Ô Cách Communal House
Introduction
Ô Cách is an ancient village, a hamlet of Việt Hưng Commune, now Việt Hưng Ward. Ô Cách Village has a traditional craft of jute spinning.
Ô Cách Communal House is where the tutelary deity Cao Sơn Đại Vương, a top-ranking god, and Tiên Chúa Linh ứng are worshipped.
Legend has it that during the reign of the 18th Hùng King, Cao Sơn Đại Vương – Waterway Commissioner, on a campaign passing a river bend near Bồ Đề Wharf, entered Quán Chuỗi village in Tư Đình Hamlet, Cổ Linh Commune, Gia Lâm District in the past, and stationed his troops there. After defeating the enemy, the general and seven young attendants went up to the top of Tung Mountain, and he ascended to heaven on white clouds. To remember the merits of Cao Sơn Đại Vương, the people of Quán Chuỗi built Quán Chuỗi Shrine to worship him. In 1572, under King Lê Anh Tông, Quán Chuỗi Shrine was renamed Ô Cách Communal House, dedicated to the tutelary god Cao Sơn Đại Vương, and became the center of cultural and religious activities for local people.
The Ô Cách Communal House Festival is held annually from the 14th to the 16th day of the third lunar month, with main rituals including incense offering and the ceremony of offering to the deity by local people and visitors from everywhere.
Recognized as a city-level historical relic under Decision No. 827/QĐ-UBND dated February 10, 2017
