Giao Ha Shrine, Hat Mon Commune

GIAO HA SHRINE - NATIONAL-LEVEL RELIC

Giao Ha Shrine is located in Hat Mon Commune, Hanoi City, outside the Day River, about 800 m north of Giao Ha Communal House. It is a relic of outstanding historical, cultural, and architectural-artistic value, closely associated with the religious life of the local community.

Based on documents preserved at the relic, including the deity legend and an edict dated the 6th year of Vinh Thinh (1710), the shrine may have been built before 1710. Over time, due to nature and floods, it has been renovated and repaired many times; the existing architecture bears the marks of the Nguyen dynasty.

Giao Ha Shrine worships Chi Hai Long Vuong and A La Nuong De, tutelary deities associated with the legend of the Hung Kings period and the Trung Sisters' uprising. Chi Hai Long Vuong is a deity credited with helping King Le fight the enemy, while A La Nuong De was a female general who assisted the Trung Sisters in resisting To Dinh's army.

In the past, the shrine was large and had complete architecture. Due to natural impacts, the relic now mainly retains the main building with Dinh-shaped structure and Ngoc Dien Lau, where the goddess A La Nuong De is worshipped.

With its outstanding historical, cultural, and architectural-artistic values, Giao Ha Shrine was ranked as a National-level Relic in 1990.