Relics of communal houses, temples, and Dao Xa pagoda.

Relics of communal houses, temples, and Dao Xa pagoda.

Coming to Dao Xa village, Thang Loi commune, Thuong Tin district, visitors will admire the ancient and unique features of the cluster of communal house and pagoda relics with sophisticated and unique features in architecture, and be immersed in Green, clean, beautiful space of a peaceful village with talented, friendly, hospitable people... Thang Loi commune, Thuong Tin district, is famous for Dao Xa embroidery village with products of sophisticated artistic quality. This place is also a destination for many tourists from near and far because of a unique architectural complex including the East communal house, the Western communal house, and Dao Xa pagoda. All three of these relics were ranked national historical and cultural relics by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2000. Dao Xa possesses a special feature that few other localities have: in one village there are two communal houses adjacent to each other. The two communal houses are distinguished by their rustic and rustic names: Eastern communal house and Western communal house. Tay Dao Xa Communal House was originally a temple to worship Chu Dong Tu (one of the Four Immortals of the Vietnamese people) and Princess Tien Dung. Legend has it that Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung once passed by Dao Xa village and saw the charming scenery and stopped to rest. To commemorate the Saint and the Princess, people built a temple. The temple was built during the early Chinh Hoa period (1680-1705), the reign of King Le Hy Tong, and has architecture in the style of the word "two". Later, the temple became a village communal house. In front of the Western communal house, there is a pair of stone crocodiles - popular mascots of the Ly - Tran dynasties, still intact. The great pavilion has 5 steps, the roof is covered with fish-scale tiles, the top is embossed with the image of two dragons painting pearls, and there are roofs on both sides. The distance between the main altar and the upper hall is about 1m, on both sides the gate is decorated with an open holy mat. On both sides of the great altar wall are two sunken stone steles recording the restoration event of the communal house. The great altar has two great Chinese characters: "Nac Doc Chung Linh" and "Higher Class Spiritual Words" praising the merits of Saint Chu Dong Tu. The system of wooden pillars is placed on stone pedestals, the seven heads are carved with exquisite dragon shapes and the mascots are carved separately on the beam system. Dong Dao Xa Communal House was formerly Palm Leaf Temple, built in the early 20th century in a "tam"-shaped continuous architectural style. The three folds of the house gradually increase from the outside to the inside. The altar house has 4 rows of wooden pillars placed on stone pillars in a collared style. On the left is a stone dog lying with its head facing out. The temple worships the father of embroidery, Le Cong Hanh (1606-1661), originally from Quat Dong village (now Quat Dong commune, Thuong Tin district). Thanks to its great spiritual value, the temple was converted into a communal house and called the Eastern communal house to distinguish it from the Western communal house worshiping Chu Dong Tu - Tien Dung. The Eastern communal house is smaller in scale than the Western communal house. Dong Dao Xa communal house is where the death anniversary of embroidery master Le Cong Hanh is held on June 12 (lunar calendar) every year. Located between the two communal houses is Dao Xa pagoda (Van La pagoda), small in scale, with 36 statues arranged in layers from the altar to the upper palace. In front of the pagoda's yard, there is an incense tree carved with Chinese characters: "Vinh Khanh, the year of the year at At Dau, five moons, five moons and five moons" (built in 1729, during the reign of King Le Duy Phuong). Dao Xa is one of the few villages that still retains the spiritual architecture of the communal house - temple - pagoda and the system of courtyards, gates, ponds and ancient trees. The three gates are the common gate for the entire complex and are sculpted in detail. Over time, the three gates have acquired an ancient and majestic beauty. Each gate has 2 floors, a bell tower, and a reception floor. The main gate has 4 Chinese characters inscribed on it "Nhat edict, moonlight forest", facing southwest, 15m high, in front of it is a large yard creating a majestic and majestic look when viewed from afar. Dao Xa village festival is held on February 12 (lunar calendar). Every 5 years, there is a ceremony to bathe Thanh Chu Dong Tu and Princess Tien Dung with water taken from Da Trach lagoon (Hung Yen province). With great historical values, in 2000, the Eastern communal house, Western communal house and Dao Xa pagoda were ranked national historical and cultural relics by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In 2009, Dao Xa village was recognized by the Hanoi People's Committee as a Traditional Craft Village. Dao Xa is chosen by many tourists from near and far as a destination in their spiritual cultural tourism journey. Coming to Dao Xa, visitors will admire the ancient and unique features of the temple relic cluster with sophisticated and unique features in architecture, and be immersed in the green, clean and beautiful space of the village. still retains the characteristics of the Northern Delta countryside. Not only that, if you have time, visitors will have more wonderful experiences at Dao Xa embroidery village to understand more about this land and people. Source Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports.

Hanoi 317 view

Rating : National monument

Open door

Discover Hanoi

Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

Hanoi 2002

Special national monument

Communal house, Dai Lan pagoda

Hanoi 1810

Updating

Voi Phuc Temple, Hanoi

Hanoi 1709

National monument

Thanh Nhan Pagoda

Hanoi 1695

National monument

Hoang Xa communal house

Hanoi 1582

Updating

One Pillar Pagoda

Hanoi 1534

Updating

Ha Hiep Communal House

Hanoi 1444

Updating

Phap Van Pagoda

Hanoi 1426

Updating

Lang Pagoda

Hanoi 1401

Updating

Dong Nhan Temple

Hanoi 1323

Special national monument

Outstanding relic site