Ninh Mon Communal House

Ninh Mon Village, Noi Bai Commune, Hanoi City

Based on the Sino-Vietnamese documents still preserved at the Ninh Mon Communal House relic and the recollections of the village elders, Ninh Mon Communal House worships Cao Son Dai Vuong, Nghiem Son, and the mother of the two deities. Cao Son was worshipped in many places in the settlement areas of ancient Viet people. As part of the mythology of the earliest period of nation-building and national defense, the legend of Cao Son Dai Vuong is very rich and has increasingly been historicized, so different texts about this legendary figure exist in many rural areas of the country.

According to the Ngoc pha than tich, the two tutelary deities worshipped at Ninh Mon village communal house are two famous generals who helped King Hung Due Vuong (the 18th Hung King) defeat the Thuc invaders.

Every year, the people of Ninh Mon organize a festival on the first Than day of the second lunar month, and in years “Hoa coc phong dang” (bountiful harvest) they hold a grand festival on the 15th day of the 10th lunar month to show reverence and commemorate the great merits of the tutelary deity who helped the country and the people, and protected the people in prosperity, thereby educating younger generations about tradition.

Ninh Mon Communal House was built in a Dinh-shaped layout, including the Front Hall and the Rear Sanctuary. The Front Hall is a three-bay, two-wing house with a di-tiled roof, four corners curved like swords, and a roof-supporting frame consisting of four truss sets in the “Thuong gia chieng chong xa con nhi” style. The Rear Sanctuary is connected to the central bay of the Front Hall to form a Dinh shape, comprising one bay, one ruoc, and one ri, with a closed-gable structure.

The artifacts of Ninh Mon Communal House are very rich in types and diverse in materials, including stone, wood, paper, bronze, and ceramic objects. Typical examples are artifacts in the Nguyen artistic style, such as stone steles, worship thrones, and scripture stands... The artifacts are arranged quite reasonably, mainly concentrated in the main worship areas of the Front Hall and Rear Sanctuary.

Ninh Mon Communal House was ranked as a Historical-Artistic Relic under Decision No. 7674-QD/UBND dated November 3, 2016, by the Hanoi City People's Committee.