Rang Dong Communal House and Temple Festival

Location: Chuong My Ward, Hanoi City

According to the convention of the residential group and the local people, the village communal house festival holds a palanquin procession every 3 to 5 years. It takes place from the 12th day of the first lunar month to the end of the 14th day of the first lunar month. In normal years, it is called village work, with only offerings and rituals and no procession, held on many days of the year. On the 12th day of the first lunar month is the spring-opening ceremony, the offering ceremony at the Communal House and the Temple. The communal house worships the four Bach Hac deities (Can Truy, Ta Bo, Ngoc Tri). The temple worships the local land deity.

According to the convention of the residential group and the local people, the village communal house festival holds a palanquin procession every 3 to 5 years. It takes place from the 12th day of the first lunar month to the end of the 14th day of the first lunar month. In normal years, it is called village work, with only offerings and rituals and no procession, held on many days of the year. On the 12th day of the first lunar month is the spring-opening ceremony, the offering ceremony at the Communal House and the Temple. The communal house worships the four Bach Hac deities (Can Truy, Ta Bo, Ngoc Tri). The temple worships the local land deity.

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The festival is held to commemorate the merits of the Great Kings. The Four Princes (or Four Royal Sons) in Vietnamese folk belief are the four talented and virtuous sons of Saint Tran (Tran Hung Dao), including the princes: Hung Vu Vuong Tran Quoc Nghien (the First Saint), Hung Hien Vuong Tran Quoc Uat (Pho Tang), Hung Nhuong Vuong Tran Quoc Tang (the Third Saint), and Hung Tri Vuong Tran Quoc Hien (the Fourth Saint), who always stood shoulder to shoulder with their father to protect the country and are worshipped in the Tran Dynasty worship system.

*Before the festival: The Party Cell, the residential group leader, the Head of the Fatherland Front Working Committee, the heads of mass organizations in the residential group, the two groups of elders, the Management Board and the Sub-board managing the Communal House relic shall organize a meeting, disseminate documents from all levels related to the festival, and establish subcommittees to participate in the festival. The meeting is held at the residential group cultural house or at the Communal House.

* 11th day of the first lunar month all the people go to the communal house to perform the ceremony of cleaning the worship objects, cleaning and decorating the worship objects.

* 12th day of the first lunar month:

- In the morning, the elderly people in the village organize the male sacrifice and female incense offering; local people and visitors from all over come to worship.

- In the afternoon, a palanquin procession of his house goes on a spring outing from the communal house to Tan Tien Communal House, and Yen Thanh Communal House stays at Yen Thanh village communal house to conduct sacrifices. The procession uses 02 palanquins, the bat cong palanquin and the long dinh palanquin.

On the morning of the 13th day of the first lunar month, the procession brings his palanquin back to Rang Dong Communal House and conducts sacrifices.

Morning of the 14th day of the first lunar month the thanksgiving ceremony and closing of the communal house, ending the festival

With the moral principle of “when drinking water, remember its source” among the people toward the saints and deities. The festival is also an occasion for people to gather and help each other make progress.