Giang Cao Village Shrine

Giang Cao Village Shrine (address at Giang Cao Hamlet, Bat Trang Commune) is a city-level relic under Decision No. 5196/QD-UBND dated July 6, 2023. This is a spiritual architectural and artistic relic that has just been officially ranked, located in the peaceful space of Giang Cao Hamlet. The ancient shrine is where the Land God—the deity who governs and protects the territory of Giang Cao village—is worshipped, ensuring peace, warding off natural disasters and epidemics, and helping the people's ceramic production life always meet with favorable conditions. The Village Shrine has a compact architectural scale but bears strong marks of traditional folk architectural art, harmoniously combined with the landscape of ancient trees and an old well. The system of worship objects and ritual vessels inside has been inventoried and carefully preserved by the community over many generations. The relic has relatively stable technical infrastructure and is a place for spiritual and cultural activities that firmly connects local clans, playing an important role in preserving the cultural identity of the ancient land.