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Unique architectural features of ancient houses in Duong Lam
Unique architectural features of ancient houses in Duong Lam Visiting the ancient village relic complex in Duong Lam, in addition to admiring and learning about the types of valuable historical, cultural, architectural and artistic relics such as: communal houses, temples, pagodas, shrines, mausoleums, shops, inns, literature, martial arts..., immersing yourself in the bustling, sacred village festivals or enjoying unique cultural and culinary dishes, visitors cannot miss visiting the typical ancient houses that exist in the typical ancient village of the Northern Delta region. hey. Ancient houses in Duong Lam were built with traditional types typical of the Doai region including laterite, wood, bamboo, straw, young mud, fine clay, sawdust, rice husk, and baked bricks of all kinds. Laterite is the main material for building walls, gables, gates or fences. In addition to being used to build houses, this type of laterite is also used to build public and religious cultural works such as: village gates, communal houses, pagodas, shrines, inns, shops, ancient wells... With the characteristic that once built, the house ensures a well-ventilated climate, warm in winter and cool in summer, that's why people also call this village "ancient Vietnamese laterite village". Wood to build a house, if in the past it was a house with economic status and position in the village, was made of four types of iron (nails, ironwood, wood, wood). Normally, houses with moderate economic conditions are mainly made of oval wood. Xoan is grown in hillsides. Bamboo and bamboo are also planted near canals, ditches, and furrows; Usually it's old bamboo with unbroken tips. Bamboo wood is often placed on the bottom of ponds and lakes to form rafts, where the pond bottom has a lot of mud to prevent weevils from gnawing away. Soaking usually lasts as long as possible, 6 - 8 months or 1 year. When picked up and peeled to dry them in the sun along with the bamboo, it smells very unpleasant before it can be considered thoroughly soaked. The roof is covered with different types of tiles such as ri-nose, comedy-nose, and fish-scale. Usually, people cover a layer of tiles first (also called lining bricks) and roof from the bottom of the roof. This type of tile was often purchased via boats transported up the Red River from famous pottery making areas such as Bat Trang (Hanoi), Chu Dau (Hai Duong), Day Well (Dong Trieu - Quang Ninh), Phu Lang (Bac Ninh). Materials such as bamboo are used to make bamboo poles, there are also houses made of oval wood, or wood mixed from large panels. The key points at important points are also made of old bamboo poles. On the front side of the house, the top bordering the door is a convenient row that can be made square, round, etc. Ancient houses often face south, are designed in the style of 5 rooms and 2 chairs, or 7 rooms and 2 chairs, with many doors facing inwards. Doors are made mainly of two types: tabletop and streetscape. This type of table top creates a convenient landscape when the house has a big task that needs space, the homeowner often lifts it out to make it more spacious and puts the door down as a counter for sitting and eating. The house is arranged with 5-7 rows of legs, 2 main columns and a military column. Each column stands on a green stone pedestal, the side adjacent to the ground is square, the side supporting the column is round (symbolizing Asian thinking - the sky is round and the earth is square). Some old houses look up at the ceiling at the beams, rafters and rafters, and the roof beams are often discolored and covered in black soot because in the past, houses used to light fires with wood stoves to warm up in the winter, especially on occasions when someone gave birth, or the elderly were weak or sick... The floor that the house often used was earth that was rammed and compacted to make sure it was firm. Some houses use lime slurry, then they cut the filling beads in half and stick them on the floor in quadrilaterals, parallelograms, and door niches to clear the spaces to make the house airy, as well as to easily observe and prevent thieves (seeing their feet) wanting to break into the house. The middle space is where the altars for the highest people of the three generations are placed. The two side rooms also place the altars for the deceased in the family arranged according to hierarchy (if they are the head of the family). The altar can have more incense bowls and figures. Under the altar are large, thick ironwood counters or counters. The left and right spaces are often set up with couches: 1 table and 2 benches to receive guests with a teapot to make green tea, usually filled with water to brew in a jar with 6 dull brown bowls, a lime pot, a betel nut, a hookah bowl, and a tube to hold firewood. Below the table are a few things such as a betel bowl, a side bowl, a kettle for Chinese tea (dried tea buds), a small lime jar, a tobacco bowl or a small wooden box holding a plow pipe made of bamboo to retain the hook. Two rooms are for the daughter or daughter-in-law, in addition to being a warehouse for storing rice, pots and pans, bowls and chopsticks, and small chests. On the porch, there are 1 or 2 bamboo mats (some houses still keep a chest placed right under the main altar). This box used to contain a few precious things, expensive personal belongings, tools, and agricultural products (glutinous rice, glutinous rice, peanuts, etc.) to avoid rats and insects from entering. Other works related to ancient houses that cannot be ignored include houses, kitchens, wells, yards, gardens, screens, barns for livestock and poultry, entrance gates, and incense trees. In particular, screens and incense trees also have important spiritual roles in the family. The screen is placed on the wall, opposite the altar room - the main door, and can be made of pearl inlay with two eggshells, or porcelain with glossy celadon. The incense tree was built in the corner of the yard or at an angle to the first and last rooms of the house. The ancient laterite water well also played a significant role in family activities and raising livestock and poultry. The well is dug quite deep. In villages with high positions such as Mong Phu and Cam Lam, the water is absorbed through laterite beds, so toxic impurities are filtered out, achieving purity and not harmful to human health. Getting water from the well also goes through many stages, using different tools (because the well must be dug deep). At first, people used buckets and ropes to scoop each bucket. After improvement, use the winch to rotate with an industrial greased cable (small wire type). At this time, the bucket was designed to be larger and its capacity also increased, not wasting as much human effort as before. Then when there was electricity and science developed, every house used vacuum pumps and built filter tanks so water was stored and filtered through sand and gravel or activated carbon, making it even more secure. Today, although it is covered by a tap water system, many families still keep the laterite well but it is a submerged well (the well's barrel is not protruding to the surface to save space and replaced with a solid concrete cover that covers the surface). The well is still used, it is a valuable raw material for making soy sauce, making tea... The gate itself is made of 2 roofs, covered with fish-scale tiles, has two ways to turn inward, each way has a circular handle made of rustic wood. In the ancient house, each family still retains many precious artifacts such as: genealogy, Han Nom documents, worship objects, and artifacts related to the daily life of each member such as: old weddings, costumes, pictures, and production tools. In particular, on the roof, almost every house has a formal balcony in the middle. In the garden, it is always green in all four seasons because of perennial fruit trees in different seasons such as pomegranates, peaches, sapodillas, guavas, jackfruit, grapefruits, lemons, longans, lychees, bananas... Many larger houses also have ponds, and in the corner of the yard are some clay pots to ferment soy sauce. Those jars of soy sauce were likened to a precious "refrigerator" in the past after every day the homeowner had an event such as a party, death anniversary, wedding, or vegetarian meal. They often put in it boiled pork that's almost cooked (when it's not used up) or eggplants. When eaten, its quality is even more delicious and attractive. The large eggplants incubated in it absorb all the delicious essence of the soy sauce. Take it out, tear it, turn it amber, add a little vinegar, sugar, and garlic to eat it as food. The families in the ancient village often meet each other to gather on the first day of the ancestors, usually it takes place at the end of the year, or the Spring Festival, the village communal house festival or the Thanh Minh Festival. In Duong Lam, there are famous families such as Phan, Ha, Giang, Do, Kieu, and Cao. People in ancient village areas often have close relationships with each other. They often use the name of their eldest son (first son) to call their biological parents by name. Anyone who has passed away in their family must have a custom of inviting relatives to visit, and after the visit, they must go out to eat a meal to express their condolences to the family. The elderly lady in the house is also called "wood". Each relic in the village usually appoints a reputable person to take care of it, also known as an uncle. This person must be a reputable person in the village (well-mannered children and grandchildren, exemplary family, no one breaking the law or social evils). The priest of the communal house - temple must be a person who meets the above qualifications. If he is on duty and has a brother in three generations passed away (people call it an excuse or dust), he must stop and return the duty to the village immediately. At a family, village, neighborhood or clan party, the family often has to have enough dishes such as sticky rice, rooster meat, braised sweet soup, banh gai... Especially in Dong Sang village, it is famous for being a place to cook delicious meals and beautifully decorate the trays. The products in the village include sesame grown in Lo Cang, sweet potatoes in Dong Buong, peanut candy in Dong Sang, Mia chicken, water donuts, sticky rice with tiled birds in the 9th lunar month season, fish braised in soy sauce, soy sauce in Mong Phu village... Ancient houses often divided ownership rights among the sons in the house depending on whether the house had 2, 3 or 4... There were houses with only one son, the rest were all sisters, so this brother's role was even greater. No matter how many grandchildren there are, the role of male grandchildren is always emphasized and emphasized. So if one of these people wants to get it back, they have to negotiate with the others (because their father passed away and left behind a will), so some old houses today, although only inhabited by one family, are owned by several siblings. Each house has ancient architectural features, different interior and exterior space layouts such as: Mr. Nguyen Van Hung's house is different from Mr. Ha Huu The's house, Mrs. Lan's house is different from Mr. Ha Nguyen Huyen's house, Mr. Ha Vinh's house, Mr. Nguyen Van Vung's house, both Eastern and Western European (French) appearance, foreign and domestic architecture... In the house's garden, when it is not divided between the children, when getting married or having children, it is also a good environment for the family to grow plants. flowering and fruit trees such as: mango, longan, guava, jackfruit, banana, custard apple, custard apple, pomegranate, grapefruit, star fruit, kumquat... Flowers such as: wood, paper, azalea, azalea, jasmine, galangal, wolf,...spices such as: onions, garlic, chili, chives, ginger, galangal, etc. create bright green colors, four-season fragrance in the space of ancient houses such as: in winter and spring is the faint, sweet scent of osmanthus flowers, in early autumn is the smell of market fruit, the scent of sticky leaves, summer is the red color of lychee bunches and black kumquat bunches under the typical sunshine of the ancient Doai Hamlet region. Among the 97 ancient houses still remaining in the ancient village relics, there are 2 villages with the highest number of ancient houses: Mong Phu and Dong Sang. Some households that own ancient houses have known how to take advantage of it to welcome visitors, creating products and services to serve the needs of domestic and foreign visitors, which have brought quite high results. They kept the ancient space intact, forming service areas to the side, but the assembly and construction methods were also consistent with the general landscape, and collected additional artifacts dating back to customs, beliefs and practices to display in the ancient house space. That further increases the appeal and attracts visitors every time they visit. However, among them there are still many ancient houses that have experienced a long history of being affected by climate and insects, so the wooden structures and other items have been eroded and degraded, requiring conservation and restoration support from government leaders at all levels as well as the initiative of the people - thereby contributing to the work of preserving and promoting the values of ancient village relics in Duong Lam in a sustainable and effective way.
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Dinh Doai Giap
Doai Giap communal house - valuable cultural heritage in the ancient village in Duong Lam According to traditional folk as well as some sources of history, the Giap communal house was built from the tenth century King Ngo Quyen, when the monument was just a small temple built by the people in the village to commemorate the merit of the father of the great king Phung Hung and to respect him as the village tutelary god of the whole village. In addition to the name of Doai Giap Dinh, Dinh also has another name "Doai Giap" - Han Nom character (Doai Giap temple). The communal house is located on a beautiful, airy land in the center of the village, in front of the communal house is a wide lake in the quadrilateral, facing the southwest, the ancients are very clever when choosing the landscape space, feng shui with the spiritual spirit and wishes of the villagers behind the communal house is a large garden for people to grow fruit trees, the two left and right heads of the communal house are 2 wells that are peached and built by the country of the country. The village uses daily activities and year -round never runs out, the ancient villagers are still used to calling this "dragon eye well", the dragon head facing the east of the "village", the tail of the dragon head towards the North (inter -village road), surrounded by some old houses dating back for centuries with mossy tile roofs of taciturn. Despite the long period of time under the significant impact of factors such as war, climate, and abuse of termites, in the structural architectural items of the communal house, the carvings and ancient sculptures bearing the impression of the ancient Vietnamese communal houses. The communal house includes construction items such as "money", "harem" arranged in parallel in the shape of the "second" shape separated by a wide yard of 7.2m long, paved with Bat Trang bricks, the two items above are nearly equal heights, but the harem is wider than the premature house, the harem consists of 3 spaces, the set because the structure of "gong -price barn". Tuong Doc Price outside built a tutoring shaft, military column systems, columns, exam doors, harem doors are made of solid wood (quadrilateral), the roof is a square shaft column of the lantern head and "pair" stylized, the "nghe" mascot has round eyes, convex, lion nose, wide mouth wide -eyed looking down, large rear legs are large twisted strokes. According to the concept of the ancient Vietnamese, Nghe manifests the power of nature, the banks of the strip, the shore of the floating "bat dance" and the topic "Phuc - Loc - Tho" have many deep spiritual meanings, short slope roofs are roofed with comedy tiles like on the ancient moss, curved roofs are curved into the beam with a length of 9.6 m, 8 m high in the yard, 8 m high in the yard, 8 m high in the yard is higher in the yard. In addition to the pairs of the throne, there are 4 square pillars that create a steady, on the square cylindrical surfaces there are couplets in Chinese characters, painted golden cards increasing the ancient looks and the value of the monument, the altar system in the communal house is very large, proportional, and solemnly solemnly. On the left of the communal house is the altar: "The land of the earth" (the earth god), this place is decorated with a number of precious altars crafted by materials such as copper, wood, ceramic, fabric, paper, prominent is the meticulously meticulously cast incense burner set of "Couple of the Global Fruit Lion" showing the dreams and creative talents of the ancient artisans, the elder of this artifact, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body, the two sides of the body. "Turtle of the crane", the lotus crane mine evokes the elegant beauty at the holy door, the other worshiping items here are also very diverse, unique, notably the incense bowl made of soil ceramic in the middle of the altar, between the forehead of the incense bowl embossed with the mascot "dragon long moon" (2 dragon mascots in the middle of the incense bowl with the words "Tho" in the middle of the seniority, in the middle of the seniority, in the middle of the seniority, there is a permanent life in the middle of the seniority. The most prominent between the harem is the worship of the great king Phung Hung. The large type of examination was meticulously carved with many precious and sacred mascots, in the examination, there was a taste, on the top of the examination of an ancient Chinese character painting the golden business card as "the Holy Palace of Van Tue" affirmed that the person who lived forever in the heart of every citizen in the village. This examination was crafted around the beginning of the eighteenth century, the worshiping items in the examination were also very rich, with different materials dating back to the last year of the Nguyen Dynasty. The priest has been repaired several times, the most serious damage is in the resistance war against the French. In the communal house, there is also a bell of the 4 -letter bell of the 4 Chinese characters "Doai Giap from the common" (the bell of the family) cast the 13th year of the Tu Duc year - 1861. (XVIII century), palanquin ... These are invaluable sources for future generations to study and prove their merits to the people and the country. The rare thing that the relics is not the roof of the harem is the shelter of hundreds of bats (also a valuable animal). Bats associated with Ngu Phuc is "Phu - Quy - Tho - Khang - Ninh". With typical historical cultural values, Doai Giap communal house was ranked by the State in 2001, the family festival took place in 2 days 7 and 8/1 lunar calendar. The cultural house of the village is close to the communal house, so it is very convenient for organizing contents such as festivals, community talks, propaganda, attracting people and tourists to attend (because the communal house is located at a convenient road position; the festival of the communal house always attracts a large number of people inside and outside the locality to attend, is the festival, is the pride of each child in the village. Relics, often serving the needs of the people in the village and tourists. Currently, the monument has been invested by the State to embellish and renovate items as well as: campus, space, landscape outside, meeting the needs of visiting and learning of people and tourists.
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CAM THINH FAMILY
Dinh Cam Thinh The communal house is located in the southeast direction in the area of Cam Thinh village (one of the five hamlets of Hop Thanh village relics in Duong Lam, Son Tay town, Hanoi). The family worshiped the Emperor of the Great Ky Ky Vuong and Duc Gia Hau Lieutenant General Cao Phuc and his wife, Mrs. Giang Thi Thang - the sister of the talented talented envoy Giang Van Minh. The communal house was built in the reign of King Le Than Tong (1649 - 1662) with the great merit of the General Phu Viet Hau's husband and wife (from Cam Thinh village, who had helped the country to return to the country and diplomacy under King Le Trung Hung). Up to now, the communal house has been renovated 3 times, last time in the year of the Dragon (1916). There are also a number of small repair times made by the people in the village voluntarily. Cam Thinh communal house has many characteristics of artistic architecture in the Nguyen Dynasty. The architectural structure of the communal house consists of 3 parts: Nghi Mon, Ta Mac, Dai Dinh. The outermost is a datingal dating back to the twentieth century. These are the spiritual axes, the two larger middle pillars on the top are "four phoenix" and the smaller two pillars on the top are the unicorns in the position to sit down. Stepping through Nghi Mon is a large yard, on the left side is the 4 -storey house of 4 spaces "Wall of the Wall". Dai Dinh Cam Thinh is made according to the structure of the nail, with the great court of 3 compartments 2 of the 2 -way, 4 -way footsteps, 4 sets. Connecting to the space of the great bai is a 3 -space grab with a system of lines running from the roof to the roof, because the outermost of the harem is closed and makes the door system separating the great bow with the palace, because the inside is made in the "husband" style with the sharp cell. The palace is covered with a face on a mezzanine floor 1.8 m high, in front of the palace is a set of wooden mosaic doors with wooden stretched wood. Outside the bowel door is a mezzanine floor decoration. The communal house was built in the second half of the seventeenth century, so the most old traces in the temple were left in some armpits of the ministries because of supporting two roofs and 3 dragon -shaped pliers in 2 armpits because of the main. These dragon heads have fallen, damaged, lost many blades, legs ... but also recognize the appearance and gestures such as nose, upside -down nose, perch, bulging eyes, bat ears ... Here ALF typical of sculpture in the late seventeenth century in the early seventeenth century. The armpits of the communal house are mainly plainly shining, only a number of barge heads and piles are stylized with flowers, in stems, branches, flowers, and decorative leaves are stylized into dragon leaves and unicorn images in a subtle way. These touches are typical of the nineteenth century sculpture. In the communal house, there are still a number of precious relics such as the 5 -year -oldest dating back to the 28th Canh Hung (1767), a stone stele erected in the 8th year of Vinh Thinh (1712), 132 cm high, 80 cm wide, 4 cm thick with 2 -sided engraved sides, a set of created palanquin in the eighteenth century. The pieces are stylized into a dragon shape, a 4m long, 2.1 m long horizontal blow, and a curved hood, a set of long poem worshiping the Great Ky King. This is a sculpture at the end of the eighteenth century. The festival of the communal house was organized by the villagers and the authorities on the 11th and 12th of the lunar month. Every son of the countryside and in places gathered to the communal house to commemorate the merit of the village tutelary god, the Holy Holy Hau and his teacher. In these days, traditional games, folklore activities such as: Citadel, lotus dance, money dance, procession of Holy palanquin, procession of gifts, blindfolded goats, wrestling, swinging, cockfighting ... Cam Thinh communal house was ranked as a cultural historical monument in 2000, located in the ancient land with many valuable cultural and traditional heritage of the provincial cultural village. The relics of Cam Thinh communal house and some old houses in the village have become a attract to attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. However, over a long time due to the impact of the people and visitors, the communal houses have been renovated, embellished and met by tourists and people by the State and people.
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Pagoda (mild self)
Pagoda (mild self) The unique temple of the ancient village relics in Duong Lam The pagoda is located in the middle of the field, a few hundred meters from Mong Phu village gate. Looking at the overall of this monument is only a small house with ancient mossy nose tile roof, walls are built of thin, manual bricks. Other materials are also built with traditional materials of the semi -paint area. The name Nom of the pagoda is known to everyone as peaceful. There is also no source that confirms the specific timeline that the villagers call the temple name, and there are also many questions is why it is called a pagoda without any Buddha statue or any precious artifact to be worshiped. On the full moon day, the first day of the month also rarely saw people bringing offerings to worship and pilgrimage (except on March 3 and 1/4 of the lunar calendar every year). Although it has been through a few renovations, the most recent time is in 2010, with the supervision of experts from the Japanese international cooperation agency in Vietnam (JICA). During the renovation process, Japanese scientists and officials monitoring and supervising the agency have successfully implemented the tilted wall of the pagoda at a dangerous level to return to the current situation of safety. The items of the pagoda are overall. In the past few years, the villagers have also reinforced a number of other surrounding items such as: Intention, planting trees around, expanding the front yard of the temple. Whenever visiting this place, visitors often recounted an anecdote related to the temple that: The peaceful name is the name of a Chinese general (ancient Chinese), when the limit is as an official in Vietnam, he spends some time going to go to the road to Duong Lam land, seeing beautiful scenery. He then asked the villagers to stay in reclaiming and cultivating body cultivation. After many years of hardship, accumulated to eat bowls to eat a bowl to eat, he built a house to protect the village for the village. Because of being a martial arts general, with martial arts talent, on his spare days, he often invited the young man in the village to teach martial arts. In addition to the purpose of training health, it is also to prevent the enemy crushing and plundering the village. Before Lam Chung, he cast the bronze bell to engrave the 4 -word "peaceful pink". Legend has it that Mong Phu villagers still keep today. In addition, on the first two sentences of the temple, there are still Chinese characters, temporarily reading is "Starting the Tiger, Quy Xuan, Nham Ty Nhat, Mao Khac Tho, Binh Co, At Mao Nhat, Rooster Thoi, Thu Head negotiating sand. Ón. The pagoda festival takes place on March 3 of the lunar calendar every year, also coincides with the actual Korean New Year of the people in general in the Northern Delta villages. In addition to the offerings prepared by the villagers, including: sticky rice, castrated chicken, fruit, floral scent, the village boy must carry a 145kg bell from the Mong Mong family here to fight for 3 hours (but a total must be 99 hours). Those who are trusted by the villagers to beat the bells must be fulfilled, if not, there is a fault with the Holy Spirit. After the ceremony is completed, the Organizing Committee carried out the procedures to declare the wrestling. Called the "guild" but its exciting time only lasted a few hours, from 15:00 to the end of the evening. Typically, there are many people participating in wrestling, mainly village boys and surrounding areas. According to the old people, the years of the country were still in the war, they were absent from the handsome boys, only the elderly and young people. In peace, the wrestling was held vigorously and there were more thrilling glue, bringing emotions to many viewers, expressing intentions, health. The award has thus increased gradually. The source of reward and organization has also been supported by many organizations and individuals inside and outside the village volunteer through the competitors, tricking tips, ending the opponent ... On the 1st of the lunar calendar, in many other places, the villagers also held the ceremony to fall in the relics, in Mong Phu village, in parallel with the organization of worshiping in Mong Phu Dinh, there were gifts that the porridge was also brought here to offer the god. The porridge is scooped out the so -called Buo La Da, holding along the temple to the main road. In the past, every summer, the village area often had to suffer epidemics, pests, causing loss of crops, hot weather that easily gave birth, affecting human health. Therefore, also the ceremony on this day also expresses the meaning of the cool bridge (a less hot summer) and the prayer (a peaceful summer). Each time the pilgrims visit the ancient cultural heritage in Duong Lam, if once visiting this unique ancient temple is also told by the elderly in the village to listen to a few other attractive anecdotes. Although simple and small relics, but the valuable cultural property of the villagers, has been built, preserved by generations of people, experiencing historical and heritage stages that still exist in the field with the color of ancient mossy moss, that heritage has witnessed so many changes in the life and people of the traditional and cultural village.
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Ha Thai Communal House
The architectural and artistic relic of Ha Thai communal house, Duyen Thai commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi is one of 15 monuments in the country ranked as a national monument by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the first phase of 2017. . The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued decision No. 824/QD- BVHTTDL recognizing the architectural and artistic relic of Ha Thai communal house, Duyen Hai commune, Thuong Tin, Hanoi as a national monument. Ha Thai communal house, Duyen Thai commune, Thuong Tin district has bold architectural features of the Northern Delta with banyan trees, water wharf, and communal house yard. This is the place to worship the two village tutelary gods, the military mandarin of Le Bui Si Luong's reign and Mrs. Dinh Thi Trach (also known as Mrs. Lay) who sacrificed her life to let the villagers escape the disaster to pay tribute. The genealogy records that: previously this land was desolate, overgrown with trees and sparsely populated. At that time, there was a ferocious tiger in the forest, called the wolf tiger by the villagers, who often came to capture people and livestock to eat. Unable to capture this mature tiger, the villagers had to pay tribute to the tiger every year on November 10. In the village, there was Mrs. Lay, a woman without a husband or children. Understanding the pain and loss of the villagers, she voluntarily offered herself to the tiger with the hope that this tribute would stop. Her prayer before heaven and earth seemed sacred and fulfilled, because since November 10 of that year when the tiger came to pounce on Ms. Oi and took her away, people have no longer seen the tiger return to harass her. To commemorate her merits, the people built a shrine. She was later honored as the village's tutelary god and that shrine became Ha Thai village communal house and took November 10 every year as the traditional village festival. Ha Thai village communal house is also related to the military mandarin during the reign of Le Bui Si Luong (1544-1597), he held the position of Grand Master and Commander of the Palace. As a man of excellent literary and military intelligence, he had great contributions in defending Le and destroying Mac. When he came to Ha Thai, realizing that this land had the power of dragons worshiping tigers, he chose Ha Thai to establish a family home and teach people to start a business, so after his death, he was also honored as the village's Tutelary God. Ha Thai village festival takes place from the 9th to the 11th of the 11th lunar month every year and attracts a large number of tourists from all over. Source Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports.
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LOWER DINH, UPPER DINH THUONG
Lower communal house and Upper communal house belong to Tu Nhien commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi city. According to legend, the remaining divine genealogies and ordinations, the two communal houses worship Chu Dong Tu (one of the four immortals of the Vietnamese people) and his two wives, Princess Tien Dung and Hong Van. After Princess Tien Dung married Chu Dong Tu, the two learned magic to cure diseases and save people, and together with the villagers, renovated and expanded the land, planted crops, and raised livestock to establish a prosperous village. When King Hung heard the news, he was angry and ordered his soldiers to take him back to the court to punish him. Knowing that news, Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung magically flew back to heaven, carrying with them Hong Van of Tu Nhien land. The people were grateful and built a temple. The Upper Communal House and the Lower Communal House are two parallel architectural works, with similar dates, built in the Later Le Dynasty; embellished and renovated to make the Harem Palace at the end of the Nguyen Dynasty. The difference is that the Thuong Dai Pagoda does not have the legend "Mother Dragon" but has the legend "Doc Dragon". The Upper Communal House has 69 ordinations, 3 more than the Lower Communal House. Tu Nhien village's festival takes place on the 1st day of the 4th month (lunar calendar). On this day, the villagers organize a Long Ngu procession including 07 palanquins of three communal houses: Upper communal house, Lower communal house, Thuy tribe communal house to recreate the love story thousands of years ago of Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung. Both communal houses are ranked as national relics: Ha Communal House was ranked in 1988, Thuong Communal House was ranked in 2002. Source Electronic information portal of Thuong Tin district, Hanoi city.
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Relics of communal houses, temples, and Dao Xa pagoda.
Coming to Dao Xa village, Thang Loi commune, Thuong Tin district, visitors will admire the ancient and unique features of the cluster of communal house and pagoda relics with sophisticated and unique features in architecture, and be immersed in Green, clean, beautiful space of a peaceful village with talented, friendly, hospitable people... Thang Loi commune, Thuong Tin district, is famous for Dao Xa embroidery village with products of sophisticated artistic quality. This place is also a destination for many tourists from near and far because of a unique architectural complex including the East communal house, the Western communal house, and Dao Xa pagoda. All three of these relics were ranked national historical and cultural relics by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2000. Dao Xa possesses a special feature that few other localities have: in one village there are two communal houses adjacent to each other. The two communal houses are distinguished by their rustic and rustic names: Eastern communal house and Western communal house. Tay Dao Xa Communal House was originally a temple to worship Chu Dong Tu (one of the Four Immortals of the Vietnamese people) and Princess Tien Dung. Legend has it that Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung once passed by Dao Xa village and saw the charming scenery and stopped to rest. To commemorate the Saint and the Princess, people built a temple. The temple was built during the early Chinh Hoa period (1680-1705), the reign of King Le Hy Tong, and has architecture in the style of the word "two". Later, the temple became a village communal house. In front of the Western communal house, there is a pair of stone crocodiles - popular mascots of the Ly - Tran dynasties, still intact. The great pavilion has 5 steps, the roof is covered with fish-scale tiles, the top is embossed with the image of two dragons painting pearls, and there are roofs on both sides. The distance between the main altar and the upper hall is about 1m, on both sides the gate is decorated with an open holy mat. On both sides of the great altar wall are two sunken stone steles recording the restoration event of the communal house. The great altar has two great Chinese characters: "Nac Doc Chung Linh" and "Higher Class Spiritual Words" praising the merits of Saint Chu Dong Tu. The system of wooden pillars is placed on stone pedestals, the seven heads are carved with exquisite dragon shapes and the mascots are carved separately on the beam system. Dong Dao Xa Communal House was formerly Palm Leaf Temple, built in the early 20th century in a "tam"-shaped continuous architectural style. The three folds of the house gradually increase from the outside to the inside. The altar house has 4 rows of wooden pillars placed on stone pillars in a collared style. On the left is a stone dog lying with its head facing out. The temple worships the father of embroidery, Le Cong Hanh (1606-1661), originally from Quat Dong village (now Quat Dong commune, Thuong Tin district). Thanks to its great spiritual value, the temple was converted into a communal house and called the Eastern communal house to distinguish it from the Western communal house worshiping Chu Dong Tu - Tien Dung. The Eastern communal house is smaller in scale than the Western communal house. Dong Dao Xa communal house is where the death anniversary of embroidery master Le Cong Hanh is held on June 12 (lunar calendar) every year. Located between the two communal houses is Dao Xa pagoda (Van La pagoda), small in scale, with 36 statues arranged in layers from the altar to the upper palace. In front of the pagoda's yard, there is an incense tree carved with Chinese characters: "Vinh Khanh, the year of the year at At Dau, five moons, five moons and five moons" (built in 1729, during the reign of King Le Duy Phuong). Dao Xa is one of the few villages that still retains the spiritual architecture of the communal house - temple - pagoda and the system of courtyards, gates, ponds and ancient trees. The three gates are the common gate for the entire complex and are sculpted in detail. Over time, the three gates have acquired an ancient and majestic beauty. Each gate has 2 floors, a bell tower, and a reception floor. The main gate has 4 Chinese characters inscribed on it "Nhat edict, moonlight forest", facing southwest, 15m high, in front of it is a large yard creating a majestic and majestic look when viewed from afar. Dao Xa village festival is held on February 12 (lunar calendar). Every 5 years, there is a ceremony to bathe Thanh Chu Dong Tu and Princess Tien Dung with water taken from Da Trach lagoon (Hung Yen province). With great historical values, in 2000, the Eastern communal house, Western communal house and Dao Xa pagoda were ranked national historical and cultural relics by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In 2009, Dao Xa village was recognized by the Hanoi People's Committee as a Traditional Craft Village. Dao Xa is chosen by many tourists from near and far as a destination in their spiritual cultural tourism journey. Coming to Dao Xa, visitors will admire the ancient and unique features of the temple relic cluster with sophisticated and unique features in architecture, and be immersed in the green, clean and beautiful space of the village. still retains the characteristics of the Northern Delta countryside. Not only that, if you have time, visitors will have more wonderful experiences at Dao Xa embroidery village to understand more about this land and people. Source Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports.
Hanoi
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Rating : National monument
Ha Hoi Communal House
Ha Hoi is a commune in the northeast of Thuong Tin district. Before the August Revolution of 1945, Ha Hoi commune belonged to Ha Hoi district, Thuong Tin district, Ha Dong province. When talking about Ha Hoi commune, we must mention the ancient communal house located in the center of the commune - Ha Hoi communal house, which is one of 6 ancient communal houses in the Northern Delta that still exists today. The communal house was built more than 400 years ago during the Le Dynasty, 16th century. According to archaeologists, the communal house was built in 1578, during the reign of Mac Mau Hop, to worship Saint Cao Son, the village's tutelary god. Due to his many contributions to the people and the country, Mr. Cao Son Dai Vuong was conferred 24 titles by dynasties that are still kept today, the highest of which is Supreme Rank Most Holy Spirit. Through history, the communal house has gone through many dynasties, ups and downs of time and war, the communal house has been renovated many times, but still retains the quintessential artistic and architectural values of the artisans. old. Ha Hoi Communal House was built in a Tam-shaped layout, facing South and East, with a fairly large water pavilion in front. The great communal house consists of 3 large items, located parallel and adjacent, including: the Great Court, the Central Palace and the Harem. The communal house's roof is designed in the shape of a boat with tiled bows, the rafters are designed in a bed-stacking system, creating a solid appearance for the communal house. The floor is paved with monolithic stones, creating a cool space. The communal house still retains and preserves the architectural carvings and artistic sculptures, shown in the statues such as: Four sacred animals (Dragon, unicorn, tortoise, phoenix), mouse looking at the head of the lotus leaf, the remaining heads, The dragon-carved trap head is extremely soft and sophisticated. The Chinese-Vietnamese transliteration of the horizontal panel in the Central Palace is: "Protect the country for the people" (translation: Help the country, protect all people). Next to it are a couple of parallel sentences. Sino-Vietnamese transliteration is as follows: “Nai Van Nai Vu, the gods of the sea protect the people, The most outstanding and the most spiritual, the holy virtue always remains in the country." Translation: "As literature and martial arts, my merits are like underground lakes and oceans that help people stay peaceful, Outstanding and majestic, the saint's virtues are passed down to maintain the peaceful fortunes of the country." Outside the Dai Bai pavilion, there is a horizontal panel in the middle with four words inscribed on it: "Son anh ha tu" (Temporarily translated as: Mountains and rivers of heroic spirits). In addition, the communal house also preserves many parallel sentences, horizontal panels, hammock doors... and architectural items in the traditional Northern style, especially two Siamese stone Buddha statues right in front of the Harem gate. Outside the yard, in front of the grand altar, on both gables there are two stone dog statues, in the middle there are two stone pedestals carved with delicate and meticulous dragons made of Lam Son stone (Thanh Hoa). The two rows of houses on both sides (left desert - right desert) are slightly set back from the main palace. Looking from the outside at the gate of Ha Hoi communal house, there are up to 5 doors, also known as (five gates), different from other communal houses, the gate is designed in an arc shape, embracing the communal house, with three doors in the middle. It has the appearance of a three-door gate, the main door is up to 15m high, the lower floor is built into square blocks, the door is in the form of a dome, the roof is in the style of a stack of matches and covered with ri tiles. The two sides of the side door are built smaller, one-story style, connected to the wall running around the area leading to the Ta Mac - Huu Mac house. Past the Five Gates connecting to the narrow yard across the water pavilion is a brick bridge with 5 spans, the bridge wall is decorated with turquoise glazed tiles. It can be said that Ha Hoi Communal House is an architectural work of art, the entire space is a synthesis of knowledge, it carries the soul of national architecture, containing within itself a whole cultural and historical system. With its artistic and historical values, Ha Hoi Communal House is like a historical treasure that ancestors left behind for posterity. On December 23, 1985, Ha Hoi Communal House was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a National Historical and Cultural Relic. Source Electronic information portal of Thuong Tin district, Hanoi city.
Hanoi
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Rating : National monument
General La Phu Communal House
Tong La Phu communal house is the communal house of four people: La Uyen, Phuc Trai, Tho Ngai, Mai Hong (Tan Minh commune) and Mai Sao (Nguyen Trai commune), La Phu canton, Thuong Phuc district in the past (now belongs to Tan Minh commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi), built nearly five centuries ago. The communal house is still called by its general name, La Phu communal house. The communal house is located on a piece of land near La Uyen village, in front of the communal house is the Nhue Giang river, an important waterway of the country, connecting the capital Thang Long to the former Son Nam Thuong region. This is also one of the few oldest general communal houses not only in Hanoi, but in the entire Northern Delta region. According to the jade genealogy book and folk historical documents, the three deities in La communal house are the great king Minh Lang, the great king An Lang and the great king Xa Than. The three great kings are heroes who have contributed to the people and the country, and are honored by the people. The Great King Minh Lang is General Nguyen Phuc, a former god of the post-Le Dynasty. He was originally from Doan Tung commune, Truong Tan district of Dong (now Hai Duong), passed the Doctor of Hoang Giap faculty of Quy Dau, in the 11th year of Thai Hoa (1453) under the reign of Le Nhan Tong. During his life as a mandarin, he held the position of Academician, concurrently the position of Deputy Thai, and teacher of Le Thanh Tong when he was young. When King Le Thanh Tong went to fight the Champa invaders, he sent Nguyen Phuc to command the transportation of military provisions. During the sea transport, there was a storm and the military supplies arrived one day late, so they were punished by death according to military law. Because he had military provisions, the king defeated the Champa army. When he returned to discuss the reward, King Le Thanh Tong vindicated Nguyen Phuc and bestowed upon him the title Minh Lang Dai Vuong, protector of the country and people, protector of the country, and at the same time, decreed 72 places of worship. Originally, the temple had a Dai Bai house, an artistic architectural work built during the Mac Dynasty, with a rectangular floor plan of 24m30m long, 9m30 wide, 1m30 wide porch, four wide, low spreading communal roofs. The boats' four-sided roofs run in the shape of the boat's sides, intersecting to create curved corners that glide up into the sky. Wooden knife carved with flower petals. The edge of the roof, the edge of the communal house's roof are covered with nails. The roof leaves of the communal house are layered with funny-nosed tiles. During the Nguyen Dynasty, King Bao Dai 11 (1936) built a 3-room harem with a house in the back located parallel to the Dai Bai. In 1948, the French invaders burned down the harem, and when peace unified the country, the people contributed to rebuilding it. In particular, about the sculptural art of the Le - Mac dynasties on the architecture of two sets of nave, the back of which borders the harem, a set of pillars with an artistic sculpture cast engraved with a dragon creating an oval shape. The dragon is shaped like a saddle, with its head in the middle of its body, revealing bulging eyes, a round nose, a flared mouth, and bat ears. From the dragon's head, thin rays of spears emanate from both sides. This is a quite vivid piece of wood sculpture art of the Mac Dynasty. On the second porch, behind the harem, the Mac dynasty dragon is engraved on the dome, on the head of the rampart and on the porch. The dragon here has a saddle-shaped body with big ears, bulging eyes, and a quill tail. The dragon's face in the middle is placed on the back of the saddle, with a wide mouth, flat nose and raised forehead. What remains at La Phu communal house, although not much, has contributed to providing material for art research. During the Mac Dynasty, it was one of the five communal houses bearing the mark of the oldest communal house. Behind is the harem, a 3-compartment house located behind and running parallel to the Dai Bai, built with gabled walls, two flowing roofs, tiled roofs with nail-shaped roofs, rectangular pinnacles, wooden architecture. The rafters are made in the form of hitching a bridge truss and have a domed ceiling system of a crab roof. Currently, La communal house still preserves many rare artifacts such as genealogies, 38 ordinations, the earliest ordination of King Le Vinh Thinh (1705); a palanquin with a tribute bowl carved with a dragon's head, a pearl in its mouth, a big round nose, and a mane of netted hair flying back in the Le Dynasty's art style; 5 wooden boards carved with dragon and horse saddles of the Mac Dynasty; 2 sculptural stone turtles of the Le Dynasty; 3 sets of parallel sentences; 3 thrones carved with different dragon heads from the Nguyen Dynasty... Every year, La communal house opens two festivals, spring and autumn two times. The main festival is on the 12th day of the 8th lunar month. The annual festival still takes place normally, but the main festival is only held once every 2 years and on three days, the 11th, 12th, and 13th of the 8th lunar month. With historical, cultural, architectural and artistic values, La communal house was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Monument in 2003. Source Electronic information portal of Thuong Tin district, Hanoi city.
Hanoi
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Rating : National monument
Nguyen Trai Temple.
Nguyen Trai Church is located in Nhi Khe commune, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi. Nguyen Trai (1380 - 1442), a national hero, outstanding cultural figure, and world cultural celebrity, was recognized by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1980. Nguyen Trai Church was built in Nhi Khe village, Nhi Khe commune, Thuong Tin district. In Con Son (Hai Duong) and other places there are also temples worshiping famous person - national hero Nguyen Trai. The gate of Nhi Khe village is embossed with four large Chinese characters: "Like seeing a great guest" (like seeing a big guest). That is the heart of the ancients who came to the village. This gate is also called "Quoc Gate" - according to legend, it is called so to commemorate the founder of the country Nguyen Trai. After passing the National Gate, a short distance leads to the Nguyen Trai church area with the Nguyen Trai monument, the church, the exhibition house "Nguyen Trai's life and career", and Nhi Khe library. Since then, the church has welcomed millions of visitors to admire and admire a work with good content, portraying Nguyen Trai - a talented man of literature and martial arts. Through the monument area you will reach the church. In front of the church there is a semicircular lake. The church has a system of pillars, walls, cannon gates... elaborately painted in the style of a village communal house. Through a small brick yard to reach Dai Bai, Nguyen Trai church was built of four-stone wood, gabled, and covered with ancient tiles. The church has the architectural appearance of the Nguyen Dynasty - the result of renovations in the 19th century. The art of architecture tends to be durable, smooth, and sharp. The highlight of the Dai Pagoda building is that the great paintings, horizontal panels and parallel sentences are all painted with gold or silver plated with gold to show respect and gratitude to the great mandarin and poet Nguyen Trai. Those are the royal concubines: Opening the country Nguyen Huan, Binh Ngo opening the country, Simple close to the people... On the altar of Nguyen Trai in the Hau Palace, there is a portrait of Nguyen Trai and the ordination box of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. In particular, there is a sign to honor the words of King Le Thanh Tong, in the 5th year of Quang Thuan (1464), "Uc Trai's heart is bright and beautiful" (Nguyen Trai's heart is as bright and beautiful as Khue star). That was the king's vindication of Nguyen Trai. Visiting Nguyen Trai church, guests will be introduced to "Guava Farm" and "Ao Hue" about Nguyen Trai's father, Nguyen Phi Khanh, who opened a teaching school. Nguyen Trai's great career is boldly imprinted on Nhi Khe land. Nguyen Trai Church has been renovated many times. On the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, Hanoi city and Thuong Tin district invested funds to restore and renovate the entire Nguyen Trai memorial area. Nguyen Trai Church was ranked as a historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1964. Source Electronic information portal of Thuong Tin district, Hanoi city.
Hanoi
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Rating : National monument