The communal house worships two female generals who are twin sisters in Hai Duong

Mai Hương |

Hai Duong - Hue Tri Communal House in Hai Duong is an important historical site, a place of worship for two female generals of Hai Ba Trung.

Hue Tri communal house (An Phu ward, Kinh Mon town, Hai Duong province) is a place of worship for two village kings, Thien Nhan and Thien Khanh, who were twin sisters - female generals of Hai Ba Trung. The two women died here after the failed failed failed uprising against the invasion of To Dinh. The communal house was built during the Later Le Dynasty and was restored during the Nguyen Dynasty.

Previously, the communal house was made of wood and covered with paint. The communal house currently has a Nhi-style architecture, consisting of two buildings with 5 compartments next to each other, forming a nearly square shape, each building has 4 roofs.

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Hue Tri Communal House is located in An Phu Ward, Kinh Mon Town, Hai Duong Province. Photo: Mai Huong

The communal house is 26m long, 24m wide, and has a total area of 624m2. The communal house faces south, with 3 large doors, the remaining communal houses are built with a ceiling up to 1m high, with conical buttocks above. The communal house is made of solid stone, with a panel up to 4m long. Around the communal house, there is a yard and many ancient trees, the northwest is the market area.

According to legend and recorded in the stele, Hue Tri communal house was built during the Ly Dynasty. Initially, the communal house was small in scale, with a roof (roof). After many renovations, the communal house was rebuilt with ironwood and tiled. Although the location remains the same, the layout has changed.

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Explore the unique architecture of Hue Tri Communal House. Photo: Mai Huong

Currently, the communal house has a Quoc-style architecture, the layout is almost square. The two front and back buildings both have 5 rooms, located close together. The ends of the reed are connected into a roof as in the main hall. The columns, embankments, and piles do not have many elaborate floating stations, mainly being planned to be closed.

In the communal house, there are still many valuable antiques such as large steles, parallel sentences, dong tin, culverts, worship items and 7 stone steles. Of the 7 stone steles still in the communal house, 6 are from the communal house and 1 is from the communal house. In addition, the communal house also preserves some ruins, communal houses, dragon communal houses, etc.

The communal house opens two sessions every year on January 7, the birthday of the two women Thien Nhan - Thien Khanh, the festival opens for many days.

At the Hue Tri Communal House relic, the Youth Union of Kinh Mon town (Hai Duong province) disseminated and introduced the history of the communal house.At the same time, the delegation carried out the youth project "digitizing historical and cultural relics" using QR code boards; organized a number of competitions to promote and introduce local cultural history in Kinh Mon town (Hai Duong province).

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