Thuong Village Communal House (Duong Ha)

Thuong Village Communal House is named after the place in Thuong Village, Phu Dong Commune.

This is a memorial site for the hero Ha Vi Uyen, who served the country from the very first page of the history of the struggle for national independence nearly two thousand years ago, and it is a valuable source of material on the Trung Sisters' uprising. The presence of Thuong Village Communal House serves as a link in the journey of the Trung Sisters from Me Linh through Co Loa - Duong Ha, down the Duong River to attack Luy Lau (the capital of the invaders at that time). Remembering the merits of the national hero, the people of the three villages of the former Ha Duong canton, Duong Ha, all honored him as the village's tutelary god.

Local legends and spirit records say: After a fierce battle with Ma Yuan's troops at Lang Bac, by order of Trung Vuong, Ha Vi Uyen withdrew his troops to the old camp at Ha Duong (Duong Ha) to consolidate his forces, and later he passed away there. Hearing this, Trung Vuong issued an edict to the people of Ha Duong Village to repair the temple and pagoda for eternal worship. In 968, King Dinh Tien Hoang, after quelling the rebellion of the 12 warlords, issued an edict for Duong Village to rebuild the communal house for worship and conferred the title: First Conferment on Ha Uyen, Trusted National Great King.

In addition, the communal house also worships Trung Thien Dao Loi Pham Thien Vuong, known as a heavenly being who descended to help the people and save the country, and jointly worships four left and right rear generals who served the country through various dynasties: Phu Xuyen - Phuc Thai Minh Tri Le Tuong Cong (Le Thai Bao); Thai Bao Phu Xuyen - Chinh Phu Nhan Tu Tai Ty Tam Bo Tat (Nguyen Quy Thi); Right Chief Eunuch General (Lam Chu Loc) and Left Junior Supervisor Khoa Tho Ba General (Nguyen Dinh Que).

Thuong Village Communal House has origins from ancient times; by the 16th century, the communal house was built on the old foundation of the temple to Ha Vi Uyen, a famous general of the Trung Sisters in the village tutelary god belief. In the Nguyen dynasty, Thuong Village Communal House was restored and its rear sanctuary expanded, leaving traces in the current architecture.

Over the ravages of war and natural disasters, the communal house increasingly deteriorated; it was extensively restored and embellished in 1994 and 2019, making it as spacious and dignified as it is today.

The architecture of Thuong Village Communal House is an interweaving of Le and Nguyen dynasty architecture, preserving quite intact many wood and stone carvings from the 17th-18th centuries and many precious relics created in the Le and Nguyen dynasties: 02 17th-century phong statues; 04 smooth gray stone steles dated Vinh Huu (1660), Canh Tri (1667), Chinh Hoa (1704), Vinh Tho (1739).

Thuong Village Communal House was ranked as an architectural relic by the Ministry of Culture in 1986.