Happy to have the village's name restored.

VHO - About 15 years ago, while meeting a relative who was the Party Secretary of Duc Nhuan commune, Mo Duc district (Quang Ngai province), I asked: "Hey nephew. Duc Nhuan commune has Hamlet 1, Hamlet 2... and the neighboring Duc Chanh commune also has Hamlet 1, Hamlet 2..., so whenever I write, I have to add 'Hamlet 1 Duc Nhuan'... to avoid confusion with other communes."

"Why not change the old village name back to Bo De, Nang An? That would avoid confusion and better connect with the old history and culture." The nephew replied, "Yes, that's true, but it's already happened. Changing it now would be a lot of trouble, as it's linked to so many personal and organizational documents!"

Decades have passed, and now there's a plan to merge villages and residential areas. This spring, there's a spring festival and a commemoration of the 555th anniversary of the founding ancestor Le Quang Dai's campaign with King Le Thanh Tong in 1471, after which he stayed to help the people develop Nang An village (now part of Long Phung commune, Quang Ngai province). Sitting next to a Long Phung commune Front Committee official, while discussing the upcoming village merger, I asked what the new village would be called. He replied: "Generally, we'll revert to the traditional name. For example, here, we'll revert to Nang An village." Several villagers nearby chimed in: "That's a good idea!"

The former Duc Nhuan commune of Mo Duc district (now part of Long Phung commune) originally had two villages: Bo De and Nang An. These names have existed for many centuries, and naturally, they are associated with a rich cultural heritage. For example, Bo De village has the temple of Ba Ngon, who was the first person to bring water carts to Quang Ngai, and a temple dedicated to General Le Van Duyet. During the Confucian era, Bo De had three people who passed the imperial examinations: Tran Quy Phung (1900), Tran Phan (top scorer in the provincial examination in 1912), and Le Van Duy (1918).

Nang An village, formerly the district seat of Mo Duc, is associated with the name and relics of Le Quang Dai (a provincial-level relic). It was one of the villages in Quang Ngai with the highest number of successful candidates in the Confucian examinations, with five graduates: Nguyen Trong Don (1843), Nguyen Trong Bien (1858), Le Dich Cat (1868), Tran Van The (1870), and Tran Van Trach (1812). Many old relics associated with these names can be found in Bo De and Nang An.

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For several decades, the villages of Bồ Đề and Năng An were renamed Village 1, Village 2, etc. Naturally, when people talk about these traditional aspects, they encounter difficulties in tracing them back. To find anything related to history and culture, one has to start from Village 1, Village 2, etc., to see what the villages were in the past. Now, with the merger of new villages, everyone agrees to restore the old village names, which is truly welcome. Specifically, villages 1 and 2 are merged into Bồ Đề village, and villages 6, 7, and 8 are reverted to Năng An village.

It's not just the case in Long Phung commune; several hamlet names in the neighboring Mo Cay commune have also been restored to their original names, such as Phuoc Lai, Van Ban, and Kien Khuong. In Mo Duc commune, the same applies to hamlets like Van Phuoc and Dong Cat. These are just a few examples from communes in the former Mo Duc district. Many other communes in Quang Ngai province are in the same situation. I believe that if the old hamlet names were restored, people everywhere would be as happy as they are here.

However, restoring traditional village names is not always feasible, unlike in Bo De and Nang An. The reason is that in many cases, the current village does not geographically match the old one; sometimes it comprises several old villages, naturally retaining many old names, creating confusion. Even in the former Duc Nhuan commune (now Long Phung commune), the old Lac Pho village is noteworthy. This was the birthplace of Nguyen Ba Nghi (1832), a high-ranking official of the Nguyen dynasty whose scholarship earned the respect of the patriot Huynh Thuc Khang. His son, Nguyen Ba Loan, was a renowned patriot in the Can Vuong and Duy Tan movements in Quang Ngai.

However, after the August Revolution of 1945, Lac Pho village merged with Nang An hamlet because Lac Pho's area was too small to establish a separate hamlet. Therefore, to trace back to Lac Pho, one must refer to Nang An; there was no other way. Depending on the specific circumstances of each locality, people choose the name that seems most appropriate for their area, naturally with the people's agreement. This is also inevitable. There can be no room for perfection here.

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Restoring the village's original name is a source of joy for the local people as well as for all of us.

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