Phuong Trung Communal House (Chuong Village Communal House)

Legend has it that Phuong Trung Communal House (Chuong Communal House) has existed for a long time; initially it was just a thatched bamboo structure, but no written records identify when or in what year the village's first communal house was built. Over time and through war destruction, it was damaged long ago. The current communal house was built in the Giap Ngo year (1894), in the Cong-character architectural style, including: the Dai Bai hall, the connecting bay, and the Hau Cung rear shrine. Outside, a protective wall was built around it, so the entire communal house grounds form the Quoc character. In the 4th year of King Duy Tan, the Tan Hoi year (1911), the village council of Chuong discussed and decided to build two more houses, Ta Mac and Huu Mac.
Chuong Village Communal House worships the six village tutelary deities, including: four human deities: Dai do Thanh hoang Trung vu minh tin, Phung phu Quan tu Bo Cai Dai vuong, Thuong dang phuc than; Duong canh Thanh hoang, Linh quang cam ung Nguyen Thien Quoc cong, Trung chinh Dai vuong, Ton phuc than; Lord Do Hue (a local credited with helping Duke Phung Hung defeat the Tang army) and Princess Tran Thi Phuong Dung (wife of Duke Phung Hung). It worships two heavenly deities: Ban canh Dia ky, hung tai Vi luoc, Hau duc Long trach Dai vuong; and Ban canh Tho Ky, te the An dan thong tue Uyen doc Dai vuong!
Chuong Village Communal House has many ancient books, horizontal plaques and couplets, and a number of valuable bronze, ceramic, wooden, and fabric ritual objects; currently Chuong Village Communal House still preserves 23 royal edicts bestowed by Vietnamese feudal kings and has been recognized by the Hanoi City People's Committee as rare and precious archival documents.
It is rare for a communal house to have such a large, strong system of green lim columns with solid cores in its Dai Bai hall: the main columns have a diameter of 0.5 m, the secondary columns 0.37 m, and the bases of five rows of columns rest on carved monolithic blue stone blocks.
Between the main column system and the secondary column systems are finely carved me ruong con panels following the folk cultural tradition of the four sacred creatures: dragon, qilin, turtle, phoenix; harmoniously combined with the four noble plants: pine, chrysanthemum, bamboo, plum.
The roof-supporting trusses and the ends of the rafter brackets are carved in relief in the chong ruong style. Especially on the eave roof panels, three tigers are carved in a steady stance, imbued with the folk-colored architectural art of the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam.

Phuong Trung Communal House was ranked as a National-level relic on March 16, 1985.