Ham Rong - an attractive destination for tourists

Students visit and experience the C4 Hill battlefield in Ham Rong Historical - Cultural Relic Site.

A sightseeing and experience spot in Ham Rong ward that is attracting a lot of tourists and students is Ham Rong Historical - Cultural Relic Area - where historical sites associated with the Ham Rong victory are still preserved, such as Quyet Thang hill (Canh Tien mountain), C4 Hill artillery site, Ham Rong bridge, the memorial area for teachers and students who sacrificed their lives on the Nam Song Ma dike construction site, Ham Rong square, Truc Lam Ham Rong Zen Monastery, the temple of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and Heroic Martyrs, Dong Son ancient village... Each site is likened to a living artifact, recording the glorious and glorious feats of arms of the army and people of Thanh Hoa , the most prominent of which is Ham Rong bridge. During the resistance war against the US, Ham Rong bridge was the focus of fierce attacks by the US to cut off the vital traffic route, preventing the North from supporting the Southern battlefield. In particular, on April 3 and 4, 1965, the US enemy mobilized 454 aircraft to massively drop thousands of tons of bombs and ammunition on the Nam Ngan - Ham Rong area. Also during the 2 days of fighting, the army and people of Ham Rong shot down 47 US aircraft, capturing many enemy pilots to protect the safety of the bridge...

Leaving Ham Rong Bridge, visitors can visit and experience the C4 Hill battlefield located on Dragon Mountain. From 1965 to 1973, fierce battles took place on C4 Hill by soldiers of Company 4 of Regiment 228 to destroy US aircraft bombing Ham Rong Bridge. With the desire to educate patriotism, heroic revolutionary fighting traditions, arouse and promote national pride, love for the homeland; at the same time, educate the younger generation, promote traditions in learning, creativity in work, Ham Rong Historical - Cultural Relics Management Board has organized many activities to educate revolutionary historical traditions such as "Following the footsteps of history - Heroic spirit of C4 Hill"...

When coming to Ham Rong ward, visitors cannot miss visiting and exploring Dong Son ancient village - a village that still retains the traditional culture of the Vietnamese countryside. The village still preserves many historical and cultural relics such as communal houses, temples, pagodas, shrines, ancient wells... In addition, the villagers have long had a tradition of solidarity, so the elders in the village named the 4 hamlets Nhan, Nghia, Tri, Dung along the south to the north of the village. Walking along the alleys, visitors will discover ancient houses hundreds of years old that are preserved quite intact by the people. Every year, in order to attract visitors and also to widely promote the unique features of the ancient village to visitors, Ham Rong ward organizes the activity "Old Tet in the ancient village" with many activities such as organizing the traditional Vietnamese Tet market with beautifully decorated stalls, bold colors, introducing local specialties imbued with the traditional Tet atmosphere.

Ham Rong is not only a land of beautiful mountains and rivers, but also a sacred land associated with many ups and downs of the nation. This is the potential for the ward to develop diverse types of tourism, making tourism an important economic sector of the locality.

Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Ham Rong Ward, Le Thi Minh Tam, said: "The ward is building two strong tourism products, which are promoting the value of Dong Son ancient village and developing typical tourism products associated with restoring and promoting cultural and historical values and typical landscapes in the area. Building and connecting tourist spots in the area to create attractive destinations for tourists. Focusing on investing in synchronous development of infrastructure, improving the quality of human resources serving tourism; promoting activities to promote and advertise tourism images to attract more and more tourists to the locality."

Article and photos: Nguyen Dat

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