Long Thanh Communal House

Long Thanh Communal House

Long Thanh Temple of Vu, also known as Long Thanh Communal House, located on the banks of Long Ho River, is a typical ancient architectural work over a hundred years old in Vinh Long City and is ranked as a historical-cultural relic. national level on March 25, 1991. Long Thanh communal house was built around 1754, by people of the five families Mai, Ho, Mac, Vo, Doan and many other immigrants who came to Vinh Long to explore, build villages, establish hamlets and build communal houses to worship the village God. Initially, this communal house was temporarily built with leaves at Bung Binh village, then in 1844, Mr. Nguyen Van Khiem - a villager, realized that the communal house's location was not favorable, so he offered a piece of land about 2 hectares located next to it. banks of Long Ho river to move Long Thanh communal house here. Until the year of Tu Duc 1852, Long Thanh communal house was ordained by the Nguyen court as the God of Bon Canh Thanh Hoang (meaning the title of Bon Canh Thanh Hoang as a God), currently this title is also worshiped at the queen's house. Descendants of the Ho family in Vinh Long. In 1913, Long Thanh communal house was restored, built with solid bricks and tiles and renamed Long Thanh Mieu Vu to this day. Overall, Long Thanh communal house was built according to the popular village communal house architecture in the South. Although not as massive as Northern communal houses, the process of forming Vinh Long communal houses is a true reflection of the cultural life and beliefs of the local community from the beginning when they first came to this land. wild, open world. Long Thanh Communal House has typical Asian architecture with a communal roof consisting of five pyramid-shaped roofs, two Banh It roofs, fish-scale tile roofs and many adjacent annexes... this is a quite common communal house design in Vietnam. Southwestern region. Just like Cong Than Mieu Vinh Long, the layout inside Long Thanh communal house is divided into 4 main rooms, including martial arts, martial arts, main chamber, guest house in addition to the kitchen. In the middle of Long Thanh communal house's yard is a screen, then the martial arts and martial arts house - a place used to build adoration, opera and organize important holidays of the village. The main temple is located in the center of Long Thanh communal house, which is used to worship the village's Thanh Hoang. It has a four-pillar design with eight punching rafters and eight decisive rafters to ensure dryness in the rainy season and ventilation in the dry season. The back part of Long Thanh communal house is the guest house and kitchen located on the left side of the communal house. In addition to worshiping the Village's Tutelary God, in the main hall of Long Thanh Communal House, there is also a worship of the National Tablets of the Hung King, the Ta Huu Ban List, the Bach Ma Thai Giam God and is decorated with many red painted envelopes, squares, parallel sentences... gilded, delicately carved. The rear of Long Thanh royal court has a small but discreet space where ancestors and descendants are worshiped and sacred objects are kept. Besides, in front of Long Thanh communal house yard, there is also worship of Xa Tac altar (altar of Nong god), Ong Ho stele, Bach Ho temple, Ngu Hanh Nuong Nuong temple, etc. Every year, at Long Thanh communal house, two major holidays usually take place: Ha Dien Festival on the full moon day of the third lunar month and Thuong Dien Festival on the full moon day of the 10th lunar month. In addition, Long Thanh communal house is also a place to preserve traditional rituals of the South such as Tuc Yet, Tien Hien, Hau Hien, Xay Chau, Dai Boi, Hoi Chau... Source: Vinh Long Tourism

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