Truong Tho Communal House

Truong Tho Communal House

Truong Tho Temple is located in Quarter 8, Truong Tho Ward, Thu Duc City. Truong Tho communal house worships the original Thanh Hoang God with the hope that the Thanh Hoang God will bless the people in the village. The character of Thanh Hoang according to oral tradition is Chau Van Tiep - a general of the Nguyen Dynasty. The original decree was burned by the French, now it has been suspended and the copy is kept. Not only worshiping the Thanh Hoang God, the communal house also worships the Left and Right Bans, Inner Council, Foreign Council, Former Sages and Later Sages, Immortal Master, Than Nong, Ngu Hanh, Bach Ho, Thanh Long, Bach Ma … Architecturally: Truong Tho temple looks extremely majestic among the rows of trees with its unique architecture. The communal house was built in the same style as the front hall, main hall, back hall, kitchen and warehouse with a total area of ​​518 square meters. From the three-entrance gate to the grounds of the vestibule, we will first see the image of the Shen Nong temple and the Bach Ma herd, all built of cement. The communal house is designed in the style of three compartments and two wings, the entire roof is supported by 48 round columns, the columns are all precious wood, each column is 30cm in diameter, the columns are from 4m to 6m high, and have green stone bases. The structure is built in a civil style but is very technical, using four pillars as the fulcrum placed in the middle of the main hall to bear the load. The ends of the trusses are pierced and wedged tightly with wood to hold the truss against wind and storms, and divide the force between the main hall, the front hall and the back hall. In particular, the rafters are carved according to the theme "Dragon sitting on the gate", the dragon tail points towards the front, the dragon head is carved on the top of the rafter at the back. The art of carving the dragon's head and tail as well as the patterns on the rafters and beams are extremely sophisticated. The ends of the rafters piercing the columns to maintain balance are a very rare folk style. The front hall has many very rare worship artifacts, there are three incense tables worshiping the internal and external councils with tablets on top and an altar of President Ho Chi Minh with the words: "Holy life without command" The back hall is connected to the main hall. The outstanding architecture at the rear of the hall is the ends of the rafters through wooden columns with skillfully carved dragon heads representing the deep dragon in the communal house (long ngoa trieu), implying auspiciousness radiating throughout the communal house. At the base of each wooden pillar are round green boulders. At the middle altar, there is a horizontal panel hanging above with the words: Dai Huan Enlightenment (the founder has great merit). On both sides there are two altars for officials and incense officers, with many tablets placed on top. Above the two altars there are also five horizontal panels inscribed with: Phong Dieu Vu Thuan - Enjoy Vu Thanh - Thuong An Ha Thuc - Tien Dai Quan Quan - Tien Dai Dai Huong Position. The back court is the meeting place for the Court's Board of Directors before the ceremony and is also the place to entertain guests on major holidays. Adjacent to the backyard is a row of independent houses. This place is used as a kitchen and warehouse to store utensils, cups, bowls, and cups to serve worship. Truong Tho communal house was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a national historical, cultural, architectural and artistic relic on December 30, 2002. Truong Tho communal house is a folk belief facility with historical as well as architectural and artistic value. From its founding until now, through many ups and downs of history, the communal house is still the common home of Truong Tho people. Source: Thu Duc City Cultural Center

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