Attending the workshop were Mr. Ngo Van Quy, Vice Chairman of People’s Committee of Hanoi and nearly 100 delegates representing agencies of the City, Research Institutes, Universities and many scientists in the fields. History, Archeology, Chinese – Demotic script, Museum Conservation, Vietnamese Ngo ethnic Council …
Vice Chairman of People’s Committee of Hanoi City Ngo Van Quy delivered the opening speech at the Workshop.
Speaking at the opening of the workshop, the Vice Chairman of People’s Committee of City – Ngo Van Quy affirmed that the victory of Bach Dang of Ngo Quyen has a great historical significance, being a brilliant milestone that ended more than a thousand years under the North; breaking the “assimilation” intrigue of ethnic Han Dynasty; opens a new era in national history – the era of development of the independent, autonomous and national feudal nation in Vietnam. That victory has left us with many valuable experiences, especially the art of defeating the invaders right from the gate of the country. The historic Bach Dang victory was the decisive basis for the spring of 939, Ngo Quyen moved to build a completely independent government. He proclaimed the title, the capital in Co Loa – the capital of Au Lac state during An Duong’s reign from 939 to 944.
Mr. Ngo Van Quy also added: The scientific workshop “Ngo Quyen and the middle career of the country” was the opening event for a series of activities to celebrate 1080 years of Ngo Quyen national hero after defeating the army. Nam Han invaded on Bach Dang River, proclaimed himself king and settled in the historic Co Loa (939 – 2019). Through the activities to show respect and remembrance to the first King in our country’s history, the ancestor of restoring the country, since then, promoting the spirit of patriotism, self-control, self-reliance and construction building a strong Vietnam, worthy of the resilient tradition of his father’s generations.
At the seminar, scientists, experts, heritage managers, representatives of the Vietnam Ethnic Minority Council exchanged and discussed on three main topics, including: Background, career of Ngo Quyen and the great significance of the Bach Dang victory in 938 ending more than 1000 years of Northern domination, opening a long period of independence of the Vietnamese nation; The proclamation of the king, the capital of Ngo Quyen in Co Loa, the contributions of Ngo Quyen building a completely independent government; Heritages related to Ngo Quyen as well as the direction of research on conservation and promotion of values to honor the great merits of King Ngo Quyen to the country.
Overview of the Conference.
Ngo Quyen was born in a powerful family in Duong Lam (now Duong Lam commune, Son Tay town, Hanoi city). Ngo Quyen is a talented, handsome person. At the same time, Duong Dinh Nghe porcelain chose him to be a prime minister, cherished and married to his daughter. After that, he assigned him to govern Chau Ai (Thanh Hoa today).
After more than 1000 years of Northern domination and anti-Northern domination, entering the 10th century, Vietnamese history has a major turning point: Khuc Thua Du won autonomy, claiming to be a Virtue, meaning that the name itself is still considered to be a representative of the Tang government, but in reality, Khuc Thua Du focused on building autonomy. In 939, taking advantage of the troublesome situation of Kieu Cong Tien when being attacked by Ngo Quyen, the Nam Han family mobilized tens of thousands of troops to carry out the intention to invade our country. Predicting the intentions of “internal and external” of the enemy, Ngo Quyen gathered the generals, magnanimous, and dragged troops from Ai Chau to quickly eradicate the anti-nationalist Kieu Cong Tien and his party, extinguishing the term from inside, making the conspiracy to use the content of Nam Han dynasty failed from the beginning.
For the strong enemy, Ngo Quyen called on and encouraged the people to promote the strength of community cohesion and independence of the nation, creating a synergy to deal with the attack of the invaders. . On the other hand, he advocated taking advantage of the rugged terrain of the mountains and forests, the river in the North East region displayed a dangerous position and concentrated strong forces to conduct a major battle, defeating the Nam Han army at the mouth of the Bach Dang River in the winter of 938.
Addressing the workshop, Mr. Tran Viet Anh – Director of Thang Long – Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center said: “The fact that Ngo Quyen built the country, proclaimed king, capital in Co Loa ended the history of more than 1000 years of fighting against the North of the nation, opening an era of independence, autonomy, is an important milestone in Vietnamese history. Even though The career of opening the country, claiming the title of Ngo Quyen has not been fully realized, it is still a milestone of manifestation and not easy to cover it. We hope to commemorate the 1080 year of this great historical event, its eternal values will be properly perceived and appreciated, as a basis for honoring the middle of the Ngo Quyen country as his contribution to the history of the nation ”.
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