Bột Xuyên Communal House

Bột Xuyên Communal House (Bột Xuyên commune, former Mỹ Đức district), now Bột Xuyên village, Phúc Sơn commune. According to the genealogy, royal edicts, and spirit tablets currently preserved at the communal house, Bột Xuyên village honors a deity named Nguyễn Uy as the village tutelary god.

Nguyễn Uy was a talented general during the reign of the 18th Hùng King. In his youth, he was a student of Tản Viên Sơn Thánh and was assigned by Hùng Duệ Vương to command troops, being granted the title of Great General and Commander-in-Chief of the land and naval patrol forces of the Western-Southern route. On the way to fight the enemy, Nguyễn Uy led his troops to Bột Xuyên village, established a military post, and blocked the enemy's advance. Here, under Nguyễn Uy's command, the insurgent army defeated many rebel forces and protected the territory of the Văn Lang nation.

When he arrived at Bột Xuyên village, Nguyễn Uy contributed to establishing villages and hamlets and creating good traditions, customs, and practices for the people. After he passed away, local people were grateful and revered him as the village tutelary god. Through successive dynasties, he was bestowed honorific titles for the people to worship:

“Supreme, most sacred deity who upholds the law and protects the country, establishes brightness and precedes the ancestors, embodies the will to pacify the people with courage and strategy, and has vast, awe-inspiring virtue, the Great King.”

In 1993, Bột Xuyên Communal House was ranked as an architectural and artistic relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information. In 2026, with the attention of higher authorities, the communal house was restored and embellished to promote the value of the relic.