Dong Ba Communal Temple
Introduction
Based on the earliest royal edict, dating from the Later Le dynasty under the Canh Hung era, 28th year (1767), during the reign of King Le Hien Tong, it can be seen that Dong Ba Communal Temple was established many years before that. Dong Ba Communal Temple is where three village tutelary deities are worshipped: Quach Lang, Dinh Bach Nuong, and Dinh Tinh Nuong.
Dong Ba Communal Temple is a large, beautiful, and imposing architectural work. In front of the temple there is also a wide lake that creates a beautiful landscape for the traditional architecture. Outside the temple gate is a large-scale gate formed by combined pillars. The main hall has a 'ding'-shaped architecture consisting of 5 bays and 2 side bays and one rear sanctuary. In front of the main hall is the front worship building. On both sides of the front worship building are two rows of covered corridors.
The temple currently preserves many valuable artifacts, such as a pair of worship cranes 2.5m high dating from the 17th century, and a scroll carved with dragons flanking a dragon horse and a phoenix dating from the 19th century. A ceremonial gate with relief carvings of a dragon curling in water, two dragons flanking the moon, a dragon horse carrying the sun, a phoenix holding a book, and a turtle carrying a book box (19th-20th century). A pair of couplets, horizontal plaques, phong statues, a wooden platform carved with four seasons motifs, a set of eight treasures, and a set of stone incense burners carved with flanking dragons... In particular, there are also 13 royal edicts from the three dynasties of Le, Tay Son, and Nguyen conferring deity titles on the village tutelary deities worshipped at the temple.
The traditional festival of Dong Ba Communal Temple is held on the 10th day of the 2nd lunar month every year, with a solemn ceremonial part and a festival part that restores many traditional folk games. These include a tug-of-war competition that attracts a large number of local people and visitors from far and wide.
Dong Ba Communal Temple was ranked as a historical-cultural relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information under a Decision dated April 22, 1992.


