Duc Nghia communal house

Duc Nghia communal house

Duc Nghia communal house is an ancient communal house located in Duc Nghia ward, Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province. Duc Nghia communal house was built in the early decades of the 19th century, on a high sand cave, with a large lotus pond in front. The communal house has an area of ​​more than three thousand square meters, facing the Ca Ty river (now in Duc Nghia ward, Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province). Duc Nghia village communal house has a nail-shaped (J-shaped) architectural form, the ancient floor is where the most unique artistic decorations in the entire village communal house are concentrated. Here, ancient artisans used the art of assembling pieces of porcelain and china to create the image of the "Four Spirits". The lower parts of the lower roof, the roof edges, and the ridges were also artistically decorated to make the communal house both ancient and modern. solemn. The Tien Hien and Hau Hien churches also have the same architectural style as the main communal house, but the length is somewhat longer. This is a characteristic of village communal house architecture in the second half of the 19th century in Binh Thuan.,. The interior of Duc Nghia communal house, especially the carved artistic decoration inside the main communal house with a system of wooden panels, like curtains down to the altars, is alive with vines, flowers, and birds. from the carvings of ancient craftsmen. The decorative art of Duc Nghia Communal House, both exterior and interior, coordinate with each other to create harmonious ancient architectural lines and reach the peak compared to some communal houses in this period. The worship content inside is like a treasure trove of hundreds of precious artifacts such as horizontal panels, diaphragms, and altar plates that have been elaborately carved and passed down through many generations to this day. The village's Tien Hien are worshiping at the Communal House, including Mr. Nguyen Van Bang, Tran Van Kim, Le Van Hanh, and Nguyen Van Thanh, who are representatives of the families who publicly founded the village and built the communal house, whose names have been recognized by the people. The village respectfully engraved it in the altar tablet at the communal house. Duc Nghia village communal house also has many horizontal paintings, couplets in Chinese characters, a number of official dispatches and papers reporting the military situation in Binh Thuan by a Chau mandarin during the Gia Long dynasty, which mentioned the the village's land, the literary history of the early 19th century, the origin of the village's population... the most important of which are the 13 royal decrees bestowed upon the village's Thanh Hoang and other deities by the Nguyen Dynasty kings. including the Goddess Yana Dien Ngoc Phi of the Cham people, and 3 mats, examples written from yellow tissue paper, dragon images hidden in clouds with the words "tho", pearls,... The main worshiping rituals at the village communal house are Spring offerings from the 14th to 16th of the first lunar month and Autumn offerings from the 14th to 16th of the August lunar month. Duc Nghia communal house was ranked by the State as a national historical and architectural and artistic relic in 1991, and is one of the ancient communal houses in the list of ancient communal houses in Vietnam. Source: Place name Binh Thuan

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