Lac Trung Communal House Historical - Artistic Relic

Lac Trung Communal House (also called Lac Trung B Communal House) is located at 141/325 Kim Nguu Street, Vinh Tuy Ward, Hanoi City.
Lac Trung Communal House was built during the Nguyen Dynasty and has undergone many renovations. The relic currently preserves 5 royal edicts (copies), the earliest dating to the 6th year of Tu Duc's reign (1853). In the past, the relic had beautiful natural scenery, with a large lotus pond in front and an ancient banyan tree; the communal house has a ground plan in the shape of the character 'Dinh'; to its right is the Trinh family's Van Chi (literary shrine); to its left is the Tao Xa house (used to store palanquins and items for processions and rituals).
The Tien Te (front hall) of Lac Trung Communal House was once used to teach elementary-level Binh Dan Hoc Vu (mass education) classes until the August Revolution in the year 1945. OnJune 21, 1992, Lac Trung Communal House was restored. On July 5, 1997, a memorial was inaugurated for 122 martyrs from the ward who died fighting the French and Americans and bravely sacrificed their lives for the independence and freedom of the nation, in the grounds of Lac Trung Communal House. The current architectural scale bears the mark of the 2004 restoration.
Includes: Nghi Mon (ceremonial gate), Tien Te (front hall), Hau Cung (rear sanctuary), courtyard and garden, mini landscape, and the stele house memorializing the ward's heroic martyrs.
Currently, the communal house still preserves artifacts such as: 6 pairs of parallel sentences, 6 horizontal plaques, 2 scrolls, 4 curtained doors, 3 sets of thrones, 2 sets of ceremonial weapons, a palanquin, and 3 incense tables... decorated with the four sacred creatures and four precious plants, dating to the 20th-century artistic period. In particular, there are two horizontal plaques carved on wood, made in the autumn of the Tan Mui year during the Bao Dai reign (1931), with the contents: 'Thanh bat kha yem' (Truth cannot be concealed) and the horizontal plaque 'Dan thu ky tu' (The people receive blessings bestowed by the God).
In July 2014, Lac Trung Communal House was granted a plaque by Hanoi City as a memorial site for revolutionary resistance events.
Every year, Lac Trung Communal House restores its festival on the 12th day of the 2nd lunar month (the God's birthday) and the 12th day of the 8th lunar month (the God's death anniversary) to show the people's reverence for the village tutelary god who rendered services to the people and the country, and to educate local younger generations in tradition. In addition, the relic also hosts ceremonies: on the 7th day of the first lunar month, the ceremony of lowering the cay neu (New Year pole), combined with birthday celebrations for elderly people in the residential cluster; on the 1st day of the 4th lunar month, the summer-entry ceremony; on the 1st day of the 7th lunar month, the summer-exit ceremony; on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the Vu Lan ceremony of filial piety and gratitude; and on the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, the year-end ceremony.
Currently, Lac Trung Communal House is not only a place for worshipping the village tutelary god but also a venue for cultural exchange, study, and meetings of local people. In 2012, Lac Trung Communal House was recognized as a city-level historical - artistic relic.