Yen Duc Communal House, Hat Mon Commune

YEN DUC COMMUNAL HOUSE - NATIONAL-LEVEL HISTORICAL RELIC

Yen Duc Communal House is located in Yen Lam village, Hat Mon commune, Hanoi city, on a high, beautiful plot of land close to the foot of the Day River dike. The communal house was built in the 17th century and is a relic with typical historical, cultural, and architectural-artistic values.

According to legend and the Deity Genealogy compiled by Dong Cac Grand Scholar Nguyen Binh in the first year of Hong Phuc (1572), the communal house worships Hoang Thong General, a general who helped the Trung Sisters defeat the Eastern Han army and was revered by the people as the village's tutelary deity.

Over time, the communal house has been restored and embellished many times, most recently in 2018. Currently, the relic includes the Great Hall, Rear Palace, Left and Right Flanks, the communal house gate, and auxiliary works.

Every year, the people organize a traditional festival from the 5th to the 7th day of the third lunar month, with rituals, literary processions, and folk games.

With its typical values, Yen Duc Communal House was ranked as a National-level Relic in 2001; it is a place to preserve and promote the local historical and cultural tradition.