Chien Village Communal House Festival
Introduction
According to the hagiography of the Six Great Kings kept at the Tong Nhue Village shrine, Chien Communal House worships Trinh Do Ho Hien Ung Dai Vuong as the village tutelary god. He was a general under King Ly Nam De and made many contributions in the resistance war against the Liang invaders, protecting the Van Xuan state in the early 6th century. In a fierce battle on the Le Khe River, he bravely sacrificed his life while fighting the enemy. To remember his merits, King Ly Nam De granted money to the people to build a temple right on the foundation of the fort where he had once stationed his troops. Since then, Trinh Do Ho Hien Ung Dai Vuong has been revered by the people of Chien Village as the village tutelary god.
To commemorate the merits of the village tutelary god, the people of Chien Village hold a traditional festival annually for 3 days, from the 29th day of the second lunar month to the 2nd day of the third lunar month. Every 3 or 5 years, the locality organizes a grand festival with solemn procession rituals. In years when the annual festival is held, it takes place with traditional worship rituals, expressing reverence for the village tutelary god and contributing to the preservation of the locality's distinctive cultural values.


