Historical relic of Vo Cong Ton House and Brick Kiln

Historical relic of Vo Cong Ton House and Brick Kiln

Vo Cong Ton's house and brick kiln are a place to commemorate the patriot Vo Cong Ton - who devoted a lot of his life and his life to the Party during the pre-uprising period (1930-1945). The reason the relic is called Vo Cong Ton House and Brick Kiln is because this is an architectural whole consisting of two points: Mr. Vo Cong Ton's house and the brick kiln owned by him. Vo Cong Ton House and Brick Kiln is located in Lo Gach hamlet, Long Hiep commune, Ben Luc district, Long An province. Vo Cong Ton House was built around 1910, in the style of Cong letter, three compartments, two wings with concrete materials and tile roof. In 1984, due to deterioration, the house was demolished, only the foundation, floor, and tiles were reused to build a new house with an area of ​​128m2. The interior decoration of the house has the common style of well-off houses of the late 19th century with panels, horizontal panels, and parallel sentences. What stands out in Vo Cong Ton's house are the many lamellas with diverse themes vividly expressed by elaborate techniques of carving, embossing, and conch engraving, which are valuable in terms of sculpture and wood carving. Vo Cong Ton's rice granary is where Uncle Ton Duc Thang opened a class to spread anti-French colonialism in 1928. The brick kiln is where Vo Cong Ton produced and traded bricks and tiles to create a financial source for the Party. Trusted base of Cho Lon Party Committee, Southern Party Committee and patriotic movements before 1945. In 1927, Nguyen An Ninh was a revolutionary, writer and journalist. He founded the patriotic organization Thanh Cao Vong Party, but in 1923, Vo Cong Ton worked side by side with Nguyen An Ninh in journalistic work. Open schools to raise people's knowledge, propagate and awaken the national spirit for the masses. Short-term classes are regularly held at the Vo Cong Ton brick kiln area directly taught by Nguyen An Ninh. train and attract a large number of brick kiln workers. In 1935, the Party Cell of Lo Gach hamlet was born in the Vo Cong Ton brick kiln area. All activities and meetings of the Party Cell take place here. In 1936, Nguyen An Ninh and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai opened a 20-day class to propagate revolutionary movements and spread Marxism-Leninism to a large number of brick kiln workers. In 1937, 40,000 leaflets protesting the governor-general of Brevie and labor inspector J.Godart to Vietnam were also printed at Vo Cong Ton's brick kiln. Leaflets printed from brick kilns were scattered everywhere from Saigon Cho Lon to Tan An and My Tho. The brick kiln area is where Vo Cong Ton directly produces and does business, sometimes with more than 300 workers. This place is an important financial source for the Party. The patriots were active in the early years of the Party's youth. Vo Cong Ton House and Brick Kiln were recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as national historical and cultural relics on January 19, 2004. Source: Long An Provincial Party Committee Information Portal

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