Pottery Temple

Pottery Temple

Gom Temple worships Deputy General Nhan Hue Vuong Tran Khanh Du in Linh Giang village, Co Thanh commune, Chi Linh town, Hai Duong province. Local people still sing familiar folk songs about Gom Temple: “Temple of heroic Nhan Hue Van Don resounded with the Yuan enemy falling apart. According to the book: "Trial calendar, charter chapter, will" by Phan Huy Chu: Tran Khanh Du is from Chi Linh town, Hai Duong province. He was a member of the Tran dynasty, so he was given the title Nhan Hue Vuong Tran Khanh Du. Tran Khanh Du's father was Lieutenant General Tran Pho Duyet. Inheriting the royal family tradition, from a young age, Tran Khanh Du was very passionate about books and good at military books. He was the one who made many great contributions in the resistance wars against the Mongols in the 13th century. In 1258, the first Mongol resistance broke out, in the decisive strategic battle in Dong Bo Dau, young general Tran Khanh Du With creative ingenuity, a surprise attack on the enemy camp resulted in a great victory. After this battle, the Yuan Mongol army was knocked out of the Imperial City and had to withdraw their troops back to the country. In the early spring of the year Mau Ngo (1258), at the early spring court ceremony to celebrate the rewards given to generals, Tran Khanh Du was praised by the king as a wise man and awarded the title of Thien Nghia Nam. Some time later, because he committed a crime, he was dismissed by the court and returned to his hometown to work as a boatman selling coal. In November 1282, preparing for the second resistance war against the Mongols, King Tran held a conference in Binh Than to get opinions from the princes and mandarins to discuss how to attack and defend against the enemy. On this occasion, King Tran happened to meet Tran Khanh Du rowing a boat carrying coal through Nhan Loan wharf in a scene of "conical hats and loose clothes". The king invited Tran Khanh Du to come and restore his old positions to discuss plans to preserve the country. At the Binh Than conference, Tran Khanh Du proved to be a strategic man, offering many profound combat plans in accordance with the king's will. Tran Thai Tong again promoted him to the position of Deputy General of the Army. After defeating the enemy, he was awarded the title of Marquis. In 1288, during the third resistance war against the Mongols, Tran Khanh Du was assigned by Tran Hung Dao to fight at sea. Here, Tran Khanh Du won the battle of Van Don, destroying more than 500 warships of Truong Van Ho. The Van Don victory failed from the beginning of the Mongol army's logistics plan, making an important contribution to the early and successful end of the third resistance war against the Mongols. Tran Khanh Du was not only talented in leading troops into battle, but he also had special abilities in training soldiers and thoroughly understanding Tran Hung Dao's military techniques. When Tran Hung Dao wrote the book: "The Esoteric Book of Van Kiep Tong" to train soldiers, it was Tran Khanh Du who wrote the foreword about the use of military techniques, demonstrating his strategic talent: "Every use of soldiers If you're good at it, you don't need to fight, but if you're good at planning, you don't need to fight, if you're good at fighting, you won't lose, if you don't lose, you won't die. With great contributions during the three resistance wars against the Mongols, Tran Khanh Du was a talented general; He was awarded the title Nhan Hue Vuong by King Tran. At the end of his life, Tran Khanh Du retired to Thai Ap near Tran Xa village (Chi Linh, Hai Duong) - a place where waterway traffic developed and local people traded and produced ceramics. He often encouraged local people to actively produce, so the local economy was very prosperous. Therefore, the name Linh Giang village is also called Gom village. On August 15, Ky Mao year, Nhan Hue Vuong Tran Khanh Du passed away. Recognizing his merits, local people built a temple at the beginning of Gom village on the banks of Kinh Thay river named "Nhan Hue Vuong tu". Over the years of history, the ceramic temple relic has been restored many times. The temple was built in the 14th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the Le Dynasty, the temple was restored. The architecture is in the Dinh style with 3 layers of houses including 5 main worship rooms, 5 middle rooms, and 3 harem rooms. At the end of the 19th century, the French colonialists attacked the Pha Lai and Chi Linh areas, and the ceramic temple relics were also burned down. In 1933, people from everywhere invested in restoring the entire temple. The architectural structure remains the same, consisting of 3 layers of houses. Particularly, the 5-room front worship house has been expanded to include two gable rooms to serve as a shrine. Every year, every autumn, from the 13th to the 21st of the 8th lunar month, local people organize the Gom Temple festival to commemorate the famous man Tran Khanh Du. The Pottery Temple Festival takes place continuously for 7 days and nights. Most of the guests attending were fishermen along the coast of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong... According to popular beliefs, Tran Khanh Du was a naval general who defeated the Mongol army in many battles on rivers and seas, so he often performed There are some folk tales such as: carrying water, swimming, etc. praying for people going to sea to be safe and get lots of fish, shrimp, produce, and luckily not to be hit by storms... This is a beautiful cultural feature. Traditional culture of Northeast residents needs to be preserved. Source: Chi Linh Relics Management Board

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