Hoai Thi communal house

04/06/2024 08:39

(BNP) - Hoai Thi communal house (Lien Bao commune, Tien Du district) was built a long time ago and has a large architectural scale. During the reign of King Le Du Tong, the communal house was restored by Nguyen Dang Dao, with exquisite artistic carvings. During the resistance war against the French, it was destroyed. By 1993, people had restored the entire communal house with socialized capital.


Entrance to Hoai Thi communal house.

Hoai Thi communal house is a place to worship Princess Dong Long of the Ly Dynasty, daughter of King Ly Nhan Tong

Great Communal Hall


On the roof of the temple are two statues of dragons looking at the moon


The curved blade is decorated with an artistic dragon head.


Inside the main worship space at the communal house.


Horizontal lacquered board


 


Ordinations

Currently, the princess's mausoleum is built on an area of ​​about 5m, square in shape, in the style of a royal court. The mausoleum was built with new materials; on the right is the village communal house; on the left is the pagoda; in front is the main traffic road of the village.


 


Exquisite architectural carvings in the communal house.

Currently, Hoai Thi communal house has the architecture of Chinese “Dinh” letter including the Great Communal Hall and the Emperor’s Harem.


The altar inside the Emperor’s Harem.


The painting simulates the portrait of Princess Dong Long of the Ly Dynasty.


The princess's mausoleum

The Emperor’s Harem has Nguyen Dynasty architecture.


Dragon stone


The communal house is surrounded by a fence, bordering the residential area.

Every year, on January 10 lunar calendar, Hoai Thi communal house holds a festival. In addition, the communal house also has special days such as: Autumn festival on August 15; the village tutelary god's death anniversary on October 15, and the first week of the full moon day, when villagers all go to the communal house to burn incense to pray for health, peace and luck.


 

Hoai Thi communal house is ranked as a provincial-level historical and cultural relic on Decision No. 127/QD-UBND, dated February 9, 2015.

By T.L