Nguyen Truc Temple
Introduction
1. Ranking classification
Nguyen Truc Temple was ranked at city level under Decision No. 174 QD/UB dated 05/02/2002 by the People's Committee of former Ha Tay Province, now the Hanoi City People's Committee
Next to the ancient communal house is the village temple, where the village worships the Two-Country Trang Nguyen
2. Value of the relic
On May 16 of the Dinh Dau year (1417), one year before Le Loi launched his uprising, at Long Dau Hermitage - Phat Tich Mountain, Thien Phuoc Commune, Yen Son District, Quoc Oai Prefecture (now Sai Son Commune, Quoc Oai District), a cultural celebrity who brought glory to the country in the Early Le period was born: Nguyen Truc, courtesy name Cong Dinh, pseudonym Hien Vu
He was born into a family with a literary tradition. His father was Nguyen Thoi Trung, from Boi Khe Village, Thanh Oai District, Ung Thien Prefecture
His mother was Do Thi Chung, a native of Nghia Bang Village, Yen Son District, Quoc Oai Prefecture (now Nghia Huong Commune, Quoc Oai District)
At birth, Nguyen Truc had an extraordinarily grand appearance. At the age of four, he was unusually intelligent. By age 12 he already enjoyed composing poetry and had mastered the classics and histories
In the Giap Dan year, the first year of the Thieu Binh era (1435), at just 18, he took the provincial examination and passed, ranking second among first-class candidates
On May 12 of the Bao Dai year (1442), he took the Nham Tuat examination and passed as Trang Nguyen. Nguyen Truc was appointed "Quoc Tu Giam Thi Thu". That year he was only 25 years old
Having passed at the Quoc Tu Giam, he did not accept the post but returned to Liem Bang Commune to teach in his home village (Dinh Tu)
He was born in his maternal hometown. When he passed away, his grave was buried in Nghia Huong Commune. After reburial, it was placed in Hoa Thach Commune. He was only 58 then, dying on December 28
Remembering his merits and honoring a cultural intellectual, our village established a temple to the Trang Nguyen, called the temple of the "Two-Country Trang Nguyen" (i.e., Nguyen Tung Truc)
To commemorate him, each year the people take his two days of birth and death as ceremonial days:
His birthday is the 16th day of the 5th lunar month
His death anniversary is the 28th day of the 12th lunar month
The seasonal (autumn) and harvest ceremony days are:
Spring: 18th day of the 2nd lunar month
Autumn ceremony: 18th day of the 8th lunar month
