Thuong Temple (My Duc Commune)

Located on the alluvial land at the entrance of Phu Luu Te Thuong Hamlet, next to the gentle Day River, Upper Temple it is a spiritual architectural work with a tranquil, ancient, and poetic beauty. The temple's outstanding feature is its secluded space, hidden among old longan trees, creating a quiet scene facing southeast. Architecturally, the temple is structured in the traditional style with three buildings: Tien Te, Dai Bai, and Hau Cung. Among them, the five-bay Tien Te building impresses with its pair of sloping roofs with closed gables, a roof ridge embossed with the image of two dragons flanking the moon, and a pair of intricately carved Nghê, showing majestic carved patterns. Thuong Temple is where Saint Cao Son Quy Minh (whose taboo name is Nguyen Sung) is worshipped – an efficacious deity honored by many feudal dynasties from the Canh Hung to Khai Dinh periods through noble honorific titles. Through the ups and downs of history since the 17th century, having been devastated during the resistance war and restored in 1993, the temple still preserves its cultural and historical values, was officially ranked as a Historical and Cultural Relic in 2004, and has become a solid spiritual mainstay for the people of Phu Luu Te.