(HBO) – Hoa Binh Culture – a Stone Age culture dating from 18,000 - 7,000 years ago, was discovered by Madeleine Colani - a French female archaeologist in 1926. In 1932, the first conference of Far Eastern pre-historicists meeting in Hanoi recognised the term "Hoa Binh Culture”, named by Colani, as a term to refer to an ancient culture that appeared and existed on territory of prehistoric Vietnam.
Tourists
learn about Hoa Binh Culture artifacts at the provincial Museum.
The Hoa Binh Culture spread throughout
Southeast Asia, but most found relics of the period are concentrated in Hoa
Binh province with over 80 out of 150 relic sites found in Vietnam. The
archaeological sites belonging to "Hoa Binh culture” are mainly located in
clusters of caves or rock shelters. They have been discovered in Trai hamlet’s
cave in Tan Lao district, Vanh hamlet’s rock shelter in Lac Son district, Cho
cave in Luong Son district, Dong Thot cave in Lac Thuy district and Muoi cave
in Tan Lac district.
Over the past years, the work of preserving
and promoting the value of Hoa Binh Culture has received attention from Party
Committees and authorities at all levels. Many archaeological relic sites of
Hoa Binh Culture in the province have been ranked at the national level.
In 2022, the provincial Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism and the provincial Museum coordinated with the
Institute of Archaeology, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, and Centre
for Southeast Asian Prehistory to conduct archaeological excavations at
national relic sites: Vanh hamlet’s rock shelter and Trai hamlet cave. These
are two typical archaeological relics of Hoa Binh Cultural in the province in
particular and Vietnam in general.
With unique archaeological cultural values
of a world-famous Stone Age culture in Hoa Binh, local authorities are making
scientific documents asking for competent agencies’ recognition of the two
relic sites as special national historical relic sites.
The Government Office with Document No. 2082/VPCP-KGVX, dated March 29, 2024, sent out the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha regarding the submission of the "Mo Muong" and "Cheo art" dossiers to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In the evening of March 28th, in Hoa Binh, the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the provincial Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the city to organize a mobile propaganda contest to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7th, 1954 - May 7th, 2024) with the theme "Returning to Dien Bien”. There ứa the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; the representatives of the leaders from a number of departments, branches and numerous veterans and Hoa Binh people.
In responding to the movement of "All people stay united to build cultural lifestyle”, over the years, Kim Boi district has conducted many practical and effective activities to promote solidarity and mutual support among the local community in sustainable poverty reduction and building cultural lifestyle and a healthy cultural environment, and maintaining national cultural identity.
Hoa Binh Pedagogical College has just held the closing ceremony of the training class and issued the certificate of the language of Muong ethnic people to the oficials, civil servants and public employees of courses I and II in 2023.
Hoa Binh is an ancient land home to limestone mountains running along the southeast direction and in parallel with Truong Son Mountain Range in the West, forming many basins and valleys with a rich diversity of fauna and flora. Humans came to reside here in the pre-historic period, creating the world-famous Hoa Binh Civilisation.
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