Trung Thôn Communal House

The communal house worships two Doctors Đỗ Nhân, natives of Lại Ốc (Lợi Ốc) village – Long Hưng – Văn Giang – Hưng Yên (traditionally said to have been posthumously conferred by King Lê Chiêu Tông with the titles Junior Guardian and Minister, Chief Censor, Chief Censor of the Censorate, noble title Văn Trịnh Baron, and posthumous name Văn Tiết). Doctor Nguyễn Dự, a native of Hải Triều – Hưng Hà – Thái Bình (traditionally said to have been posthumously conferred by King Lê Chiêu Tông with the title Junior Chief Censor).

The Xuân Đỗ Trung village communal house worships the two figures Đỗ Nhân and Nguyễn Dự, similar to Xuân Đỗ Thượng Communal House, because Xuân Đỗ Thượng and Xuân Đỗ Trung villages were formerly (around the 16th century) one village; since the French colonial administration (1884) had a large dike built, the two villages were separated, and the name Xuân Đỗ Trung village dates from then; therefore, the people of Xuân Đỗ Trung village established the communal house to jointly worship the two village tutelary gods.

The festival takes place in the middle of the second lunar month, from the 9th to the 11th day of the second lunar month every year.

Before the festival, villagers clean the long ngai, long tịch, and long sàng, and tidy the area for the rituals and festival activities. The festival holds three ceremonies: the entry ceremony on the 9th day of the second lunar month, the main ceremony on the 10th day of the second lunar month, and the exit ceremony on the 11th day of the second lunar month.

At the festival, sports such as lightweight volleyball and badminton are organized, along with evenings of mass cultural performances; art troupes are invited to perform cải lương, chèo, and tuồng…