Phu Yen Communal House

Phu Yen Communal House, Ung Thien Commune, Hanoi City, is located right in the middle of the three-way junction at Ta Day Bridge and is one of the communal houses dedicated to Ly Nam De - a national liberation hero of the 6th century and the first person to proclaim himself Emperor in our country. According to villagers' accounts and some documents currently kept at the relic, Phu Yen Communal House was built long ago. Based on remaining traces such as palanquins, altar curtains, and stone bases (with Le dynasty patterns), Phu Yen Communal House is a work of 20th-century artistic architecture. From the outside, we can clearly see a longitudinal house with a modest architectural volume. The longitudinal house has two roofs; the two front roofs at the closed gable walls have three doors, with the central door wider than the two side doors; the front wall is built high, and in the center a low wall is built like a stele forehead with a relief of dragons adoring the moon. The interior space is divided into two bays; the outer bay is the ceremony area, with ritual objects arranged inside. The roof frame is uniformly made in a truss style leaning toward durability, creating an airy space for people to come and worship. Below is a system of ritual objects including couplets, incense bowls, incense tables, decree boxes, dragon thrones, saint statues, and sacrificial objects...

Phu Yen Communal House was ranked as a historical-cultural relic by the Hanoi City People's Committee in 2011./.