Thuong Phuc Communal House

The communal house is located in the middle of Thuong Phuc Village on high ground next to the bank of the Nhue River. The communal house and village temple of Thuong Phuc worship the tutelary deity Minh Tu Empress Dowager, wife of King Tran Minh Tong.

According to extant documents at the relic site, around the second half of the 17th century, Thuong Phuc Village already had relics dedicated to the village's tutelary deities. The architectural scale of the ancient communal house is unknown because it was destroyed by war. In 1990, the communal house was restored by local people in the style of “Noi Cong Ngoai Quoc”, including main components: Nghi Mon (ceremonial gate), courtyard, Ta Mac-Huu Mac (left and right corridors), Dai Bai (main hall) and Hau Cung (rear sanctuary); the Phuong Dinh (square pavilion) was newly built in 2007, and the grounds are neatly enclosed by a wall.

Over time, the communal house has preserved a number of precious artifacts such as three couplets from the Nguyen dynasty and eight royal edicts from the Le-Nguyen dynasties... These artifacts affirm the existence of the communal house throughout history and its role as a center of worship serving the spiritual and cultural needs of local people.

Thuong Phuc Communal House was ranked by the Hanoi City People's Committee as Historical - cultural relic in 2011.