Tho Ha Communal House

Tho Ha Communal House

Tho Ha communal house is located in the middle of Tho Ha village, Van Ha commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province. The communal house was officially recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a national monument on January 13, 1964. Tho Ha Communal House is a famous communal house of Kinh Bac, built in 1692, during the reign of King Le Hy Tong. Tho Ha Communal House represents the spiritual and cultural space of Vietnamese people with its characteristic and unique architecture. Tho Ha Communal House is associated with the village's Tutelary God, Thai Thuong Lao Quan. According to the village legend, he was a Northerner, lived during the time of King An Duong, surnamed Ly, name Dam (also known as Lao Dam, Lao Tzu). He was credited with killing the Xich Ty demon enemy and opening a school and teaching in the village. He was honored by the King as the Supreme God and the Supreme Tutelary God, allowing Tho Ha village to set up a temple to worship. Therefore, the villagers honored him as the Tutelary God, supporting the peaceful and happy lives of the villagers. The communal house has a large scale and a relatively complete architectural structure. The carved panels show a clear and unique style of the Le Dynasty. The themes expressed on the architectural structures are mainly "four sacred animals" stylized flowers, leaves, birds, animals and people. The dragon at Tho Ha communal house is carved in many parts: the head, the trap, the rod, the cone, the plank, the first verse with the themes of nest dragon, mother dragon carrying baby dragon, dragon and young woman... Tho Ha communal house currently consists of three houses: the front house, the main house and the back palace. The altar consists of 3 rooms and 2 wings located parallel to the Great Hall, a small distance from the Great Court. The Great Court is connected to the Hau Palace by a tube compartment forming the shape of the letter Cong. The altar is made in the style of four curved roofs, covered with funny-nosed tiles, the roof and the strip are attached with lemon flower-shaped boxes. The Dai Dinh consists of 5 compartments and 2 wings, the main load-bearing component is a wooden frame consisting of 48 columns, including 8 main columns, 16 military columns, and 24 porch columns. The harem consists of 3 rooms with quite simple architecture. The harem is made in the style of "bich doc gable wall", the two gables are decorated with the shape of a tiger, and the strip is made in the "dragon pavilion" style. This is a late-dated architectural style, popular at the end of the 19th century. At Tho Ha communal house, there is a unique and unique set of hammock doors. The hammock door set made in the 13th year of Chinh Hoa (1692) was painted with gold and carved very elaborately. The main part of the hammock door is 3 altars. The altar is made in the style of 8 interlocking layers, the outside has a frame carved with lotus petals and 6 small columns carved with dragons. Interspersed between the examinations are four four-quarter puzzles. The decorations on the hammock doors are mainly in the art style of the Le Dynasty (17th century) but there are also some parts in the art style of the Nguyen Dynasty such as puzzles and horizontal panels. The gorgeously carved gilded hammock door makes the hall even more solemn and ancient. With architectural art imbued with the architectural style of the 16th century, the scale and grandeur of the project also shows the quite high level of communal house construction by ancient workers, bringing unique architectural value to the house. family. Source: Electronic Information Portal of Viet Yen Town, Bac Giang Province

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