Bac Ninh - Cultural identity shines in the path of innovation

Bac Ninh is considered the "cultural cradle" of the Kinh Bac region thanks to Quan Ho folk songs, an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, along with traditional craft villages. Kinh Bac culture, with Bac Ninh as the center, is a unique cultural space, expressed through music , lyrics, festivals, costumes and the spirit of friendship of the people.

Then Village Violin Club interacted with the audience at the National Achievement Exhibition "80 Years of Journey of Independence - Freedom - Happiness" at the Vietnam Exhibition Center (Dong Anh, Hanoi ).

Outstanding marks

Currently, Bac Ninh province has 1,121 clubs and art troupes, including 643 quan ho clubs, 40 cheo singing clubs, 09 tuong singing clubs, 05 ca tru clubs, 25 hat van and chau van singing clubs and 329 art troupes and clubs. Quan ho folk culture has been honored as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Quan ho heritage is preserved mainly through teaching activities in clubs, quan ho classes, performance programs, performances, and heritage practices. In order to continue to bring new vitality to the heritage, the province always encourages, motivates and respects new experiments and artistic creations with the sound of quan ho folk songs. Over time, generations of Bac Ninh people have cherished, preserved, taught and given wings to quan ho melodies to spread, fly high, and reach out across the country, to international friends.

In 2025, the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son and Kiep Bac relic and landscape complex was recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage; 4 heritages were included in the list of national intangible cultural heritages. Up to now, the whole province has 1,451 ranked relics, of which 7 cultural heritages were recognized by UNESCO, 11 special national relics and relic clusters; 297 national-level relics and 1,113 provincial-level relics; 24 national treasures; 28 national intangible cultural heritages. In the province, there are 1,319 festivals held annually; 246 artisans in the field of intangible cultural heritage.

The movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" has received comprehensive, timely, effective leadership and direction, in accordance with the practical situation of the locality in each specific period. Currently, the province has 13 provincial-level cultural and sports institutions; 94/99 commune-level cultural houses, 2,816/2,858 village-level cultural houses that meet standards. Promoting traditional cultural values and good customs of the community has aroused a healthy cultural lifestyle, the spirit of solidarity, mutual love, mutual assistance, and mutual economic development, which has increasingly spread widely, contributing to maintaining political stability, security and order; the people's mastery and the strength of the great national unity bloc have been consolidated.

Woodblocks of Vinh Nghiem Pagoda.

To develop sustainable tourism, the province creates unique, attractive, impressive tourism products, new development directions such as homestay resort and ecological tourism services combined with experience and discovery of traditional cultural values; developing agricultural farm tourism combined with sightseeing, taking check-in photos, shopping for agricultural products, and enjoying local specialties.

In order to promote industrialization and modernization combined with preserving traditional cultural values, in recent years, the province has focused on propaganda and promotion work in many rich and diverse forms, contributing to raising awareness and responsibility of authorities at all levels and the community in preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritages.

The province has implemented the Heritage Digitization Project to sustainably preserve the cultural heritage treasure of the homeland; completed the Project to produce propaganda films, promote typical cultural heritage, opening up opportunities for Bac Ninh cultural heritage to integrate into modern society; planned industrial zones of craft villages associated with tourism, promoted trade promotion and built brands of handicraft products, developed community tourism based on traditional craft villages. Researched "bringing cultural heritage closer to the people", so that people can access, participate and benefit from the values of cultural heritage, making cultural values always alive and eternal, contributing to bringing the image of Bac Ninh to a large number of people at home and abroad.

To let culture continue to be the driving force for socio-economic development

The province has implemented the thematic resolution on building and developing culture and people until 2030, meeting the requirements of sustainable development; led and directed the organization of many cultural and sports activities at national, regional and international levels, creating an exciting atmosphere among the people. The system of cultural and sports institutions from the province to the grassroots level has been invested in and built to effectively serve the cultural needs of the people.

Cheo art performance at Nguyen Van Cu Park (Vo Cuong ward).

The work of preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage is focused, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups. Speeding up the completion and putting into operation of large cultural works, historical and spiritual relics associated with the development of services, tourism - culture, creating momentum for local socio-economic development. Improving the quality and effectiveness of the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life"; the mass physical education and sports movement continues to develop widely; high-performance sports achieve many positive results. State management of press, publishing, and foreign information is strengthened; continuing to pay attention to investing in building press agencies and journalists in a modern, professional, multi-platform, multi-media direction, effectively performing local political tasks.

Strongly and comprehensively develop the cultural values and people of Bac Ninh province, aiming at the values of "truth - goodness - beauty", imbued with national spirit and homeland identity, becoming an important driving force, endogenous strength to promote the socio-economic development of the province; ensure the rights to health, culture, education and social security, improve the material and spiritual life of the people of all ethnic groups in the province.

In the immediate future, research solutions to promote the development of "cultural industry" associated with the cultural diplomacy strategy, promote the province's image, build inter-provincial cooperation relationships and identify key products, build brands, especially the highlights of Quan Ho folk songs and traditional craft villages, unique cultural resources of ethnic minorities; promote the socialization of physical education and sports, develop high-performance sports; Olympic sports, strong sports, types of sports economy, combine tourism services, entertainment, resorts, golf courses...; improve the quality of press, publishing, radio and television work.

Tieu Mai village rowing festival attracts a large crowd of people on both banks of Cau river.

In response to the requirement to continue building and developing an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, so that culture can truly be an "endogenous strength", a "driving force for development" and "must light the way for the nation"; striving to turn Bac Ninh province into a centrally-run city before 2030, in the coming time, we will continue to focus on synchronously implementing the following tasks and solutions:

Firstly , it is necessary to continue raising awareness about building and developing culture and people in the new period; paying attention to building culture in politics, economics, and culture to become a moral example for society; corporate culture to become a regulatory system for economic development... to enhance endogenous strength, contributing to preventing and repelling moral and lifestyle degradation, especially among a number of cadres and party members.

Second , cultural resources are currently a great advantage in the socio-economic development of the province. To maximize cultural strength and value, it is necessary to strictly implement the legal and institutional framework on culture; review, build, perfect and effectively implement mechanisms and policies in the cultural field on the basis of linking with the development of neighboring provinces and cities. Focus on building mechanisms to attract and use talents, mobilize all resources to invest in cultural and human development.

Third , mobilize investment resources for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage values; exploit the potential of relics to combine traditional education and economic development; combine the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage with tourism development. Innovate cultural activities in line with the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital transformation and cultural industry development.

Fourth , strengthen the introduction and promotion of culture and the image of Bac Ninh people, especially cultural tourism with 7 characteristics: Homeland of Quan Ho folk songs; spiritual culture; cultural history; festivals; examinations; craft villages and architecture; create position and endogenous strength in the era of globalization and international integration, thereby promoting investment attraction and promotion in the province. Encourage and create conditions for all people to proactively participate in community cultural activities.

Fifth , pay attention to developing human resources in the cultural sector, especially high-quality human resources. Continue to improve the quality of advice from specialized agencies and cultural staff. Focus on creating sources, training and educating cultural staff to meet the tasks in the new situation.

Duc Thanh

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