Dien Loc Communal House, Dai Bai commune, Gia Binh district

18/03/2020 09:17

(BNP) – Dien Loc Communal House is a place of worshipping craft founder Nguyen Cong Truyen and its post-elders including Nguyen Viet Lai, Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Vu Viet Thai, Pham Ngoc Thanh, Nguyen Cong Tam, who have the merit of expanding developing traditional bronze casting.

Dien Loc Communal House.

Dien Loc Communal House located in the middle of Tay hamlet, opposite to Dai Bai market, Dai Bai commune, Gia Binh district. The architectural work of the Communal House consisted of gate, yard and Front Ceremonial Hall. Front Ceremonial Hall includes 3 compartments (gian), 2 lean-tos (chái), 4 roofs (mái) and Emperor’s harem with 1 compartment 2 lean-tos and 1 roof, forming architecture of Chinese “Dinh" letter

Dien Loc Communal House also preserved many valuable antiquities such as 03 title conferment decrees for ancestor Nguyen Cong Truyen (in the years: 1913, 1917, 1924), the diaphragm system, parallel sentences, the bronze artifacts are exquisitely made by the hands of Dai Bai copper workers... Among the archaeological documents of Dien Loccommunal house, the portrait of the ancestor of Nguyen Cong Truyen is most valuable statue, this is a work of unique artworks which show the ingenuity of Dai Bai copper craftsman.

Like other spiritual-cultural works of the village, Dinh Dien Loc was completely destroyed during the anti-French resistance war. By 1992, Communal house was restored on the old ground in the traditional shape and Nguyen Cong's craft. The retribution is worshiped here.