Ve Nghia Village

The village of Vệ Nghĩa, Triệu Long commune, Triệu Phong district (now merged with Phú Lưu village to form Lưu Nghĩa hamlet), was established in 1548, during the Thống Nguyên era of the Later Lê Dynasty. Its inhabitants originated from Thanh Nghệ Tĩnh, who came to reclaim land and settle. In recent years, implementing the new rural development movement, the village has actively built a civilized lifestyle, gradually eliminating outdated customs in social life. Recently, Lưu Nghĩa hamlet has mobilized funds to build a house for storing the ashes of deceased people after cremation through a socialized approach.

Entrance gate to Ve Nghia village - Photo: TQ

Ve Nghia village is honored as the place where one of the first branches of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Quang Tri was established in March 1930. This is a land with a strong revolutionary tradition and a tradition of learning and respecting teachers.

This area is home to the Ông Temple and Bà Temple, relics associated with the revolutionary movement in Triệu Phong. Vệ Nghĩa village has made significant contributions to the revolutionary cause through the two wars of resistance against France and the United States, as well as to the education of the homeland and the country. The village was recognized as a provincial-level cultural village for the first time in 2000, the second time in 2002, and as an outstanding cultural unit in 2009.

Geographically, Ve Nghia village is bordered to the east by Duy Hoa village (Trieu Hoa commune), to the west by An Binh village (Trieu Thuan commune), to the south by Phu Luu village (Trieu Long commune), and to the north by Dai Hao village (Trieu Dai commune), with a natural area of ​​approximately 35 hectares. Despite being a village with limited land and a sparse population, Ve Nghia, through nearly five centuries of formation, construction, and development, has always preserved its proud cultural, historical, and revolutionary traditions.

In the early 1970s, the village began relocating graves to a central location, but due to the spontaneous nature of the movement and the lack of scientific planning, the relocated graves remained scattered haphazardly in the cemeteries.

Since then, burying the deceased has been difficult because Ve Nghia is traversed by the N1 irrigation canal, dividing the village, and the overall planning lacks a cemetery, burial ground, or facility for storing the ashes of the deceased after cremation. Currently, the land available in the village is insufficient to accommodate the burial of the dead.

Monument honoring the Party cell of Ve Nghia village, one of the first Communist Party cells in Quang Tri - Photo: TQ

In implementing the new rural development movement according to the Party and State's policy, planning cemeteries and burial grounds away from residential areas is essential. Luu Nghia village, Trieu Long commune, has developed a cemetery land plan to consolidate scattered graves from the fields into one location.

However, the planned cemetery land is not far from the residential area. In order to change the perception of the community and local residents, the people here have a long-term desire for a "house to store the ashes of the deceased after cremation."

Building columbariums does not require much land, ensures hygiene in the burial of the deceased, and preserves the traditional cultural values ​​of worship and gratitude to the departed. This aspiration also aims to implement the new rural development movement in accordance with the Party and State's policies.

Based on this, the village management board mobilized funds to build a "House for storing the ashes of deceased persons after cremation" through a socialized approach, using land already allocated to clans and families for construction. Scientifically, cremation contributes to reducing pressure on increasingly limited agricultural land, saving time, maintaining environmental hygiene, and protecting water resources.

We earnestly hope for strong consensus from the community, approval from the local government and relevant authorities regarding the inclusion of a "Cremation Ash Storage Facility" in the planning for the construction of a facility for the deceased after cremation.

Tran Quang-Le Van Ha

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/lang-ve-nghia-187326.htm