Te Xuyen Communal House

Te Xuyen Communal House belongs to Te Xuyen village, Phu Dong commune. The communal house is also called "Kinh Bac Hanh Cung".

The communal house worships Do Trung, a deified human who rendered meritorious service to the country in our nation's struggle against foreign invaders in the 14th century; he also had merit in gathering people to establish hamlets and founding Te Xuyen village.

Based on written materials such as couplets, royal edicts, and steles, especially the genealogy compiled by Dong Cac Grand Secretary Nguyen Binh in the second month of the first Hong Phuc year (1572): during the Tran Du Tong dynasty, the Hoa Tra invaders brought troops to invade; the enemy was strong, and border reports arrived five times a day. King Du Tong was very worried. At that time, a man from Champa named Do Trung, whose courtesy name was Nghia, asked to enter Tran territory and become a subject. Hearing that the king needed someone to go and defeat the Tra Va invaders, he came to court and petitioned the king to let him go fight the enemy to keep the country peaceful. Seeing that he was accomplished in both civil and military affairs, the king chose him to hold military power and appointed him Chief of Military Affairs of the Privy Council. Our army engaged the enemy; the enemy was heavily defeated and fled in disorder; we captured the chief and deputy generals. From then on, the world was peaceful and the country had no troubles. He submitted a memorial to the court; the king issued an edict summoning him to court, held a grand banquet to entertain the generals and soldiers, and granted him titles and ranks so that he could enjoy a fief in Vu Ninh district, Kinh Bac garrison.

Te Xuyen Communal House was ranked as a Historical and Architectural Artistic Relic by the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sports in 1992.