Tien Le Communal House, unique ancient architecture along the Day River

This is also the first communal house to apply 3D scanning technology, free and public to the community on cyberspace.

The central communal house of Tien Le people

Tien Le Communal House today is located on a land area of over 5,300m2, in Tien Yen commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi. During the reign of Le Trung Hung (17th century), Tien Le communal house was located in Tien Le commune, Dan Phuong district, Quoc Oai prefecture.

Dinh Tien Dinh was built to turn towards the West, the face looked straight to the river, leaning against the Day of the Day River. In the past, Day River was large and large, one of the trading roads on the river of the ancient Dan Phuong district in particular and the entire Day of Day and Thang Long river in general.

According to ancient epitaphs and architectural traces, the precedent of the precedent from the 8th year of the Canh Tri (1670). Over 350 years of existence, Dinh Priest was repaired many times, now on the upper wages of Dinh also recorded the restoration of Dinh Dinh under the King Bao Dai. In recent years, the precedent family has seriously degraded, the local authorities and people have tried to protect the monument and restore the family.

Unique architecture of the Le Dynasty

At present, the precedent consists of many different architectural works, located in the West is the Gate of Nghi Mon, built in the style of a cylinder with a main entrance and two extra paths similar to Quan Gia Dinh (Yen So, Hoai Duc). Running along the main entrance is a large yard, the two sides are two rows of Ta Mac and Huu Mac, which is prepared for sacrifices and festivals. Located in the east, close to the Day of the Day River is Dai Dinh court, built in the word "Dinh".

The Dai Dinh court of the Dinh Dinh Dinh consists of two parts: Dai Bai and the harem. The temple of the communal house includes: 5 compartments 2 of the horizontal is 22m long, the roof leaves are 13.8m wide. Dai Bai has 3 main spaces in the middle of the same wide, 2 smaller sides are smaller. Connecting the middle of the great Bai, running to the east, close to the dyke wall is the two harem space, the place to worship the virtue of the village.

With a large architectural space, Dinh Dinh Dinh Dinh court has 46 large wooden columns. The column systems, trusses, crossbars are designed firmly, connected by the dreams to make the architectural system more closely and stronger. The roof of the communal house is covered with comedy nose tiles, the precedent roof set includes 2 main roofs and 2 auxiliary roofs, intersecting each other in Europe, forming four curved blades soaring upwards, making the architecture more software, flexible. The roof is made of slope, low, above the roof of the roof covered with the shape of "Mesopotamia of the Japanese", the two ends of the roof are attached to the roof of the lemon flower, which is created in a "long" shape, on the banks of the strip, the guitar is decorated with summoned beasts. Behind the harem is decorated with the shape of the tiger face with the word Phuc, above is the stylized life.

On the levers used to support the porch roof and the head lines and lines are carved with sophisticated and vivid patterns with the pattern themes "Long Van", "Wague" ... the pattern details are all created by ancient folk artisans using the peeling technique, making the cubic shapes more vivid.

According to the spirit of the communal house, running vertically from Nghi Mon to the center of the Dai Dinh court in the middle part at the steps is the steps to create the path, marked by a pair of dragon decorative railing. The pair of stone dragon is made in the style of reliefs, carved from two large blue stone blocks, the dragon's body is softly created, the dragon face faces to the west, tilting up like a pair of dragons covered on the roof in the style of "dragon shop". Interwoven with the carvings of the dragon body is the stylized cloud pattern, giving the viewer feeling like the dragon is flying.

Ancient cultural and artistic values

At Dinh Tien Dinh also kept two ancient stele steles record the issues of daily life of the ancient people. The stele called "Khai Phu Dinh Bi - Traditional Van Dai" is now attached to the right wall of the Dai Dinh Court created under the reign of King Le Hy Tong, the 3rd year of Hoa (1682). This is the oldest stele in Dinh Tien Dinh, on the stele content mentioned the purchase and sale of the right to sing the Cua Dinh under the reign of King Le Huyen Tong, the 8th year of the Canh Tri (1670). This shows that the precedent family must be built before this period, and in the commune of the commune, the communal house is also very focused and more than 350 years ago, the ancient songs were deeply ingrained in the lives of the people. In the epitaph also recorded that the beer was placed on the back of the stone turtle, now in the left land, there is still a base of a turtle -shaped beer.

On the right wall of the Dai Dinh court, it also kept a stele called "Creating a jelly jelly", the beer was created during the reign of King Le Hien Tong, noted about the construction of this stele, on the stele body, there was the words "Hoang Trieu Canh Hung Van Nien" said that the stele was created in the period from the mid -18th century to the end of the 18th century.

On the body of two stone steles decorated with many different themes and pattern motifs. On the stele called "Khai Phu Dinh Bi - handed down thousands of great", the beer's forehead is decorated with the theme "Song Phung Chau Nhat" in combination with Van May; Running along the body of beer is two rows of patterns decorated in a motif of flower string, the beer leg is decorated with lotus with lotus blooms that are blooming on both sides. On the stele "Create a jelly jelly" is specially decorated, the beer's forehead is decorated with bat -shaped wings, this is a symbol of the word "Phuc", right in the middle of the beer's forehead, it is floating the word "Loc", located next to the four words "Create a ball ball" are the words "Tho" on both sides; Running along the beer body down to the foot of the beer is decorated with symmetrical pattern tissue tissue combined with flower and leaf pattern.

In the main hall of the communal house, there is still a majestic stele, engraved with the four words "Thanh cung banh Tue". At the communal house worshiping the Thanh Hoang, Nhu Hoa Vuong - a local person who organized people to fight floods to protect the dyke. Like most communal houses along the Day River in Hoai Duc district, Tien Le communal house also worships Ly Phuc Man - a famous general under King Ly Nam De.

As a place that has focused on community cultural and religious activities of Tien Le people for hundreds of years, Tien Le communal house still retains its ancient features. Every year on the 12th day of the 3rd lunar month, the local government and the people of Tien Le organize a festival to commemorate those who have contributed to their homeland and country.