Inspired by the real thing

I did that because I wanted to hear my grandfather tell historical stories firsthand. He was an honorable veteran who participated in the Ho Chi Minh campaign 50 years ago. He used to tell touching stories about his comrades and battles many times. Before, my daughter was almost not interested in that. My change inspired the whole family. Listening to my grandfather tell stories about the battlefield, I also asked questions that I thought only those who were directly involved could answer truthfully.

I remember many times my child went online to watch the program “Anh trai vu ngan cong gai” and wanted to swallow every word in the songs about war and revolution. At that time, we only saw something strange, but work just kept us going, we didn’t have time to think about anything. Now, putting things together, we see a huge change in my child’s interests. Perhaps that change was influenced by the flow of media, the whole country is looking towards the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country. On the mass media, social networks, the topic of the liberation of the South is becoming the mainstream information stream, with the greatest influence.

My son also changed his profile picture on his social media accounts a few days ago. A bright photo of the national flag with the words “Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom” stands out. He studies engineering and is passionate about natural sciences, but like his friends, he is always proud of history and grateful to the generations who made history...

Generations born in peacetime, studying and working in a very good environment, but always aware that what they are enjoying is not for nothing. It is the exchange of blood and sweat of many generations. That is also the way that after listening to my grandfather tell a story, my daughter often asks him to show her faded war invalid card. Just like the way my daughter opens YouTube to listen to songs about revolutionary war over and over again, never getting bored.

History does not stop, but there are events, historical slices that will never fade away. Moreover, we always have successive generations that make history more vivid and inspiring.

In recent days, the story of a 24-year-old man traveling from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to directly witness the parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country has been a great inspiration on the online community. Accompanying him was his grandfather's Thong Nhat bicycle. He brought along bike repair tools and a tent to sleep on the road to ensure the route. He is Nguyen Van Hung, a young man from the "five-ton homeland".

At the same time, newspapers and social networks spread the image of Mr. Tran Van Thanh, nearly 80 years old, with a motorbike flying the national flag and wearing a military uniform, traveling from Nghe An to the city named after Uncle Ho with the desire to join in the important event of the country.

Last year, we witnessed a very strong keyword on the internet, “Parade tourism” when the parade and march to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory took place. Now that phrase has resurfaced, bringing with it a lot of inspiration. Instead of choosing a destination for summer beach tourism or foreign tourism during a 5-day holiday, many families have chosen to go to the city named after Uncle Ho.

We have many ways to approach this important event, but being directly immersed in an emotional space, the emotions will certainly be many times greater.

Coming to history does not necessarily have to be a grand, even dogmatic approach. It is through ordinary, simple things, so that the authentic narrative of history creates attraction. It is like the movie "Tunnels: Sun in the Dark" set in the Cu Chi tunnels during a time of the war against America, which has just created a box office fever just like the movie "Peach, Pho and Piano" last year. Films about war and revolution that many people think are dry, but know how to convey messages, have become close, evoke pride, gratitude and always have a worthy place in the hearts of the audience. It does not need to be films that from the moment the camera is turned on, the posters have surrounded public spaces.

The history lessons that my children learn from school are very important. However, the simple history lessons from the streets that young people of my son’s age or old people have just made; and from the stories that they hear from their grandfather are no less vivid. I hope that there will be more inspirational stories and images like that, so that History is not reflected as a dry subject and the heroic history of the nation continues to spread and become a strong driving force for the development of the country.

Thai Minh

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/cam-hung-tu-nhung-dieu-chan-thuc-246428.htm