Bao Thap communal house

24/11/2022 08:52

(BNP) - Bao Thap communal house (Bao Thap village, Dong Cuu commune, Gia Binh district) was built a long time ago, until about the first half of the 19th century, the communal house was moved to its present position on a large scale. The communal house worships great tutor Le Van Thinh and Doan Cong - a talented general who together with Hai Ba Trung defeated the To Dinh invaders, contributing to the defense and construction of the state in the early years of the Common Era.


Nghi mon (alter-curtain) of Bao Thap communal house.

Bao Thap communal house has Nghi mon (alter-curtain) and Dai Dinh (Great Communal Hall).


Great Communal Hall


On the roof of communal house are two statues of dragons looking at the moon

Great Communal Hall has an architecture of Chinese ‘Dinh” letter.


The main altar of the Great Communal Hall.

Hau Cung (Emperor’s Harem).


Horizontal lacquered board in the Great Communal Hall.


Throne


Ancient incense bowl.


Ordination.


Ancestral tablet


Wooden horse.

Bao Thap communal house’s festival is opened on the 6 February lunar month in the years of the Monkey, the Rat, and the Dragon.


 

Bao Thap communal house has been ranked as a provincial historical - cultural relic in Decision No. 237/QD-CT dated February 20, 2004.

By T.L