Van Hung Communal House (Quynh Loi Communal House)

Van Hung Communal House (also known as Quynh Loi Communal House) is located at No. 14, Hoa Binh Alley 7, Bach Mai Ward, Hanoi City. The communal house is a place to worship the tutelary god of Quynh Loi village in the past. The communal house was built very early to worship Admiral Thuong Dang Tran Tran, Cao Son Dai Vuong, Dong Vinh Dai Vuong, Doctor Ngo Sach Tuan (1695), blessed deity Le Bui Vi and Dieu Vi Cong Chua. According to records on a stele erected in the 13th year of Chinh Hoa (1692), compiled by Vu Thanh, titled “Tan tao Quynh Loi dinh hue dien”. This is an early stele of the communal house in Hai Ba Trung District recording the rebuilding of Quynh Loi Communal House and the donation of fields for the villagers to worship the village tutelary god. The communal house was founded in 1692 on a large scale. For many years, due to little care, the communal house fell into disrepair. Around 1986, the communal house was dismantled and replaced by the Halida Beer Factory and the ward's primary school. In 1987, the communal house was temporarily restored as it is today. In 2008, the side hall of the communal house was repaired and embellished. The communal house has a main architectural layout in the shape of the character “nhat” facing southwest, including: the communal house gate, yard, a one-story house used as a place to worship the tutelary god, a one-story house as a place to worship Lady Kho, a stele house, a warehouse, and the working office of an agency under the People's Committee of Vinh Tuy Ward. Currently, the communal house still preserves artifacts including: royal edicts, bells, horizontal plaques, couplets, scrolls, palanquins, statues, and other worship objects. This is a source of historical data for researching the history of the communal house in particular, and researching the history of formation and development of Quynh Loi land, and Thang Long – Hanoi in general. Every year on the 15th day of the third lunar month, Quynh Loi Communal House Festival is held; local people offer incense to the Saints, carry palanquins from Quynh Loi Communal House to Quynh Loi Pagoda and back to the communal house. Festival games include Chinese chess, badminton, table tennis, and welcome art performances. With typical historical and cultural values, in 2020, Van Hung (Quynh Loi) Communal House relic was recognized as a City-level relic.