Sam Khuc Communal House

Sam Khuc Communal House

Sam Khuc communal house (also known as Cham communal house) belongs to Viet Hung commune, Van Lam district, Hung Yen province. Based on the legends, ordinations, and declarations of Elder Huong and Ly, the translator of Sam Khuc village (formerly My Trach village) collected by the Institute of Ancient Far East in 1938, is currently kept at the Research Institute. Han Nom and Hung Yen Provincial Library and the stories of the elders in the village, Sam Khuc Communal House is the place to worship the village's Tutelary God Pho Cuu Dai Vuong (Hung Vuong King's reign), whose merits helped the kings defeat the enemy. set establish order in the country and bring a prosperous life to the people. On the first sentence of the Great Pagoda, there is written the absolute date of the year the communal house was built: "Duy Tan Nham Ty, year of the year, smell of moon, gradually approaching Sun Luong, time of residence, Thuong Luong Dai Cat" (August 6th, year of Nham Ty (1912), Duy's era name). Tan Truong Thuong Luong is good). Based on the existing ordinations, including the earliest ordination in the 10th year of Tu Duc (1856), it can be known that Sam Khuc communal house existed before that time. Sam Khuc Communal House was built on a high, open area of ​​land, with the front facing southwest. The communal house has a Dinh-shaped floor plan. Looking from the outside, in front of the communal house is a lake, between the lake and Nghi Mon is a village road running through. Through Nghi Mon is a large yard, in the innermost part is the architecture of the majestic and majestic Great Court and the Harem. The structures and architectural components are all made of four-stone wood, imbued with the Nguyen Dynasty's artistic style and are still consistent and solid. The ritual gate is made in the style of four pillars (lanterns) forming 3 doors. The Dai Bai Court is the item with the largest area at Sam Khuc communal house, including 05 compartments made in the style of gable walls with dimensions of 19.3m long, 10.17m wide, 6.4m high (from the roof to the floor). family). All four sides around the Dai Bai foundation are lined with bricks, 0.65m high above the communal house yard, covered with mortar on the outside. The foundation is firmly reinforced. The floor is tiled (30cm x 30cm), with a square pattern. From the yard, there are brick steps leading up to the Dai Bai porch. Dai Bai's architectural structure includes 6 sets of rafters, with 24 wooden columns (12 main columns, 12 military columns), with 4 rows of column bases. The distance between the front column and the rear column is 4.22m, the main column and the military column is 2.05m. The columns stand on green stone bases without decorative patterns. Supporting the roof of the Dai Pagoda are the roof beams and armpit beams. The roof system of Sam Khuc Dai Bai communal house is all made in the style of "hidden piles of beams and pillars". The armpits of the Dai Bai communal house are crafted in two forms: "semi-stacked beams" in the side compartments and "con me" in the middle compartment. The Harem Court is an item consisting of 03 compartments, located parallel to the Great Pagoda Court, made in the style of a gable wall, measuring 7.9m x 7.1m (the distance between the two main columns is 2.8m; the main column is 2.8m). the one to the army column is 1.67m). The Harem Center is where the altar to worship the village's Tutelary God Pho Cuu Dai Vuong is located. Tiled floor 20cm x 20cm, public letter pattern. The foundation is lined with red bricks covered with mortar. The special thing about Sam Khuc village's rear palace is that it still retains part of the wooden floorboard architecture of the ancient communal house. The harem has a structure of 4 rows of columns with 6 main columns and 10 military columns (main columns have a diameter of 300mm, military columns have a diameter of 250mm). Supporting the roof diaphragm are the ridge beams, armpit beams and a system of wooden columns placed on the base of the platform. The harem has 03 sets because the roof is made in the style of "stacking the beams", not decorated with patterns. The carvings here focus on architectural components, creating the perfect beauty of the building, bearing the main artistic style of the Nguyen Dynasty with many rich and diverse decorative themes, making the house unique. The house became lively and achieved the highest architectural and artistic value in the art of the Nguyen Dynasty. In particular, the image of the four sacred animals with dragons is the main element in the carved panels, in addition, there are also decorations such as the four sacred animals, four precious animals (pine, chrysanthemum, bamboo, apricot), flipped leaves, clouds, and flowers. Tho script,... Sam Khuc communal house is a unique architectural work, which preserves many precious relics of both tangible and intangible culture. Almost all architectural structures and components are densely carved with rich and diverse decorative themes representing mascots and plant patterns in motion. Currently, Sam Khuc communal house still preserves rare and valuable relics and antiques: miracles, great characters, scrolls, ordinations, bronze bells, thrones and tablets, hammock doors, palanquins, etc. .In addition to material vestiges of historical and artistic value, Sam Khuc communal house is also the place where spiritual and cultural activities of the people here take place, clearly reflecting the character of the village community while also promoting Moral: "when drinking water, remember the source". Religious rituals, festivals, and traditional folk games reflect the social life of the residents here. With the above values, Sam Khuc Communal House, Viet Hung Commune, Van Lam District, Hung Yen Province has been ranked by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Architectural and Artistic Monument according to Decision No. 3078 /Decision - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism dated October 27, 2020./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.

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