Heritage enters the classroom.
Quang noodles, a familiar dish of the people of Quang Nam province, embodies a profound system of folk knowledge and was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in August 2024. To bring this heritage closer to students, Ong Vang Kindergarten (Nam Phuoc commune) organized a "Quang Noodle Project Showcase," offering students an exciting journey of discovery .
Throughout the project, children get to observe, touch, taste, learn, and experience firsthand. Together with their parents and teachers, they get to soak rice, grind flour, stir batter, light the fire, make noodles, cook noodles, roast beans, and arrange the ingredients to create an authentic bowl of Quang noodles.
In that setting, Quang noodles are not simply a dish, but become a story about labor, patience, and above all, the value of local culture and regional specialties.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep, Principal of Ong Vang Kindergarten, shared: “Through each activity, children are not pressured to make a perfect bowl of noodles, but are instead given an experience that is both familiar and new. In the project, children truly get to touch the heritage in a close way, allowing the heritage to enter their memories and souls. This is the most natural way to sow the seeds of traditional culture for the younger generation.”
In schools in mountainous areas with students from ethnic minority groups, the teaching of traditional culture is implemented through methods that are appropriate to community life.
Recently, Dong Giang Ethnic Boarding Secondary School organized the "Celebrating the New Rice Harvest - Culinary Experience" festival for the 2025-2026 school year. The festival recreated the Co Tu people's ritual of giving thanks to the gods after a bountiful harvest, conveying hopes for a new year of favorable weather, prosperity, and happiness.
During the festival, students from the Co Tu ethnic group compete in preparing traditional dishes such as buffalo horn-shaped cakes, bamboo-cooked rice, grilled meat in bamboo tubes, nieng fish, wild bamboo shoots, and fern vegetables, and arranging offerings to the deities. Besides the culinary experience, students also get to participate in the Tang Tung Da Da dance and enjoy performances of traditional musical instruments.
Representatives from the Dong Giang Ethnic Boarding Secondary School stated that this is an annual activity of the school aimed at helping students gain a deeper understanding of the customs, beliefs, and agricultural life of their ethnic group. Through this, they foster a love for traditional culture, contributing to the preservation and dissemination of the positive values of the Co Tu people.
Passing on knowledge to the younger generation.
To implement the Project on Developing Policies to Support the Preservation and Promotion of the Culture of the Co Tu Ethnic Group in Da Nang City in the period 2022 - 2030, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with local authorities, organizes training courses and traditional culture education for the younger generation.
In Tay Giang commune, the 2025 training course "Teaching the Use of Gongs, Drums, and Cymbals of the Co Tu Ethnic Group" attracted a large number of students and local people. During the four-day training, 50 participants received direct guidance from artisans, practicing basic and advanced techniques in using gongs, drums, and cymbals of the Co Tu people.
According to Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Tay Giang commune, gongs, drums, and cymbals are musical instruments that embody the soul and are symbols of Co Tu culture. Through the training course, trainees not only acquire the skills to play these instruments but also gain a better understanding of the cultural context and the meaning of each ritual and dance related to the sounds of gongs, drums, and cymbals.
This is a valuable opportunity for students and the public to gain deeper insight into their national heritage, creating a solid foundation for preserving, spreading, and promoting the value of traditional musical instruments.
Similarly, a class on "Teaching the use of gongs, drums, and cymbals to the Co Tu people" was also organized in Phu Tuc village (Hoa Vang commune). Over two days, 15 young Co Tu people received instruction from village elders on the knowledge and experience of using their traditional musical instruments. This helped foster a love for traditional culture among the youth, contributing to the restoration and preservation of gong, drum, and cymbal culture in the community life of ethnic minorities.
According to representatives from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the training courses are part of the project "Developing policies to support the preservation and promotion of the culture of the Co Tu ethnic minority in the city from 2022 to 2030". This is not only a skills training activity but also an important bridge to bring the younger generation closer to the valuable intangible cultural heritage, making a significant contribution to the preservation of the Co Tu ethnic minority's cultural identity in the face of the risk of disappearing in the modern context.
Source: https://baodanang.vn/the-he-tre-cham-tay-vao-di-san-3317294.html
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