Gie Ha Communal House

Gie Ha Communal House is located in Gie Ha Village, now in Phu Yen Hamlet, Chuyen My Commune. Before July 1, 2025, this site belonged to Phu Yen Commune, Phu Xuyen District. The communal house stands at the end of the village, west of the residential area, faces southwest, and has a semicircular lake in front.

The communal house worships Quang Bac Uyen Dung Dai Vuong. According to the legend of the former Thinh Duc canton area, he was one of five brothers who had merit in defeating invaders, controlling floods, and helping the people, and was conferred the title of top-ranking deity by successive dynasties. On the left side of the communal house there is also a place of worship for Holy Mother Dung Chau. The stories about the deities have been passed down through legends and local festivals.

The communal house bears the architectural imprint of the 17th century. Local records state that in the 7th year of Chinh Hoa, i.e. 1686, Dang Dinh Tuong had people find and buy wood to donate for building the communal house. The ancient main hall consists of five bays, built in the shape of the character Nhat, with four roofs and curved corner tips. The relic complex currently includes a front ceremonial hall and a rear sanctuary, with a parasol courtyard between the two buildings.

The wooden frame system is elaborately carved with themes such as dragons playing with water, two dragons flanking the moon, mother and child dragons, dragons and mythical nghe lions gathered together, a person riding an elephant, and a fairy riding a dragon. The techniques of relief carving, openwork carving, and round sculptures demonstrate the skill of 17th-century artisans.

The communal house also has three steles from the Le era, erected in 1647, 1724, and 1756; along with many ritual objects such as a dragon throne, ancestral tablets, incense tables, an eight-pole palanquin, parasols, long swords, and the Eight Treasures. During the resistance wars against the French and the Americans, the communal house was once a place to shelter and conceal cadres and hold meetings.

The structure was restored in 2024 and inaugurated on August 3, 2025. The main festival takes place on the 12th day of the sixth lunar month, associated with a blessing ceremony and the custom of carrying the Tam Giang Water Deity in procession. Gie Ha Communal House was ranked as a national architectural and artistic relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1994.