Gia Lai tourism not only comes to the wild mountains, but also tourists can come to places bearing the imprint of the cultural history of the people of the mountain town. Dai Doan Ket Square – which is known as the heart of Gia Lai mountain town will bring you a very wonderful experience.
Dai Doan Ket Square is an infinite pride of Gia Lai people. Coming here, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the cultural life of the people of the mountain town, while at the same time admire the beautiful scenery due to human hands make up.
With this article, Vietnam Traveler will take you to visit the unique beauty of Dai Doan Ket Square !
Dai Doan Ket Square – boundless pride of Gia Lai people
Dai Doan Ket Square with an area of up to 12 hectares is the largest square in Gia Lai province, so it has another name as Big Square. Located in the center of Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, this is not only an attractive tourist attraction but also a place for cultural and spiritual activities of the people here.
For a long time, the people of the mountain town have wanted to have a large collective place to gather and exchange together. On November 16, 2012, the People’s Committee of Gia Lai province issued a decision to establish Dai Doan Ket Square, which has met the wishes of the people. The square was built not only to serve political work, but moreover, this is a welfare work for the people, and also a cultural symbol of the locality to attract tourists to visit. .
Dai Doan Ket Square – which is known as the heart of Gia Lai land (Photo source: Internet)
Dai Doan Ket Square was built in a city center location, so it is completely convenient for people in the area to gather here. With an extremely large campus, filled with trees, this place has become a venue for many great local activities, such as provincial events, flower street festivals, book festivals, and exhibition. large-scale exhibition … If you are lucky enough to travel to Gia Lai at the times of the festival, you will see the square is crowded with colorful flags and flowers.
Dai Doan Ket Square is colorful with flowers on the big holidays of the year (Photo source: Internet)
Dai Doan Ket Square is imbued with the cultural, spiritual life and strong personality of the people of the Central Highlands, so this place was built as an architectural complex with a combination of culture and history. With Ho Chi Minh monument, reliefs, antiques museums … bringing a solemn and majestic beauty, but also close, friendly and full of life breath.
Chekin at Dai Doan Ket Square (Image source: Internet)
Discover the unique features of Dai Doan Ket Square
Many visitors coming here to visit all have the same feeling of being extremely comfortable because the natural landscape of this place is filled with green trees, and the environment is clean and beautiful.
The first impression when visiting Dai Doan Ket Square is the 11-meter-high statue of Uncle Ho standing solemnly in the center of the square. When you come close to admire you will be amazed by the materials and ability of the artist to carve. The statue has two parts, the pedestal is carved from green stone about 4.5 meters high, the base is carved from pure copper, and this is also the largest bronze Ho Chi Minh statue in Vietnam, made extremely meticulousness and sophistication by sculptor Nguyen Ba Race.
Ho Chi Minh Monument – boundless pride of mountain people (Photo source: Internet)
Uncle Ho statue is the boundless pride of the people here, when the statue was inaugurated, many people could not hide their feelings, not a single word could describe the joy of the people. people in the mountains when they are welcome Uncle Ho to the people. It is understandable that this wish, because during his great career, although his burning desire before going away was to visit the Southern people once, but due to complicated war, age Because of the weakness, people have not had a chance to visit the Central Highlands people. The appearance of the monument here was like satisfying Uncle Ho’s wish, as well as the expectation of the people to welcome him home.
The image of the beloved old father of the nation with the familiar gesture of waving his hands to the people across the country has evoked a lot of emotions in the hearts of tourists.
The beautiful pictures at Dai Doan Ket Square (Photo source: Internet)
Behind the Uncle Ho Monument, visitors will admire the stone reliefs simulating the winding lotus petals, this symbolizes the vast Central Highlands forest and recreates the daily life and production of Gia Lai people. The two sides of the relief range are two sets of gongs in the Central Highlands – an indispensable feature in the Gia Lai community culture.
The beautiful checkin pictures of the Central Highlands gongs (Photo source: Internet)
In the campus of the square, there is a giant stone block with three layers of stone built higher up, symbolizing the vitality of intensity and the solid solidarity of 54 ethnic groups.
Another impressive point is that the campus of Dai Doan Ket Square is modeled like Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi capital. The campus is made up of square lawns interspersed with Granite slabs creating a beautiful place for walking and walking.
The space is filled with the green of nature (Photo source: Internet)
Waking up in the middle of Gia Lai mountain town at dawn, walking to Dai Doan Ket Square , visitors will encounter a very peaceful, simple, and full of life. The residents were jogging and exercising, the elderly practiced nourishing, the weather was clearer, the trees seemed greener, the birds chirped on the branches, and in the morning sun, the red flag with yellow stars was fluttering proud. Take a long deep breath to fill your chest with the air of tomorrow, you will be energized for the long day.
Dai Doan Ket Square is the place for the cultural and spiritual activities of Gia Lai people (Photo source: Internet)
Conclusion
What is more wonderful after the chaos of life, we can return here, return to Dai Doan Solidarity Square to be immersed in the nature of plants, admire the works filled with cultural and spiritual values of copper. You will see so many sorrows like disappearing, feeling more peaceful in your heart and rising up with all the emotions.
The flow of people is still busy, life is still exciting. But there are moments when we come to Dai Doan Solidarity Square will have a sense of another life: more peaceful and lighter, and especially feel more valued by our fathers.