VINH THINH COMMUNAL HOUSE

Vinh Thinh Communal House, also known as Vinh Bao Temple, is located in the middle of Vinh Thinh Village, Ngoc Hoi Commune, Hanoi City.
The communal house was built spaciously with full architectural components such as the Nghi Mon gate, screen wall, communal courtyard, water well, and the Tien Bai, Dai Bai, Ong Muong, and Hau Cung buildings. The overall complex is arranged in a closed and harmonious manner, serving both worship needs and as a community activity space for the villagers.
Vinh Thinh Communal House was ranked as a national historical and architectural-artistic relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in 1991.
The communal house worships Great King Pham Xa (also known as Pham Xa) - a general who made great contributions during the resistance war against the Ming invaders in the time of Le Loi. He was granted many noble titles such as Commander of the Left Army and Trang Nhung Grand Marshal, and after his death the people honored him as the village tutelary deity.
Currently, the communal house still preserves 14 royal decrees of investiture granted by feudal dynasties. Among them, the earliest decree dates to the second year of Dong Khanh (1887) and the latest to the ninth year of Khai Dinh (1924). In addition, the deity was also conferred the title Guardian Tutelary Deity of the Locality, Great King Than Xa, expressing the court's honor for his merits.
Vinh Thinh Communal House is a relic with long-standing historical value and distinctive architecture. The structure bears traditional style with many finely carved panels, especially in the Dai Bai building and the system of door hangings in the 18th-century Later Le style. The communal house also preserves many precious artifacts such as the sacred genealogy from 1572, stone steles, horizontal lacquered boards, parallel couplets, and ritual objects...