Thuan Tien Communal House Relic

Thuan Tien Communal House is located in Thuan Tien village, Duong Xa commune. It was built around the 18th century and is the place of worship for Lady Nguyen Phi Y Lan - a virtuous woman talented in governing the country and caring for the people.

In 1961, implementing the state's policy on relocating residential areas to new places so that the state could build a factory, the local people moved the communal house to its current location. In 1992, the people rebuilt the communal house at the cultural center of Thuan Tien village. The communal house consists of three bays, in the style of closed gable walls with ngai-style arms, a tiled roof, and three entrances; on both sides of the gable ends, two ceremonial pillars were built, with tops decorated with chai gianh motifs, and the pillar bodies and central door of the communal house are decorated and painted with a pair of parallel couplets. The communal house courtyard is paved with bricks, surrounded by walls and planted with fruit trees, creating an airy space for the relic.

Currently, the communal house still preserves many relics diverse in type and quantity, such as: horizontal lacquered boards, parallel couplets, bronze censers, sets of five ritual objects in bronze and wood, bronze bells, bronze gongs, big drums, sets of eight treasures, palanquins, and wooden worship horses. Especially, the statue of Lady Nguyen Phi Y Lan carved from jackfruit wood, 0.95m high, is solemnly placed in a wooden shrine 1.7m long and 1.8m high; the shrine is carved with floral patterns and painted red and gilded.

Every year on the 10th day of the third lunar month, the people of Thuan Tien village organize a festival; in addition to the solemn ceremony offering incense in memory of Lady Nguyen Phi Y Lan, there is a festive part with folk games such as cockfighting, releasing pigeons...