Tho Vuc Communal House

Tho Vuc is an ancient Vietnamese village located along the Day River, in Dong Thap Commune, Dan Phuong District before rearrangement (now Dan Phuong Commune, Hanoi City), about 25 km west of the capital center. The communal house was built on beautiful land in the middle of Tho Vuc village, facing west toward the ancient Day River, with the peak of Tan Vien Mountain shrouded in clouds in the distance.
In ancient times, the residents of Tho Vuc belonged to the fishing ward of Vuc Tang, living on the water and making a living by fishing on the Red River and Day River. The tutelary god of the fishing community was worshipped in a large boat; wherever the people went, they brought the communal-house boat with them. Then the Day River silted up, living conditions changed, and the residents of Vuc Tang gradually moved onto land and established Tho Vuc village. Along with that, their ancestors built the communal house to worship the patron deity for their spiritual life. The communal house has existed to this day and bears the village's familiar name, Tho Vuc Communal House.
Viewed from the Day River dike, we can fully admire the main architectural items of the communal house, including: Nghi mon (gate), left and right corridors, Phuong dinh (square pavilion), Dai bai (main worship hall), Hau cung (rear sanctuary), and a spacious courtyard and garden.
Tho Vuc Communal House is the place where many traditional festivals are held, especially the communal-house festival at the beginning of the new year and major holidays during the year. These festivals are not only occasions for people to show reverence to their ancestors but also opportunities to preserve and promote national cultural values.
With all those representative tangible and intangible cultural values, Tho Vuc Communal House has made a significant contribution to research on the development of Vietnamese village communal houses, and therefore Tho Vuc Communal House has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national-level historical and cultural relic.