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Xiem Can Pagoda

On June 29, 2022, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province signed a Decision recognizing the historical and cultural relic of Xiem Can Pagoda. The cultural and historical relic Wotkomphisakoprekchru (Siamese Pagoda) is located in Bien Dong A hamlet, Vinh Trach Dong commune, Bac Lieu city, Bac Lieu province. Construction of Xiem Can Pagoda began in March 1887, led by Venerable Lam Mau. Venerable Duong Quan is the eighth generation abbot. The pagoda was built on an area of ​​nearly 50,000 square meters, with traditional Angkor Khmer architecture, shown in unique motifs in the domes, walls, columns and stairs, reliefs, and pattern colors. , the curved carved lines fully and boldly represent a cultural relic of the Khmer people. Surrounding the pagoda is a solidly built fence, with many patterns and reliefs depicting the wheel of reincarnation. On both sides of the fence in front of the three-entrance gate are impressive sculptures of Prince Siddhartha and a dancing girl. The three-entrance gate is a diverse architectural work consisting of many bas-reliefs embossed with meticulous cubic patterns bearing the symbolic meaning of the number 3 such as: Buddha - Dharma - Sangha; past - present - future...) decorative reliefs are shown in the form below as a lotus flower, above are 2 large petals, between 2 branches and leaves are 3 more sets of Tripitaka, above are more wheel of reincarnation. On both sides of the empty space of the entrance there are about a few dozen round pillars, with names of Buddhists who contributed to building the pagoda on the pillars. Inside the temple yard is a statue of Buddha in a lying position (entering nirvana) with a roof for visitors to offer incense and pray before entering the main hall. Xiem Can Pagoda is where Khmer people often gather to learn literacy, dance and sing, and vocational training. Here, every year many Khmer festivals take place, attracting a large number of Khmer ethnic people to attend. Major festivals of the year take place at the temple such as: - Chol chnam thmay (New Year's celebration) takes place for 3 days (around April 14, 15, 16 of the solar calendar). - Lotus Festival (grandparents worship ceremony) takes place on one of three days, October 8, 9, and 10 of the solar calendar. - The robe offering ceremony takes place on one of the days from September 16 to October 15 of the lunar calendar. In addition, at the pagoda there are also religious festivals featuring the characteristics of Theravada Buddhism. During the years of resistance against the French and Americans to save the country, Xiem Can Pagoda was also the place where Buddhists were encouraged to work side by side with the people in the province to participate in revolutionary activities. Typical examples of that movement are Venerable Tran Kin, Venerable Thach Thuol, Vice Venerable Duong Tha and many other monks. Especially in 1966, implementing the Party's policy on protesting against elections. The monks and Buddhists of the pagoda simultaneously protested against the election, such as destroying ballot boxes, resisting conscription, etc. In addition, Xiem Can Pagoda was also a base to harbor secret revolutionary cadres. . The Management Board of Xiem Can Pagoda has also formed a Performing Arts Club to serve the needs of enjoying cultural values ​​of the Khmer people through performances of traditional musical instruments, Absara dance... has made a strong impression on tourists and has been visited by travel businesses, many survey groups, and working groups from other provinces. Every year it attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, especially during summer holidays and holidays. Xiem Can Pagoda is a unique artistic architectural work of the Khmer people in Bac Lieu, and is also a place marking historical revolutionary events of the province. This is a unique tourist destination for tourists when arriving in Bac Lieu. Source: Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Lieu Province

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Rating : Provincial level relics Open door

Co Thum Pagoda (Kosthum)

Co Thum Pagoda (KosThum) is a Khmer Theravada pagoda with a tradition of revolutionary struggle through two periods of resistance against the French and the Americans to save the country. The full name of the pagoda is Coro-pum-meanchey KosThum, built in 1832, in the Buddhist year 2376, in Ninh Thanh Loi commune, Hong Dan district, Bac Lieu province. During the two resistance wars against the French colonialists, American imperialists and their henchmen during the period (1945-1975), Co Thum Pagoda was the base of operations for revolutionary cadres, monks and people under the Party leaders organized many political struggles against arresting people and relocating the Pagoda... Especially in 1949, with the approval of the Central and local authorities, the Cambodian provisional government was established at the Pagoda. To ensure the safety of revolutionary cadres, following the Party's direction, the pagoda organized to dig 2 secret bunkers for revolutionary cadres to take shelter. The first cellar is made under the floor of the monk's house, the cellar is designed in the letter "L" with an up and down door made in a glass place, with ventilation holes. The roof of the tunnel is made of trees, and on top is camouflaged soil that fits closely to the soil used to make the floor. The second tunnel was built 30m from the first tunnel behind Venerable Tran Duyen's house. The tunnel was also made in an "L" shape, sunk underground, with an up and down door, a steam hole, and a horizontal drop-down roof. made of trees, covered with soil and carefully camouflaged to avoid enemy detection. Co Thum Pagoda has a "item": a stele with the names of the martyrs who sacrificed here, including Khmer monks. The historical relic of Co Thum Pagoda not only has revolutionary historical significance but is also associated with the location and architectural complex of Co Thum Pagoda. The main house has a foundation nearly 1 meter higher than the ground. The pagoda has a surrounding corridor and the main door faces the East. Due to the concept of Buddha in the West, it should be turned to the East to bless, in accordance with the direction of the Buddha statue. The pagoda has 3 levels of roof, each level is divided into 3 folds, the middle fold is higher than the two sides. The head and roof folds all have a long, curved dragon tail. The outside decoration has many carved and embossed images such as: Statues of Reahu, fairy, chan, Garuda, keyno, etc. In addition, inside the temple, the walls are painted with images of the Buddha's life (Jataka) with extremely beautiful strokes. lively. The large space next to the canal, discreetly shielded behind walls, sparkling with building blocks covered in the sect's characteristic yellow and red paint, it is also difficult to imagine the two fierce wars that have gone through. Pagodas play an extremely important role. The remote location, surrounded by favorable terrain to form a secret base, has maintained here a base for harboring and training revolutionary cadres, both from the Southwest region and the Cambodian revolution. With these important cultural values ​​as well as revolutionary history, the Ministry of Culture and Sports ranked Co Thum Pagoda as a national historical site in 2006. Every year, many traditional festivals of the Khmer people are held at the pagoda such as: New Year Festival (Chool chnam thmay) on April 13, 14, 15 of the solar calendar; Ceremony to worship grandparents on October 8, 9, and 10 of the solar calendar; moon worship ceremony; peace ceremony; Buddha's birthday... attracts many visitors from all over to visit and worship. Source: Bac Lieu Monuments Management Board

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Rating : National monument Open door

TEMPLE OF PRESIDENT HO CHI MINH CITY

Uncle Ho's Temple is located in Ba Chan A hamlet, Chau Thoi commune, Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province. In 1969, hearing the news that our beloved Uncle Ho had passed away forever, the soldiers and people of Chau Thoi commune were extremely shocked and pained. With Uncle Ho's love for the people of the South, the people here have a common wish to build Uncle Ho's Temple right in their homeland to give him incense day and night. Thousands of officials and people in the commune and district were not afraid of sacrifice and hardship, contributing day and night to build Uncle Ho's Temple right on the land filled with smoke, fire, bullets and bombs of the heroic Chau Thoi... In March 1970, Chau Thoi Commune Party Committee implemented the policy of Vinh Loi District Party Committee to build Uncle Ho's Temple. After the temple was burned by the enemy twice, the people as well as the Chau Thoi Commune Party Committee and Vinh Loi District Party Committee were determined to build a solid temple with cement and iron bars... The job of buying materials for construction was difficult because we had to go through many enemy posts, but with the motivation of loving Uncle Ho, the people of Chau Thoi commune volunteered to buy materials, each person buying a little. Buy and make many times. When preparations were complete, at 10:00 a.m. on April 25, 1972, Chau Thoi Commune Party Committee held a groundbreaking ceremony to build Uncle Ho's Temple. After 24 days and nights without fear of enemy artillery shells, the people and Chau Thoi Commune Party Committee completed the construction of the Temple. On the morning of May 19, 1972 (Uncle's birthday), the inauguration ceremony of Uncle Ho's Temple was conducted in the joy and solemnity of over a thousand people in Chau Thoi Commune and soldiers of Vinh Loi district. Building a temple right in the enemy's heart was difficult, protecting the temple was even more difficult. After the temple was completed, the enemy regularly mobilized means to attack, but with all the affection of Southerners for the beloved old father of the nation, guerrilla forces, and local forces. Vinh Loi and the Temple Protection Team are determined to protect Uncle Ho's Temple. Grateful for the great contributions and shining revolutionary moral example of beloved President Ho Chi Minh, over the years, Bac Lieu province has always paid attention to restoration and upgrading. Up to now, Uncle Ho's Temple in Bac Lieu has been built on an 11,000m2 campus with main structures such as: Uncle Ho's Temple, Temple Covering House, Exhibition House, Hall and office, service area. The garden is planted with many types of trees. In particular, the relic's campus stands out with its fragrant lotus pond. Uncle Ho's Temple in Chau Thoi is considered one of the most beautiful Uncle Ho's Temples in the Mekong Delta region. In addition to the main area of ​​the Temple, there are also gardens and halls to screen documentaries that introduce to visitors an overview of Uncle Ho's background and career. The temple is built of bricks, wooden beams, and has a porch and balcony with a flat roof in front. More than 300 documents and artifacts reflecting the process of Chau Thoi commune people fighting to protect the temple and documents about President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary life are kept at the exhibition house. Uncle Ho's Temple in Bac Lieu was ranked as a national historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1998. This is the pride of the army and people of Bac Lieu, every year on major holidays and days off. Especially on Uncle Ho's birthday, there were many tourists and people visiting. Source: Bac Lieu Tourism

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Rating : National monument Open door

Noc Cang Historical Site

The Noc Mang field site belongs to Phong Thanh village, Gia Rai district, today is hamlet 4, Phong Thanh A commune, Gia Rai district, Bac Lieu province. In the past, this place was a large swampy area, with many forests of melaleuca, bamboo, and reeds growing together, all year round only birds and poisonous snakes sheltered. People who went to reclaim the land to live and explore this area built leaf-roofed huts to shelter from rain and sun and avoid poisonous snakes. Because the land is swampy, it is impossible to build houses like on dry land, people cut trees to make stakes and stick them in the muddy ground, then put crutches on top as floors to build houses. The site of Noc Cang field is also associated with the indomitable struggle of farmers against the oppression and exploitation of the French colonialists and landlords. Mr. Muoi Chuc's family put in a lot of sweat and effort to transform this field into a rice field. While everyone was living and working peacefully, the landlords colluded with the tyrants and the French colonialists to use many cunning tricks to steal rice and land from Mr. Muoi Chuc's family. (In fact, the land Mr. Muoi Chuc and his brothers worked on was left by their ancestors who explored it). In 1927, after many cunning and sinister tricks to take over the land of Mr. Nguyen Van Chuc's family (Muoi Chuc), a landowner in Ca Mau, Ma Ngan, tricked him into selling the land to the wife of a district official, Ho. Thi Tran. After buying land but not being able to get it due to Mr. Muoi Chuc's family vehemently protesting, they borrowed the power of the French colonialists to suppress it in order to take the fields and rice of Mr. Muoi Chuc's family. So his family's struggle against the oppression of the French colonialists happened bloody on February 17, 1928. In this fight back, Mr. Muoi Chuc's family lost 4 people: Mr. Muoi Chuc, Ms. Muoi Chuc (with her unborn child), Mr. Nam Man, Mr. Sau Nhin. On the colonial side, one French official was seriously injured and died the next day, and several others were injured. The remaining members of Mr. Muoi Chuc's family were all arrested and convicted of "rioting, opposing public authority, and murder". Not to be deterred by that, his family continued to file a complaint... The press also strongly condemned it. In response to public opinion, the French government finally had to return the land to Mr. Muoi Chuc's family. The Noc Cang field incident is evidence of the crimes of the French colonial regime and its lackeys of mandarins, demonstrating the anti-oppression spirit of honest and simple farmers. Although the struggle of the farmers in the Noc Mang area was a spontaneous struggle, it demonstrated the struggle of the farming class in the Mekong Delta at that time, demonstrating the resilient spirit and kindness of the people. Southern farmers, contributing to the resilient and indomitable tradition of the Vietnamese people. On August 30, 1991, the historical event of Noc Mang field was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a historical - cultural relic, this relic is located in hamlet 4, Phong Thanh A commune, Gia Rai district, province Bac Lieu. After more than eighty years, Noc Mang field still retains the tragic song of the past, that event has entered the nation's history with the image of simple, honest and full of devotion farmers in Bac Lieu. Source: History of Gia Rai District Party Committee

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Rating : National monument Open door

Outstanding relic site