Close-up of the Martyrs' Temple in Ke Go Lake

Deep in Ke Go Lake, there is a majestic martyrs' temple built to commemorate the feats and sacrifices of officers, soldiers, youth volunteers and local people in the resistance war against America to save the country.

The project is being coordinated by VietnamFinance Investment Magazine and Ke Go Nature Reserve Management Board, calling for sponsors to support the construction.

According to Mr. Hoang Anh Minh - Editor-in-Chief of VietnamFinance Investment Magazine: The Temple of Heroic Martyrs in Ke Go Lake has a total investment of more than 9 billion VND, built on the basis of maintaining the status quo of the Temple of Martyrs in Ke Go Lake and expanding with a total area of ​​about 5,000m2 ^; construction started on July 18, 2022, phase 1 inaugurated on August 27, 2023.

The temple was built in the same architecture as other traditional temples, including 3 buildings: main hall, Ta Vu house (ritual preparation house), Huu Vu house (exhibition house).

In the main hall (worship area), there are many poems and parallel sentences engraved in gratitude to the heroic martyrs. Among them, the four words "The Fatherland's gratitude" are engraved on a red sandalwood background lacquered with gold, and are solemnly hung in the middle of the main hall.

Currently, in the temple grounds, there are two steles engraved with the names and hometowns of 32 martyrs and 30 youth volunteers who died at the Libyan airport battlefield in the past. This list was searched, connected, and met with many witnesses by the Management Board of Ke Go Nature Reserve.

In addition to the newly built items, the Temple of Heroic Martyrs in Ke Go Lake also preserves the relic of a shrine built in 2011. The Temple of Heroic Martyrs in Ke Go Lake was recognized as a provincial historical relic by the People's Committee of Ha Tinh Province in 2014. On both sides of the temple are engraved the parallel sentences: "The heroic feats of the land of Ke Go echo with the heroic epic - The legend of the Hai Hai road is famous for its heroic relics".

Since the inauguration of phase 1 and its putting into use, the Martyr Temple at Ke Go Lake has become a red address of gratitude from the local government and the people across the country; a place to return to for relatives of martyrs who sacrificed on Route 21, 22 and the Libi field airport in the Ke Go Lake area.

At this time, VietnamFinance Investment Magazine in coordination with the Management Board of Ke Go Nature Reserve continues to mobilize resources to complete the remaining items of the project, including: the front hall of the temple, the overall landscape, the road leading to the temple, the boat dock, intangible items...

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Director of Ke Go Nature Reserve Management Board said: “ Most recently, the unit coordinated with VietnamFinance Investment Magazine to mobilize human resources to plant 1,000 teak trees, many shade trees, and flower beds in the temple grounds. In addition to gratitude activities, we hope that this will be a special green spiritual tourist destination on the Ke Go map. In the coming time, we request the Provincial People's Committee and related departments and branches to promptly complete the licensing procedures for boat docks to facilitate pilgrims to the red address ."

It is expected that on April 28, VietnamFinance Investment Magazine in collaboration with the Management Board of Ke Go Nature Reserve will inaugurate the second phase of the Martyrs' Temple Project at Ke Go Lake. Accordingly, the panoramic profile of the Ke Go front - Libi airport in the past will be recreated through books, websites, documentaries, etc. The profile of each individual martyr will also be detailed to ensure the solemnity of long-term worship activities.

During the resistance war against the US, the Ke Go lake area was a fierce battlefield. Here, our army built the Libi field airport and routes 21 and 22 in a secret plan to create a new traffic artery to support the southern battlefield.

These works mark the achievements and silent sacrifices of cadres, soldiers, youth volunteers and local people. In particular, fierce raids by the US Air Force took place at Libi airport on the morning of September 2, 1968 and the night of January 7, 1973, causing many casualties among the Northern military and civilians, taking the lives of many soldiers, defense workers and completely destroying the Libi field airport.

Peace was restored in 1976, the State started the construction of Ke Go Lake to promote agricultural development. Ke Go Lake was completed and began to accumulate water, the old front gradually sank into the lake.

In 2011, during a visit to Ke Go Lake, a delegation of officials from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport raised a sum of money and handed it over to the Ke Go Nature Reserve Management Board to establish a place to worship heroic martyrs right at the former front. From here, memorial activities were carried out more regularly, and the scale of the shrine was also expanded to become the Temple of Heroic Martyrs at Ke Go Lake.

Video: The heroic martyrs' temple at Ke Go Lake has been invested in and built spaciously.

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