DONG TRU VILLAGE COMMUNAL HOUSE FESTIVAL
Introduction
- The village communal house dates back to the 15th century, was rebuilt in 1840, and underwent renovations and upgrades in 1930 and 2018
- The festival has existed since ancient times. During wartime, the communal house was a weapons gathering point and a transit place for revolutionary cadres, so it was burned and destroyed by the French colonialists, and the festival was interrupted. In 2008, the communal house was rebuilt on its old foundation. In 2011, local people restored the festival. It takes place every 5 years, from the 8th to the 10th day of the 11th lunar month, organized by all families and people of Dong Tru village.
- Worshipped figures: The Three Great Kings (First: Uy Dung Lich Thong; Second: Duc Vo Cam Ung Du Than; Third: Quy Dong Nam Nhac Chi Than).
- Worship of the Three Great Kings at Dong Tru Village Communal House, Dong Tru village, Phu Nghia commune, Hanoi City.
- The communal house's ceremonial board still preserves 4 royal decrees: 01 decree from the 6th year of Tu Duc's reign (11/1/1853); 01 decree from the 6th year of Tu Duc's reign (11/1/1853); 2 decrees from the 9th year of Khai Dinh's reign (25/7/1924);
- Rituals/skills: Sacrifice ceremony, incense offering, and palanquin procession.


