My Thuong Communal House

Nga My Thuong village communal house was recognized as a provincial-level historical relic under Decision No. 1979/QD-UBND dated November 14, 2006. Nga My Thuong is an ancient Vietnamese village located along the Day River, preserving many tangible and intangible cultural values. According to the spirit records and Han-Nom documents at the relic, the communal house worships two deified historical figures from the Northern Domination period, Dang Thien and Dang Quang, who had merit in educating the people, teaching, maintaining moral principles, and protecting the community's life. The two men were granted titles by various royal dynasties, and people in many places built shrines and communal houses to worship them.

Nga My Thuong Communal House was formed to meet the community's religious and belief needs and belongs to the type of communal-house architectural and artistic relic. According to local documents, the former communal house was quite large and may have been built during the Le Trung Hung period, bearing traditional architectural characteristics. Because it was located along the river, the communal house was once affected by floods and was destroyed during the resistance war against the French. After peace was restored, local people renovated, restored, and maintained the relic.

Currently, the communal house stands on a high plot of land facing east, with a communal pond in front, surrounded by trees and a residential area. The overall relic includes the gate, screen, courtyard and garden, main hall, middle chamber, left and right corridors, and rear hall. The structures are richly decorated with images of the four sacred creatures, four noble plants, dragons, phoenixes, nghe, and many Han-character couplets. The rear hall houses the dragon throne, memorial tablets, saint statues, and ritual objects. Overall, the communal house still retains the layout and many traditional architectural components of an ancient relic; its system of artifacts is relatively rich, including many objects in the style of the 19th-century Nguyen dynasty.

Nga My Thuong Communal House was ranked as a city-level relic on November 14, 2006