Thanh Mac Communal House, Hat Mon Commune

THANH MAC COMMUNAL HOUSE - NATIONAL-LEVEL HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC RELIC

Thanh Mac Communal House is located in Thanh Hong Village, Hat Mon Commune, Hanoi City. The communal house was founded long ago and is a place of worship for Pham Bach Ho (Pham Phong At), a general who contributed alongside Ngo Quyen to defeat the Southern Han invaders on the Bach Dang River and later assisted King Dinh Tien Hoang in quelling rebellions, contributing to the building of Dai Co Viet. Local people honor him as the village tutelary deity in remembrance of his merits.

The communal house is an imposing architectural complex with a site area of about 8,330m², including the ceremonial gate, Left and Right Vu houses, square pavilion, main worship hall, rear sanctuary, stele house, and auxiliary structures. The architecture features a system of ironwood columns, trusses in the gia chieng and ke truyen styles, along with many delicate floral and cloud carvings.

The communal house also preserves a rich collection of artifacts such as 18 royal edicts, deity records, dragon thrones, ancestral tablets, horizontal plaques, couplets, and many objects dating from the Later Le Trung Hung period.

Every year, the communal house holds main ceremonies on the 10th day of the first lunar month, the 6th day of the third lunar month, and the 15th day of the 11th lunar month; every five years, a major festival is held with palanquin procession, rituals, and folk games.

With its outstanding historical, cultural, and artistic values, Thanh Mac Communal House was classified as a National-level Historical and Artistic Relic in 1991.