving artifacts but also include activities of displaying, introducing and training, improving human resources. This helps to increase awareness and connect the community with cultural values, develop the city's cultural heritage into a national asset, an important social capital contributing to the sustainable development of the city. The socialization of conservation activities not only helps to reduce the burden on the state budget but also encourages the active participation of the community and private organizations.
According to experts, Ho Chi Minh City needs to promote the dissemination and popularization of the Law on Cultural Heritage and sub-law documents that need to be implemented in many diverse and rich forms such as: Organizing training, knowledge improvement, thematic talks; propaganda on the press, radio, internet... This will contribute to solving difficulties for state management of the cultural field in general, and the city's heritage in particular.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai acknowledged: "If we do a good job of bringing the law into practice, the encroachment and encroachment on relics will be prevented in time. The work of restoration, embellishment, and protection of relics will be carried out thoroughly. In addition, the work of inspection, examination, and handling of violations of the law on cultural heritage also needs to be carried out regularly."
Architect Nguyen Truong Luu, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Literature and Arts Associations, said that in order for cultural heritages to be transformed into resources, "soft power" for sustainable socio-economic development. Accordingly, the work of preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritages must be carried out comprehensively, from research and identification activities to activities of protecting, preserving and promoting the value of heritages. The work of teaching and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritages, especially traditional art forms of the city, must also be given attention.
Ho Chi Minh City is actively digitizing relics; promoting the diversification of activities to make relics a regular destination for the community, promoting the connection of relic sites with each other; widely applying technology to introduce relics; promoting propaganda so that people can access and understand more about relics in the city.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/phat-huy-gia-tri-cua-cai-luong-mua-lan-196240805211842532.htm
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