Solemn 204th death anniversary of Great Poet Nguyen Du

The great poet Nguyen Du was born in 1765 and died in 1820. He was from Tien Dien commune, Nghi Xuan district. His given name was To Nhu and his pen name was Thanh Hien. His father was Nguyen Nghiem, a mandarin with the title of Tham Tung under the Le dynasty. His mother was Tran Thi Tan, from Kinh Bac - Bac Ninh. During the Nguyen dynasty, Nguyen Du was a district mandarin and was sent by the court to the Qing dynasty, China, twice. He fell ill and died in Hue on the 10th day of the 8th lunar month in 1820. Nguyen Du left behind many valuable literary legacies, full of love for people, especially women, of which the most prominent is the masterpiece Truyen Kieu.

Delegates offer incense at the tomb of the great poet Nguyen Du.

At the 204th anniversary of the death of the great poet Nguyen Du, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province Vo Trong Hai and delegates respectfully offered flowers and incense to express their gratitude to the great poet's great contributions to the nation and Vietnamese literature. The delegation pledged to continue to preserve and promote the values ​​that the great poet Nguyen Du left for posterity.

On this occasion, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Tinh announced the decision of the Provincial People's Committee to recognize the Nguyen Du Memorial Site as a special national relic as a provincial tourist destination and opened the thematic exhibition "Great poet Nguyen Du through Nguyen Dynasty woodblock documents".

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Trong Hai and delegates performed the wine offering ceremony at the tomb of the great poet Nguyen Du.

The Nguyen Du Memorial Area is a complex of architectural works to worship and commemorate Nguyen Du - the great national poet, world cultural celebrity, and the outstanding talents of the Nguyen family in Tien Dien. The memorial area currently preserves more than 2,200 rare documents, artifacts, and antiques about timeless literary works, great masterpieces in the literary career and the Nguyen family... The cultural heritages in the memorial area are preserved and have special values ​​in history, culture, science... This is a destination that attracts scholars, writers, domestic and foreign visitors who love the Tale of Kieu and admire the great poet Nguyen Du. In particular, when coming here, visitors can enjoy the cultural space of the Tale of Kieu with performances such as: reciting Kieu, fortune telling Kieu, reciting Kieu, singing Kieu, etc.

Leaders of Ha Tinh province and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented the decision of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province recognizing the special national relic Nguyen Du Memorial Site as a provincial tourist destination to the relic management board.

With such outstanding cultural and historical values, on June 21, 2024, the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province issued Decision No. 1520/QD-UBND recognizing the Nguyen Du Memorial Site as a provincial-level tourist destination. This is an important event for the professional sector and the Nguyen Du Memorial Site Management Board to effectively exploit tourism resources, opening up new opportunities in promoting, advertising, building products, tours, and tourist routes. This is also the basis for attracting investment to effectively promote and spread the value of the Nguyen Du Memorial Site, contributing to promoting local socio-economic development.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Trong Hai and delegates cut the ribbon to open the thematic exhibition: "Great poet Nguyen Du through woodblock documents of the Nguyen Dynasty".

For the topic “Great poet Nguyen Du through woodblock documents of the Nguyen Dynasty”, these are rare documents that have been collected by the Management Board of Nguyen Du Relic Site over the past 10 years in the form of copies and printed copies on paper. Through the exhibition, the life and career of Nguyen Du will be clarified, providing visitors with more valuable sources of documents that have not been introduced to the special National Relic Site of Nguyen Du.

Delegates and students visit the thematic exhibition: "Great poet Nguyen Du through woodblock documents of the Nguyen Dynasty"

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and delegates visited and listened to tour guides inform about the contents of the woodblocks.

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