To Hieu memorial area

To Hieu memorial area

To Hieu was born in 1912, the youngest child in a family with a tradition of academics and patriotism. His great-grandfather, Doc Nam To Ngoc Niu, was praised as one of the three exemplary teachers of contemporary Tonkin. His father was Mr. To Y, his mother was Mrs. Ngo Thi Ly - daughter of Mr. Ngo Quang Huy, former Director of Bac Ninh, one of the key leaders of the Bai Say uprising movement at the end of the 19th century. From a young age, To Hieu proved to be intelligent and had great ambition. His father passed away early, and his mother and eldest son, To Tu, had to work hard to raise their five brothers. To Hieu was sent to study at Hai Duong primary school for boys. In 1926, when he was only 14 years old, To Hieu participated in the mourning movement for patriot Phan Chu Trinh and was expelled from school. His eldest brother continued to send him to Hanoi to study. During the period 1927 - 1929, To Hieu and his cousin To Gi were admitted to the Xich Ve Doan organization - a student youth organization led by the Revolutionary Vietnamese Youth Association - the Party's predecessor organization. During this time, To Hieu actively participated in the association's activities such as rallies, banner-raising demonstrations on major international anniversaries, and also had the task of protecting the protest group and other organizations. comrade leader. In 1930, while on a fundraising campaign trip, To Hieu was followed by secret police, arrested and sentenced to 4 years in prison and exiled to Con Dao. It was here that he and his brother To Chan were honored to be admitted to the Indochina Communist Party at the age of 18. To Hieu was trusted by senior communists such as Ton Duc Thang and Ngo Gia Tu, who cared about guiding and honing the bravery of young Party members. In 1934, after completing his prison term, To Hieu was released and placed under house arrest in his hometown of Xuan Cau village. Overcoming the siege and surveillance by French secret police, To Hieu not only participated in leading the patriotic movement, raising people's knowledge, gathering the masses in his homeland, but also sought to coordinate with loyal comrades to restore restore the Northern Region Party Committee. At the end of 1936, at a meeting at comrade To Hieu's rented house on Hang Bot street (Hanoi), including comrades Hoang Van Non, Hoang Quoc Viet, Truong Chinh, To Hieu, Nguyen Van Minh, Luong Khanh Thien, Tran Quy Kien officially restored the Northern Party Committee after years of revolutionary decline and broken Party organizations. At the meeting, To Hieu was elected as a Standing Member of the Party Committee, in charge of propaganda, training workers and directly participating in leading public work and activities in Hanoi (at this time Hanoi did not have a City Council). committee). At the end of 1938, To Hieu was appointed by the Central Committee to be Secretary of Inter-Region B, including the Northern coastal provinces of Hai Duong and Hung Yen; Special Secretary of Hai Phong. In December 1939, To Hieu was arrested by French secret police at the City Party Committee's printing facility. Although his thin body was tormented by tuberculosis when he was exiled in Con Dao prison, and was tortured and bribed, with the steadfast spirit and determination of a communist, he overcame all challenges. fierce challenge. The comrade was sentenced to 5 years in prison and exiled to Son La prison in early 1940. In early 1944, To Hieu's health was almost exhausted, but with an optimistic spirit, To Hieu told his brothers in the cell. : "I know for sure that I will die sooner than others, so I have to take advantage of the time to fight and serve the Party." A few days before he breathed his last, To Hieu asked comrade Hoang Tung to write down a will for the Son La Prison Cell, advising his brothers to stay and maintain their fighting spirit, clearly analyze the world situation and in the country, the inevitable victory of the Revolution. He breathed his last on March 7, 1944 in the mourning of all comrades and compatriots. Revolutionary To Hieu sacrificed his life, but To Hieu's spirit is forever immortal and has become a precious spiritual heritage of the Party and nation, the pride of descendants, as well as people throughout the country. The story of the To Hieu peach tree at Son La prison has entered the pages of books and is considered a symbol of revolutionary optimism. To Hieu Martyrs' Memorial House was built in 2000, at the same time as the construction and renovation of Doc Nam To Thi Tu Duong (the To family church of Doc Nam To Ngoc Nuu). Comrade To Hieu Memorial House The memorial house consists of 3 front rooms and 1 back room, made of four iron wood; The sets are made in the form of a lotus-shaped frame combined with a gong-shaped truss structure, creating a spacious interior space. The main decorative themes are traditional leaf patterns, mainly on the two sets of gables and on the lotus joints on the pillars. The back room is decorated with an altar with a photo and statue of comrade To Hieu. The entire inner sanctum of the church's three compartments is used to display precious artifacts and images about Comrade To Hieu's career and active life, arranged from left to right according to 3 themes: Homeland Xuan Cau and his family, the To family of Xuan Cau village; Biography and revolutionary activities of comrade To Hieu; The feelings of the leaders of the Party, State and people towards comrade To Hieu. To family church of Mr. Doc Nam - To Ngoc Nuu Located on the same site as the Comrade To Hieu Memorial House, the entrance gate is built with bricks, in the traditional style, with a pair of Chinese parallel sentences embossed on both sides of the gate pillars. Their church building is designed and built with wood according to traditional architecture; Northeast direction overlooking Nghia Tru River - an ancient tributary of the Red River. The site of Tu Duong has the most typographic architecture, built in the style of gabled walls, and the roof is covered with yin and yang tiles. The inside of the house is divided into 5 compartments, the door system is made of a table top style, following the upper and lower panels; The structure of the trusses is made of four sets of wood in the style of dou-lotus; Decorative themes mainly focus on the gables and the pillars on the armpits in the two gables with the themes of bamboo/dragon-shaped apricot, fighting cocks and on the husbands, the ends of the armpit beams touch lotus petals, soft leaf pattern. The middle space of the church is where the altar is placed, inside are placed 4 tablets of deceased ancestors of the To family. On the right side hangs the great letter 壽春 (Xuan Tho) given by Mr. Doc Nam's students to celebrate his birthday in the year of the Goat (1871). In the middle of the yard is a peach tree extracted from the To Hieu peach tree in Son La prison donated by the Son La Provincial Party Committee in 1998. With the above values, To Hieu Memorial Area, Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province has been ranked as a National Historical Site by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Decision No. 3080 /Decision - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism dated October 27, 2020./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.

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