Phu Xa communal house

Phu Xa is an ancient village along the Red River in Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District, formerly in the Tu Liem - Ha Noi‘s suburban district. Phu Xa communal house is located about 10km northwest of Hanoi center. The communal house was built in a beautiful location in the center of Phu Xa village.
According to the “Than tich sac phong” book, preserved at the Institute of Social Science Information and the local folk legends in Phu Xa communal house, people worship the Second Great King, namely Hien Hue and Bao Hy.
An old legend says two students entered the scriptures to take the exam. When going to the Xu rapid, he died from the cataclysm. They showed their inspiration to help the people protect the country, so the villagers built a temple to commemorate them. They were ordained in the 3rd year of the King Dong Khanh era (1887), the 6th year of the King Tu Duc era (1853), the 33rd year of the King Tu Duc era (1880), the 3rd year of King Duy Tan (1909) and the third year of King Tu Duc era (1909) and the ninth year of King Khai Dinh era (1924). They are highly educated, very upright, famous, and humble. Later, The Kings honored them as the Village Emperors, one who brought favors to the villagers, called Hien Hue, and the other who brought good things to the villagers called Bao Hy. They are worshiped with dragon thrones and tablets. The book "Than pha" also stipulates the annual sacrifices such as the Spring sacrifice on January 8, the autumn sacrifice on August 15, the summer sacrifice on June 16, the sacrifice of "Thuong dien" in July, and the sacrifice of Ky Phuc on February 10. “Than pha” also stipulates sacrifices, rituals, and taboos.
Today, besides worshiping Nhi Vi Dai Vuong and the village emperors, Phu Xa communal house also honors Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Kieu, who was building it. Mr. Nguyen Kieu (1695 -1752), whose name was Hao Hien, was born in Phu Xa village, Phu Gia canton, Hoai Duc State, now in Phu Xa village, Phu Thuong ward, Tay Ho district. Mr. Kieu was originally from Nam Dinh and moved to Phu Xa village with his family. When he was a child, he was brilliant and studious. He took the Huong exam and passed the Huong Cong exam since 20 years ago. At the age of 21, he passed the university entrance exam. At 21, he passed the exam at the Faculty of At Mui (1715) during the reign of King Le Trung Hung, which during meaned Vinh Thinh era. He was one of the two youngest people to pass the university.
According to the book Phu Xa village by Nguyen Quoc Thien, when Nguyen Kieu was a mandarin in the Le - Trinh court, he asked for a palace that had a mistake (because the carpenter cut the pillars short) Thang Long citadel for the villagers of Phu Xa as a communal house. In 1749, he moved the entire palace from Thang Long citadel along the To Lich and Thien Phu rivers to Phu Xa village. The communal house started building from the fall of 1749 to the summer of 1750. The communal house is located on an airy high mound at the beginning of Phu Xa village. In front of the communal house is a large pond and the Red River dike behind it. The communal house followed the posture of a mountain biking pillow and was named Tuy Lac Dinh, which means the family gathered all peace and joy. In 1751, before his death, Kieu planted a commemorative rice tree to the north of the communal house. Later this tree became the contact point of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1941 to 1945. It was exciting that on August 23rd, 1945, Uncle Ho left The Viet Bac war zone and returned to Hanoi. He crossed Xu wharf and had lunch at Phu Xa communal house. Uncle returned to Hanoi to read the Declaration of Independence, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at the historic Ba Dinh square on September 2nd, 1945.
In the war against France, the communal house was damaged. In 2010, on the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, Phu Xa communal house was restored on the old communal house with an area of about 500m2. The communal house was built in the west, including five front halls and three harem compartments.
The main architectural works of Phu Xa communal house today include Great Hall and Harem. The great hall consists of 5 new compartments, which were recently renovated by the government and people, with wood on the sets because it is shown in the style of stacking, pre-millennial, post-seven. The roof is tiled and the corners are shown with curved blades in the shape of a dragon's head. In front is a wooden table door system. Phu Xa Great Hall is made on a high platform with 3 stone steps from the courtyard going up. The great communal house consists of 5 large compartments and the frame is made of wood, including 4 sets of trusses (2 sets for the upper rafter style, 1 set of transparent trusses, and 1 set for the gong rack). The communal house, about 70cm high above the courtyard, is made in the style of a four-roof house with four curved blades. The roof bank runs straight in the middle, emblazoned with two dragons adoring the fire Sun. The dragon symbol has a twisted tail, dorsal fin, and pointed mane. The two sides of the back wall connect to two small gates leading to the back.
The harem consists of 3 horizontal compartments made of gabled tiled roofs. The floor is tiled and the frame of the house is made of a simple hitchhiking truss. In front of the door is a wooden table door system. The middle space in the center position places the throne and the tablet of the village citadel.
In particular, Phu Xa communal house also preserves a rich system of relics in various genres and materials, such as the system of ordinations, gods‘ names table, bronze bells, altars, wooden palanquins, hammock doors, diaphragms, couplets, long thrones, tablets,... They have very high cultural and aesthetic value, with 11 ordinations (original) dating from Le – Nguyen’s reign. These relics is a precious source of written material, contributing significantly to understanding the history of the gods in the Vietnamese temple system and the development process of Vietnamese communal houses through the different histories of the country.
With all the typical tangible and intangible cultural values above, Phu Xa communal house has contributed significantly to studying the development of Vietnamese communal houses in general and of Tay Ho district in particular. Every year to commemorate the merits of the village emperor, the people of Phu Xa village take February 10 as the traditional festival day of the village communal house to pay their respects and thank God for blessing the rain and wind, people have a peaceful and happy life.