On the afternoon of September 15, Mr. Tran Anh Nam - Head of the Department of Culture and Information of Huong Son district - said that the People's Committee of Huong Son district has just started the project to restore and embellish the tomb and monument of Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac.
This is a project with a total investment of more than 13.2 billion VND from the Ha Tinh provincial budget, with the People's Committee of Huong Son district as the investor.
The project is undertaken by a joint venture of Ha Tinh Cultural Construction Consulting and Construction Company Limited - Tai Nguyen Company Limited - Thanh Cong Construction Development Investment and Design Consulting Company Limited (Ha Tinh City).
According to the schedule, the project will be completed after 6 months of construction. The construction project is implemented to express deep gratitude to the great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac, contributing to educating the tradition of drinking water and remembering the source, eating fruit and remembering the tree grower of the nation, the Party Committee, the government and the people of Ha Tinh.
At the same time, ensure infrastructure towards organizing activities to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac, contributing to promoting the development of spiritual cultural tourism in the area.
According to Mr. Nam, the main items of the project include: Repairing the reception house, renovating the courtyard in front of the tomb, expanding the parking lot and the relic yard.
"The project aims to renovate the relic, first to show gratitude on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong, and secondly to create convenience for more and more people and tourists to come and offer incense, promoting the development of local tourism," Mr. Nam shared.
The leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ha Tinh also said that the project shows the attention and gratitude of Ha Tinh province to the great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong, and also contributes to attracting tourists to this tourist destination.
The historical and cultural relic complex of the great physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac was ranked as a national historical and cultural relic in 1990, including the tomb and monument in Son Trung commune; the church area in Bao Thuong village, Quang Diem commune (Huong Son district).
The cemetery currently has a yard, garden, and stone tomb with a total area of 12,000m2; a reception area with a total area of 13,500m2. The road system leading from the cemetery to the monument has an area of nearly 6,000m2, including 220 steps. The system of reliefs, monuments, and monument yard has a total area of 3,500m2.
Ha Tinh has built a plan to organize a ceremony to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Great Physician and receive the UNESCO certificate of honor for Hai Thuong Lan Ong.
Recently, Ha Tinh province has also prepared a dossier to propose to the Prime Minister to rank the tomb and memorial site of Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac as a special national relic.
Famous physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac was born on November 12, 1724 in Lieu Xa village, Duong Hao district (now Yen My district, Hung Yen province). At the age of 26, he left his official career to return to his maternal home to take care of his elderly mother in Bau Thuong village, Tinh Diem commune, now Quang Diem commune, Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province.
For more than 40 years, hiding in the “remote mountains and valleys”, he tirelessly searched for, researched, and cultivated indigenous medicinal plants, wrote poems, taught, wrote books, and cured people. He died in 1791, leaving behind a shining example of medical ethics, medical theory, and medical skills. His tomb is located at the foot of Minh Tu Mountain, next to Ngan Pho River.
At the 42nd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held on November 21, 2023, a resolution was passed approving the list of "Cultural celebrities and historical events for the 2024-2025 school year", including the dossier commemorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of famous physician Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac in 2024.
