On the morning of December 25, at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Site – Hanoi, a large number of students, teachers and representatives of mass organizations re-enacted the “Historic Flag Saluting Ceremony”. This is a meaningful topic within the framework of the 2023 heritage education program “I learn about heritage”.

After a 9-year long march of arduous but extremely glorious resistance throughout the country, on the morning of October 10, 1954, the City Military Affairs Committee and military units divided into many large military wings and marched triumphantly forward. Hanoi. At 3:00 p.m. on October 10, 1954, the siren on the roof of the City Theater blew for a long time. Hundreds of thousands of people in Hanoi solemnly attended the solemn flag-raising ceremony organized by the City Military Affairs Committee at the Flag Tower Stadium, with the participation of the people’s army units participating in the takeover of the city. city.

At 3:00 p.m. on October 10, 1954, tens of thousands of people in Hanoi capital attended the solemn flag-raising ceremony organized by the City Military Affairs Committee, especially with the participation of people’s military units participating in the reception. city manager.

After 9 years, the flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was officially raised at the Hanoi Flagpole. The red flag with yellow star flutters atop the ancient Flagpole. The whole of Hanoi was jubilant in the joy of liberation, proud of the mighty strength of the resistance, and grateful to the Party and beloved Uncle Ho. That event marked a turning point of extremely great significance, opening a very glorious new period in the thousand-year cultural history of Thang Long – Hanoi in the Ho Chi Minh era.

Currently, in schools, flag-raising at the beginning of the week for teachers and students is a noble and meaningful activity. This is a solemn ritual expressing patriotism, national pride and gratitude to the generations of ancestors who sacrificed their lives to gain independence and freedom for the Fatherland. Besides, flag-raising time also has a profound educational meaning, helping students know how to unite, share, and learn “good people’s examples – good deeds” to absorb good things and common sense, practice life skills, develop capacity and foster good qualities.

With the desire to improve education and at the same time create a useful and practical playground for students outside of school, the construction and implementation of the flag-raising ceremony for teachers and students of Hanoi Capital at Doan Mon yard at the foot of the Hanoi Flag Tower, Thang Long – Hanoi Imperial Citadel Heritage Site with the theme “Historic Flag Saluting Ceremony” is a meaningful, historical educational activity about the Capital of Hanoi in Heritage area.

Attending the thematic heritage education program re-enacting the historic flag-raising ceremony were representatives of the Veterans Association, the Women’s Association (Ba Dinh district) and a large number of students from the following schools: Van Chuong Primary School; Phan Chu Trinh Primary School; Hanoi Star Primary, Middle School & High School – Hoang Mai); Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary School; Phan Huy Chu High School – Dong Da and Hanoi Capital University.

At the ceremony, delegates and students marched through Doan Mon yard to relive the sacred historical moment; Saluting the flag, singing the National Anthem, recalling the nation’s heroic history through revolutionary songs.

The program is a beautiful experiment that opens up opportunities for cooperation in traditional and historical education between the World Heritage Site of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and schools and universities in the capital.