Tien Tien Communal House, Tien Tien Village, Xuan Mai Commune, Hanoi City

Tien Tien Communal House worships Duc Tan Vien Son Thanh as the village tutelary god and belongs to the type of religious architectural relic known as a communal house. The relic has a total area of 13,398 m²; in front is the Bui River, and around it are many old trees creating an airy, ancient space. The communal house is structured in the shape of the character Dinh, including the Great Hall and the rear sanctuary.

The rear sanctuary of Tien Tien Communal House consists of three longitudinal rooms connected from the middle room of the Great Hall. Originally, the rear sanctuary was a shrine; we can clearly see traces of the shrine through a round well in the last room, below the wooden altar for the dragon throne and memorial tablet worshipping the village tutelary god. The well has a mouth built with five steps in an octagonal shape, representing the Five Elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) and the Eight Trigrams (Can, Khon, Can, Chan, Ton, Ly, Doai, Khan).

Tien Tien Communal House still preserves many valuable artifacts, including two royal edicts from the Le dynasty, consisting of one edict from Canh Hung 44 and one edict from Canh Hung 28; a copy of the genealogy of gods made in 1939, with the original from the first year of Chieu Thong, 1787; along with many horizontal lacquered boards and other precious artifacts. Tien Tien Communal House was ranked as a relic by the People's Committee of Ha Tay Province in 1999. Not only carrying architectural, belief and folk cultural values, Tien Tien Communal House is also an address associated with the local history of revolutionary struggle. According to relic documents, from the pre-uprising period, Tien Tien already had a revolutionary base; the communal house was a meeting place for revolutionary cadres and a place to hide secret documents. During the resistance war against the French colonialists, the communal house was once a shelter for soldiers, guerrillas and militia; during the resistance war against the Americans, it was a place for evacuation and rest for soldiers, and also a meeting place for the authorities and people in the village.

Especially, Tien Tien is a rural area with a revolutionary tradition. On August 15, 1942, the Nam Hai - Tien Tien Party Cell was established. According to documents, this was the second Party cell of the former Chuong My district. On August 18, 1945, the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of Tien Tien village was established, leading the people to rise up and seize power, contributing to the victory of the August Revolution in 1945.

During the resistance wars, many generations of Tien Tien people contributed manpower and resources to the cause of national liberation and defense of the Fatherland. Tien Tien was recognized by the Party and State as a revolutionary base and was awarded many noble prizes.

At the livestream session, through stories, documents and shares by elderly people, the communal house keeper and local delegates, people learned more about the history of formation, architecture, beliefs and traditional festivals; stories about Tien Tien people as well as the revolutionary struggle process were imprinted at the village communal house.

The traditional festival of Tien Tien village is held on the 14th and 15th days of the first lunar month once every three years, including the ceremony, palanquin procession and festival activities. In particular, the ritual of carrying the village tutelary god to welcome Quan Anh Phuong Hanh from Tien Tien Communal House to Phuong Hanh Communal House and vice versa is an important ritual of the festival.

Bringing Tien Tien Communal House into digital space through livestreaming not only creates an additional visual and vivid propaganda method but also expands the ability to access heritage to the broad community. Historical stories, architectural beauty, customs, festivals and revolutionary traditions are conveyed in a close manner suitable to people's information reception trends in the digital age.

From values preserved through many generations, digital transformation is opening a new approach to heritage, helping the historical and cultural values of the homeland not only be preserved but also widely spread. Through this, it contributes to traditional education, nurturing love for the homeland and raising awareness of each person, especially the younger generation, in joining hands to preserve and promote heritage values in Xuan Mai commune.