Hung Lo Communal House

Hung Lo Communal House

Located in the ancient village of Hung Lo with a date of more than 300 years old, Hung Lo communal house has long entered the consciousness of Vietnamese people with customs and practices associated with the belief of worshiping Hung King. Hung Lo ancient village (Hung Lo commune, Phu Tho province) is located on the banks of the romantic Lo River, about 5km from the center of Viet Tri City. Hung Lo Communal House's historical and cultural relic complex was built on a land area of ​​5,000 square meters. Legend has it that in the reign of Le Hy Tong (1967), people here built a temple to worship the 18th Hung King, facing Nghia Linh mountain, where the Hung King's capital was located. Hung Lo Ancient Communal House is a complex of historical and cultural relics built on a large strip of land, including many construction items such as: Dai Dinh, Phuong Dinh, Bell Lau, Drum Lau, Sacrifice House... All are Built with rare types of wood such as nails, ironwood, bamboo, etc. The Great Court is structured according to the traditional architecture of three compartments, two wings; All three rooms have altars. The altar rooms are built according to the structure of five compartments and two wings. On both sides of the communal house are the Buddhist temple and the Shen Nong altar. The communal house's yard is spaciously decorated with rockery, sycamore trees, and shady banyan trees. This place also preserves a system of worship objects to serve the most complete worship rituals; In particular, the system of ancient couplets is very rich with 43 couplets praising the scenery of the homeland and the merits of King Hung. Most of the ancient worship objects are over 300 years old, typically 5 red-painted palanquins and gilded palanquins and festive symbols. Another notable feature, Hung Lo communal house is very famous for its tradition of the Hung Temple palanquin festival from ancient times to present. In the year of Mau Ngo (1918), Hung Lo communal house was awarded the "First Hung King Commemoration"; Currently, this reward sign is still solemnly kept in the communal house. On the occasion of the annual Hung Temple festival, coming to Hung Lo communal house, visitors will be immersed in a grand palanquin procession of over 200 men, wherever they go, it stirs up the whole region. The procession will go from the village communal house to Hung Temple; Returning from Hung Temple, the offerings at the village communal house were conducted, and finally the ceremony was held at Elder Yen's house. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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