Dinh Hung Hoc

Dinh Hung Hoc

Hung Hoc Communal House is a historical relic commemorating the famous Duke Vu Hoang Dao, who had meritorious services to the commune, the god who eliminated pestilence and helped the people. He was one of the pioneers who passed the exam in the Later Le Dynasty, and was credited with constructing sea dikes, establishing farming and establishing hamlets, forming Quang Yen town in particular and Quang Ninh province in general. In addition, he also had merit in protecting villages against bandits and was talented in water management. According to oral tradition of Hung Hoc villagers: Mr. Vu Hoang Dao (武 皇 燾) is the fifth generation ancestor of the Vu family in Hung Hoc. According to the genealogy, the Vu family has a tradition of academics. He studied highly and passed the Cong Cong exam. On the glorious day of worshiping ancestors, he fell in the Rut River and manifested into Dong Hai God - a sea god who blesses Hung Hoc villagers who go to the river and sea safely. He also has the ability to eliminate pestilence and save people. Hung Hoc villagers carved a statue and built a shrine near the place where he fell (still there today, called Chinh Phu Temple). He was appointed by King Khai Dinh as the God of Dong Hai, the God of the Earth, the Central God, the Intelligent Appearance, and the god of eliminating pestilence and saving the people. Hung Hoc people worship God as Thanh Hoang. Every time they go to the river, sea to fish or take a transport boat, the villagers go to the Government Temple to burn incense and pray. When the villagers were sick with an epidemic, they all held prayers to pray for the Third Thanh Hoang Duc Dong Hai to pass by and be cured, very effective. When Hung Hoc villagers organize the annual Dai Ky Phuc festival at Hung Hoc communal house, they all make offerings to Than Vu Hoang Dao. Currently, at Hung Hoc Communal House, there is also a worship of King Khai Dinh's ordination in the second year of conferring Duc Dong Hai Vu Hoang Dao as the tutelary god of Hung Hoc village. With its construction history and cultural heritage being preserved, the communal house helps researchers learn about the history of formation and development of Hung Hoc village and Nam Hoa ward, Quang Yen town, Quang Ninh province in the 20th century. 15th century. The communal house also worships the famous Patriarch Huyen Quang, the third Patriarch of the Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect. He is a talented and virtuous person who passed high scores (at the age of 20, he passed the Huong exam, and at the age of 21, he ranked first in the Faculty of Great Sisters). He was not only a great poet with many poems still preserved, but also an eminent monk, a great poet of the nation during the Tran Dynasty, and a famous man of the country. Hung Hoc Communal House with the belief of worshiping the tutelary god Patriarch Huyen Quang, local tutelary god Vu Hoang Dao (local deity), at the same time through worship artifacts, worship statues, ordination and worshiping rituals, festivals The famous summer at Hung Hoc communal house relic helps us learn about the folk beliefs and tutelary god worship of Hung Hoc village in particular and Vietnamese villages in general. In particular, the custom of worshiping and receiving the god Pham Nhan - a defeated enemy general - to Hung Hoc village communal house to worship on the occasion of Dai Ky Phuoc festival is a unique cultural feature of the people of Hung Hoc village that has been studied by many cultural researchers. and science highly appreciates the humanity of the Vietnamese people: even though they are enemies, when they fail, they are still given food, water, and sent home; That is the democracy in Vietnamese worship (when worshiping a god, the god must bless the worshiper). The custom of worshiping a defeated enemy in the glorious Bach Dang Victory of 1288 took place right in his hometown of Quang Yen, Quang Ninh province. The custom of procession and worshiping the Gods at Hung Hoc Communal House also shows the Vietnamese people's concern for human life and spirituality: the way the Third Patriarch Huyen Quang uses Buddhism to teach and transform the God Pham Nhan to protect sentient beings; The custom of worshiping the gods Pham Ba Linh and Vu Hoang Dao: one god causes pestilence, one god eliminates pestilence is a very unique cultural feature of the residents of Bach Dang river area. Through the architecture of the trusses and sculptures on the communal house's structures, it can be seen that: Hung Hoc village communal house was built around the 18th century - early 19th century, consisting of three rooms, two wings, and four trusses. The structure of the truss is made of ironwood in the style of high-autumn-summer with the main column, military column, first sentence, pork belly gong stand, extra end, cross-shaped line, and trap end to support the roof. This is a special architectural style. Typical of Vietnamese village communal houses in the 18th - early 19th centuries. The components of Hung Hoc communal house such as the pillars, the remaining heads, the trap heads, the husband's children, and the horizontal supporting bowls are all very artistically carved and delicately embossed with the themes of the four traditional sacred animals, enriching the art. Village communal house sculpture in the 18th - early 19th centuries of Vietnam. The communal house still preserves many artifacts, especially 31 antiques that are valuable worship objects that help researchers of ancient Vietnamese fine arts. With the above values, Hung Hoc Communal House, Nam Hoa Ward, Quang Yen Town, Quang Ninh Province was ranked by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Historical Site in Decision No. 1985/ Decision-BVHTTDL dated June 29, 2021./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.

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