PHUC AM COMMUNAL HOUSE

The communal house is located in Phuc Am village, Ngoc Hoi commune, Hanoi City. Its location is within a complex of famous traditional craft villages, adjacent to Ha Thai lacquer village and Duyen Truong village.
Phuc Am Communal House was ranked as a city-level relic in the year according to Decision No. QĐ 6103/QĐ-UBND dated 12/11/2015.
Phuc Am Communal House mainly worships the village's patron deity (Thanh hoang). Although some documents on neighboring villages such as Ha Thai worship General Bui Sy Luong, at Phuc Am, the communal house is where deities who rendered service to the people and the country are worshipped according to local tradition. Since Phuc Am is a traditional craft village of votive paper and effigies, the communal house is also a place where residents pay tribute to predecessors who contributed to teaching the craft.
In terms of architecture, the communal house has the artistic architectural style of the Le - Nguyen periods with exquisite wooden structures and carvings of the four sacred creatures (dragon, qilin, turtle, phoenix). The communal house is not only a place of worship but also a cultural activity center of the Phuc Am votive paper craft village. All major and minor rituals of the craft village begin with ceremonies at the communal house to ask permission and thank the craft ancestors. The village communal house festival is usually held in early spring, an occasion for craft village residents to gather, organize folk cultural activities, and display distinctive local handicraft products.