Yên Phú Communal House, Yên Phú Village, Thường Tín Commune, Hanoi City
Introduction
The communal house of Yên Phú Village was built in the 17th century under the reign of King Lê. Currently, the communal house worships two village tutelary gods, Linh Cảm Đại Vương and Dương Trực Nguyên, who had merit in building and defending the country and provide spiritual protection for the villagers. Yên Phú Communal House was ranked as a city-level historical relic in 2004.
Yên Phú Village Communal House worships the heavenly deity Linh Cảm Đại Vương and the human deity Dương Trực Nguyên. Linh Cảm Đại Vương is a deity with a nature in harmony with heaven, boundless virtue, holding the power to transform yin and yang, with unfathomable miraculousness. When the country was invaded and the people suffered, the deity manifested to help the people drive out the invaders, protect the state, and save the people from all suffering. Therefore, the deity was bestowed honorable titles by successive dynasties: Linh Cảm, Chính Trực, Thông Đạt, Dũng Quyết Đại Vương... Dương Trực Nguyên (1469–1509) was a distinguished official under Lê Thánh Tông. Naturally intelligent, he studied and trained hard, mastering both literature and martial arts. At age 26, he passed the Nhị Giáp Tiến sĩ examination (Canh Tuất year - 1490), and served as an official up to the position of Hiệu Lý of the Hanlin Academy, then Hiến Sát sứ of Hải Dương Province.
On May 20, 2004, the People's Committee of Hà Tây Province issued Decision No. 546/QĐ-UB recognizing Yên Phú Communal House as a historical and cultural relic.


