VHO - A cultural researcher in Ho Chi Minh City called us and said that he had read a very good opinion from a researcher in the Central region, according to which not only should we preserve the cultural heritage of the past, but we also need to prepare for the "future" heritage.
From this perspective, looking at the revised contents of the Law on Cultural Heritage recently passed by the National Assembly , one can see a new way of posing the issue for all of us about the concept of “heritage”. Inheritancely, the two words “heritage” refer to what existed in the past, is still in the present and needs to be preserved in the future.
These are the results, the crystallized products of human labor and intelligence, going through certain ups and downs with history, possibly soaked in blood, bones and tears, possibly buried in the sands of time, when peeled off and discovered, bringing new thinking and awareness about what humanity has experienced.
We cherish the past of that time, "nailing" the eternal cultural values of what remains. What can be updated, continued to promote with life, we organize to preserve; what is past, no longer suitable, we put in the museum. In any form, the "stamp" of the past is still the key to thinking about heritage. However, life is moving forward. So each person today, needs to reconsider, the truth of our achievements, efforts, and ways of doing today, will leave any heritage for future generations. That is a necessary, serious preparation so that we do not "fall behind" in heritage. What we are doing, preparing to do, is the heritage of the future, why can't we seriously acknowledge our responsibility there. How to let our descendants turn back the pages of history today with pride and admiration, is the most correct way for us to build future heritage.
The Law on Cultural Heritage (amended) recently passed by the National Assembly is partly shaping those responsible views and understandings. The rights and obligations that we should shoulder, clearly see, towards today's reality, dealing with what our ancestors left, thereby helping to create a strong country, a rebellious nation, need to be "nailed" in the thinking of each person, so that the responsibility for heritage is not the words of others, no longer a slogan, aphorism.
The new things appearing in the Law on Cultural Heritage (amended) are all associated with the trends that humanity is building and choosing. That is the quality of our behavior through dealing with treasures, antiques, the crystallization of communication conventions, and languages that our ancestors left behind. Then, it is our turn to supplement and enrich those values, to embellish new values, and to update them better. For example, with the treasure trove of folk literature, proverbs, and folk songs, and the six-eight verses that our ancestors taught us, how have we been pondering and absorbing them, how have we explained them to the younger generations, and how can we make them love and remember them? Then it is our turn, to have enough wisdom and confidence to add to that treasure trove, that is the future heritage.
People often quote the saying: “If you shoot the past with a pistol, the future will shoot back with a cannon.” It is true, but it is too tense. The future needs to look at us in a more positive light. It should acknowledge our good efforts, not judge us. “If you plant a tree today, your children will have a forest,” the researcher said, and he likes this way of thinking, for a future legacy.
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