Huu Tiep Communal House

Huu Tiep Communal House located at No. 35, Alley 55 Hoang Hoa Tham, Ba Dinh Ward, Hanoi, is a city-level historical-cultural relic, ranked in 2007. The communal house has ancient origins, associated with the formation of Huu Tiep camp, one of the camps in the area Thap Tam Trai west of the ancient Thang Long imperial city.

The communal house worships Huyen Thien Hac De – Supreme Guardian Deity, a deity whose legend is associated with the merit of assisting King Ly Thanh Tong in fighting invaders, protecting the country. The worship of Huyen Thien Hac De also created a relationship inter-village alliance between three villages Huu Tiep – Ngoc Ha – Xuan Bieu.

In terms of architecture, the communal house has a traditional layout including Nghi Mon, communal courtyard, Dai Dinh and Hau Cung; inside the communal house, several are still preserved royal edicts, horizontal plaques, parallel couplets and ritual objects of value. Every year, local people organize a festival on the 19th day of the first lunar month to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Holy Deity and the 21st day of the 11th lunar month to commemorate the death anniversary. the three communities are closely bonded in Tam Giap Festival of Xuan Bieu – Ngoc Ha – Huu Tiep, which was inscribed in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2026.

In particular, the communal house is located adjacent to Huu Tiep Lake – where the wreckage of a B-52 aircraft is preserved, creating a special heritage space combining ancient village culture, folk beliefs and historical memory of war, contributing to creating a typical cultural destination of Ba Dinh Ward.