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Vinh Thanh communal house is a cultural relic of provincial magnitude. Photo S.L |
Under the coordination among the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Ministry of Education and Training, and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, students have participated in protecting historical relics in their localities. Sao Ly reports.
Joining hands to preserve relics
Nine historical relics in Tuy Phuoc district are now preserved by students coming from the district’s schools.
“Our school was assigned to protect Vinh Thanh communal house,” said headmaster of Phuoc Loc junior high school Nguyen Tan Thong. “Our students now have a chance to know more about its origin and Dao Tan’s life.”
“A group of 10 students is assigned to tidy up the communal house and water trees every week,” Thong added.
Visiting historical relics in Tuy Phuoc district, tourists could see their new faces. Both teachers and students there are now excited about relic preservation plans. Students of Tuy Phuoc No.1 senior high school planned to build a stele on the road to the tomb of Dao Tan and Phuoc Hoa commune junior high school is also busy planting trees along the road to Binh Lam Tower.
“Ninth-graders are asked to join weekly plans,” Thong said. “But the province’s relic management board needs to mark the boundary of Vinh Thanh communal house because some households encroached into the precincts of the house.”
The Vinh Thanh communal house is popular with all students in the commune; thus, all are ready to preserve the relic, said Nguyen Bao Huy, a ninth-grader. After finishing work, teachers and students often gather in the house, listening to stories about Dao Tan and the history of Tuy Phuoc district.
Showing love for homeland
In fact, many students, even teachers, didn’t know much about historical relics locating in their localities. The cooperation program encouraging schools to help preserve relics is also an opportunity for students to understand historical sites.
When students carry out activities to tidy up the relics, some experts also show them how to work to avoid possible actions making the architecture of relics become worse.
“Our staff could only protect 15 of 88 relics in the province because there is a lot of work,” said director of Binh Dinh Relic Management Board Dang Huu Tho. “We are, therefore, really happy when students help us take care of historical relics.”
It is students who play an important role in preserving the relic via many practical activities, he said.
Tuy Phuoc district is the first one in Binh Dinh implementing the relic preservation program effectively. All schools not only protect them but carry out other activities to introduce the history and significance of each relic to people.
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