With a great passion for national art, outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan in Voi area, Ba Hang Doi town in Lac Thuy district, has developed and promoted a Muong ethnic cultural space with over 2,000 artifacts which are familiar in the daily life in the Muong ethnic people.
Outstanding artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan and artisans from the Muong cultural heritage preservation club in Ba Hang Doi town.
Tuan has collected thousands of rattan, hand-woven bamboo, pottery, bronze, and stoneware products which are cultural products in the Muong ethnic people’s life and are facing risk of falling into obvillion.
Besides, he has restored Muong stilt houses, studied the ethnic group’s identity and customs in the past and at the present in vegetarianism, weddings, festivals, dancing and singing in order to preserve, spread and educate young generation about regional national culture.
Spanning an area of 750 sqm in Mau Linh Son Ngoc temple, the model of the Muong cultural space displays over 2,000 items in the life of Muong people including gong, costumes, brocade blankets, horns, fangs of animals, ethnic musical instruments, cultural books, woodwork, and bronze utencils.
Tuan is also the founder of the Muong cultural heritage preservation club in Ba Hang Doi town which attempts to create a meaningful playground while preserving and promoting the good values of racial cultural identity, arousing passion, researching and educating traditional cultural values of the Muong ethnic group to young generations, contributing to the protection of the Vietnamese cultural heritage.
With vibrant, practical and attractive activities, more than one year after its establishment, the club has attracted 235 members of many different age groups.
joining the club, members will be taught various subjects such as gong culture, Muong folk dances and songs as well as the Muong language, especially for youngsters.
With endless efforts, artisan Nguyen Manh Tuan was awarded the title of Excellent Artisan in the field of social practices and beliefs in 2022.
With numerous contributions to the preservation and promotion of national cultural identity, he is also an outstanding example in charity and social security work in the locality.
Hoa Binh province has carried out multiple programmes and initiatives to revive its cultural heritage which has gradually fallen into oblivion through the ebbs and flows of history.
The most prominent and defining feature in the prehistoric era of Hoa Binh is the Hoa Binh Culture. The Culture was first discovered in Hoa Binh. The significant prehistoric culture represents not only Vietnam but also Southeast Asia and southern China. Through excavations of cave sites in the limestone regions of Hoa Binh, French archaeologist M. Colani introduced the world to a "Stone Age in Hoa Binh province – Northern Vietnam" in 1927. On January 30, 1932, the First Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians, held in Hanoi, officially recognised the Hoa Binh Culture.
Known as the "Land of Epic History”, Hoa Binh province, the gateway to Vietnam’s northwest, boasts a strategic location and a unique cultural tapestry woven by its ethnic minority communities.
The People's Committee of Luong Son District recently held a ceremony to receive the certificate recognizing Sau Communal House in Thanh Cao Commune as a provincial-level historical and cultural site.
Recognising the importance of cultural heritage preservation in protecting and promoting the value system of Vietnamese culture, and serving socio-economic development in the new period, Party committees and local administrations in Hoa Binh province have identified it as a key task in the cultural development strategy. The province has been making efforts in mobilising resources, creating consensus among people and engaging ethnic communities in preserving and promoting cultural identity.
Hoa Binh province has captured growing attention both domestically and internationally for its distinctive cultural heritage and rich history. Most notably, it has been renowned for its famous Hoa Binh culture, considered the cradle of ancient Vietnamese civilisation. Looking ahead to significant milestones in 2025 and the 140th anniversary of province establishment in 2026, Hoa Binh Newspaper presents a comprehensive overview of the province's development across economic, social, cultural, tourism, and security domains.
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