Tan An Communal House

Tan An Communal House

Tan An Communal House - Ben The is located in Quarter 1, Tan An Ward, Thu Dau Mot City. This is a provincial-level historical and cultural relic ranked on June 2, 2004. On April 26, 2014, Tan An Communal House was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Architectural and Artistic Monument. The communal house was built in 1820 by the first class of residents who came to this land to make a living. Initially, it was built as a few simple thatched houses, so it was named "Tuong An Temple", by the people of 4 communes: Tuong Binh (now Tuong Binh Hiep), Tuong An (now Tan An), Tuong Hoa (now Dinh Hoa) and Cau Dinh (now Tan Dinh) were established to worship the god Thanh Hoang Bon Canh, the communal house is located in Tuong An village. About 30 years later, the ancestors of the Nguyen family (who held the position of Board of Examiners) took charge of rebuilding the communal house on a large scale, taking on the shape it has today. On the other hand, the Nguyen family was one of the first classes of residents to come to Tan An land to reclaim land to settle down and had the merit of restoring the village communal house, so they were honored by the villagers as "Previous Sages - Later Sages" and worshiped in the temple. main hall to pay respect. On November 19, the 21st year of Tu Duc's reign (1869), King Tu Duc ordained Tan An communal house to recognize the communal house and confer the title of Thanh Hoang god so that people could know and worship. The ordination is always kept at the Nguyen family church (currently Mr. Nguyen Tri Quan's house). According to the decree given by King Tu Duc, the main deity worshiped in the communal house is Tien Quan Co Nguyen Van Thanh, a royal official of the Nguyen Dynasty, a great mandarin of King Gia Long. Nguyen Van Thanh was a founding father of the Nguyen Dynasty, but was entangled in the "literary" case of his son Nguyen Van Thuyen, was suspected of treason by Gia Long, was forced to death, and was only exonerated more than half a century later. there (in 1868). Regarding the architectural overview, the communal house is made entirely of Sao wood, has a Tam-shaped architectural style, also known as the Doi Doi style, folk called the three-roof communal house, in the style of Xuyen Dinh, two roofs, two wings, including 40 square wooden pillars, a wide hallway with 30 wooden pillars (due to the rain and sun, some pillars on both sides of the hallway were damaged, so they were replaced with pillars made of bricks and lime). The communal house's roof is covered entirely with fish fin tiles that have been covered with moss over many years of rain and sun, making it look very ancient. The communal house is decorated with images of two dragons and pearl paintings, and the corners of the roof are decorated with images of fish turning into dragons. The floor is tiled with hexagonal red tiles (Chinese tiles). The entire communal house is 50m wide and 70m long, built on an area of ​​more than 10,000m2 (data according to the cadastral map of the monument). In particular, the entire interior of the communal house such as altar artifacts, altar cabinets, diaphragms, bamboo panels, wooden pillars, couplets... are all made of precious wood, delicately carved by artisans with many different themes. enhances the unique artistic architecture of the communal house. In addition, the communal house also stores a very rich Chinese writing that remains to this day through pairs of parallel tureens, horizontal panels, and deities... Every year, according to ancient rules, the festival takes place for 3 days and 3 nights from November 14 to 16 (lunar calendar), a bright moon occasion for people to conveniently have fun and travel. This is also the occasion of high tide and according to the people's concept, it is a sign of a good harvest, good things, and abundant money... Tan An Communal House is a historical-cultural relic with bold architectural, artistic and scenic features. In particular, the communal house also preserves the decree of King Tu Duc. During the years of resistance against foreign invaders, Tan An communal house was a place of local revolutionary activities. Source: Binh Duong Electronic Newspaper

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