Dong Ha Communal House

Dong Ha Communal House

Dong Ha Communal House is located on a high, airy land right in the center of the village, in front is the communal pond - a place where luck gathers. Based on the inscription of the 4th year of Canh Tri, the monument was conferred from the Later Le Dynasty (1783), built by the people of Duc Chiem commune, and restored for the first time in the year of Canh Ngo under the Nguyen Dynasty and the second time in 1991. Dong Ha Communal House worships King Luu Lang, who was instrumental in quelling 12 armies with Dinh Bo Linh. The communal house also records many local historical events during the revolutionary resistance war against the French and Americans. The communal house's architecture was built in the Dinh style, including: Dai Bai and Hau Cung. From a distance, we can see the 4 roofs of the monument with 4 curved sword heads thanks to a special structural system called the roof-roofed sword ship. To create the majesty of the monument, ancient artisans embossed images of dragons flanking each other, phoenix moms and Nghe lying down in front of each other. The roof, strip, and gully edges of the communal house are decorated with lemon flower umbrellas, this is an artistic feature that often appeared in the 17th century. Dai Bai has 5 compartments with 2 long, open spaces, each compartment is 4m wide, each compartment is 0.7m wide with a total area of ​​300m2. The entire column system is made of whole ironwood trees in the style of "upper and lower autumn, challenging summer" and placed on the stones according to the yin and yang style of "square bottom and round top". The two middle compartments have two sets because they are made in the style of a gong stand stacked on a bed and are stylized into leaf guillotine and knife-shaped patterns; The fighting cocks are carved in the shape of the word Tho; The plaques are embossed in the shape of a dragon's tail and connected to the remaining ends. The remaining heads of the Le Dynasty were shaped like majesty and powerful fire swords. Therefore, if you stand below and look up, you will see an intact dragon image. The harem consists of 3 rooms with a simple gong stand architecture made of ironwood. In the middle is an altar decorated with two thrones worshiping Le, with the throne's feet kneeling in a tiger-shaped style. The throne's arms are stylized with flying phoenixes. Tablets decorated with dragons, lemon flowers... Currently, Dong Ha Communal House still preserves a number of valuable artifacts such as memorial stele inscribed with the 4th year of Canh Tri, 5th post-Khai Dinh stele, palanquin, dragon throne, tablet, top, bronze candles, ordained... The communal house is still well preserved and is a place for cultural and religious activities of local people. With the above values, Dong Ha Communal House, Duc Hop Commune, Kim Dong District, Hung Yen Province was ranked as an Architectural Monument by the Minister of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). national art according to Decision No. 78/2004/Decision - Ministry of Culture and Sports dated August 23, 2004./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.

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