Dinh Tre

Dinh Tre is located in Tre village, Tuy Lai commune, former My Duc district (now Tuy Lai hamlet, Phuc Son commune), and is a traditional religious structure with historical, cultural, and architectural artistic value. According to legendary materials and extant documents, the communal house worships four deities: Cao Son, Quy Minh, Tan Vien, and Canh Linh Cong. Legend has it that Canh Linh Cong was a talented general who helped the king secure the borders and was spiritually assisted by the deities Cao Son and Quy Minh; after he passed away, the local people built a shrine to worship him, and the royal court issued a decree permitting the village to venerate him. In terms of architecture, the communal house was built on a large plot in the south of the village, with a communal pond in front creating a distinctive landscape. Previously, the relic site had a ceremonial gate system, a communal courtyard, and two rows of left and right side halls; beyond a three-step staircase was the Dai Bai hall with five bays and two wings, featuring two sloping roofs, closed gable ends, old ri tile roofing, and a structure resting on four rows of column bases. The trusses were constructed in the upper stacked-beam, lower stacked-beam with gia chieng, and bracket-arm styles; many components were elaborately carved with motifs of leaves, water waves, chrysanthemums, leaf dragons, tiger emblems, and the four seasons. Behind Dai Bai are the Trung Cung and Hau Cung. With its traditional architectural system and outstanding historical, religious, and carving-art values, Dinh Tre is an important element in the cultural life of the local community, while also helping preserve traces of the worship of the Village Tutelary God and the traditional communal-house architecture of the Northern Delta region. Dinh Tre has been recognized by Ha Tay province as a provincial-level historical relic.