Tran Family Ancestral House

1. Location
Tran Family Ancestral House is located in Den Hamlet, Hoai Duc Commune, Hanoi City. It is a typical traditional religious architectural work associated with the history of the formation and development of the Tran clan in the former Di Ai – Di Trach land. Not only a place of ancestor worship, Tran Family Ancestral House is also a memorial site for notable figures, contributing to preserving the studious and academic examination tradition of Hoai Duc homeland.

2. Architecture and Landscape
Tran Family Ancestral House, also known by its Sino-Vietnamese name “Tran Clan Ancestral Hall,” was built around the 18th century under the Le dynasty. Through many historical upheavals and restorations, the relic has still preserved outstanding traditional artistic architectural values.
The work bears the typical architecture of a clan ancestral house in the Northern Delta, with an ancient wooden frame and intricately carved architectural components, reflecting the artistic level and aesthetic thinking of ancient Vietnamese people. The relic space is harmonious and solemn, creating an ancient beauty amid a countryside rich in cultural tradition.

3. Historical figure
Tran Family Ancestral House is a place to commemorate the founding ancestors and talented people of the Tran clan in Di Trach land. In particular, the relic worships famous academic examination figures of the Le era such as Doctor Tran Mo and Doctor Tran Gia Muu, who made many contributions to the court and homeland.
Through many generations, the Tran clan has always promoted the studious tradition, valued moral principles, and actively contributed to local development. The ancestral house is therefore not only a place of ancestor worship but also a symbol of the academic examination tradition and the spirit of respecting teachers and valuing morality in Hoai Duc land.

4. Historical and cultural values
Tran Family Ancestral House currently preserves many precious artifacts of historical and artistic value, such as a long ngai, horizontal plaques, couplets, y mon, decree boxes, bronze ding, wooden incense tubes, and many ritual objects in the artistic style of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. In particular, the relic still preserves a royal decree dated to the 20th year of Canh Hung (1759), a precious document contributing to research on the history of the clan and locality.
The tangible and intangible values preserved at the relic have created a distinctive traditional cultural space, reflecting the historical depth and studious tradition of Di Trach land.

5. Traditional activities
Every year, on occasions of ancestor death anniversaries and important clan ceremonies, Tran descendants from many places return to the ancestral house to offer incense in memory of their ancestors, educate the younger generation in tradition, and strengthen clan solidarity. This is also an occasion to promote the fine values of family tradition, learning encouragement, and remembering the source when drinking water.

6. Relic ranking
With typical values in history, culture, artistic architecture, and memorial to notable figures, Tran Family Ancestral House was ranked by the Hanoi City People's Committee as a City-level Historical and Celebrity Memorial Relic under Decision No. 1791/QD-UBND dated March 20, 2017.