Trich Sai communal house

Trich Sai communal house is located in Trich Sai Village, Buoi Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi. The communal house is in the west of the lake, close to the water, the space is wonderful. In front of the communal house are the ancient trees.
Looking at the door of Trich Sai communal house highlights the pair of sentences covered on the wall. From it, we can know that Trich Sai communal house worships Muc Than.
Muc Than lived in Vong Thi village, from a young acquaintance to the water, grow up fishing to live. At the time of King Le Dai Hanh for good fishing was added to the Van Thuy team. One day, he traveled to the lotus pond in the south, where he followed his father to the king's boat, where the King saw him and confer him as Thai lao. At that time Le Van Doanh's son Le Van Thinh came from Thanh Tri; Van Doanh in the Thai Tong period as the Thi Trung Do Lang Ky Uy, follow the king went to fight the enemy in the North, capture many people brought back to the capital. Van Doanh saw that they are hungry so he gave them food and drink, they are extremely thankful. Those who received the pardon themselves came to the Van Doanh and said: I was from Dai Ly nation but condemned by Ton Phuc and treated as a military adviser. In the past, the court seized the property of my family, now you gave me a very favorable treatment, life is guaranteed safe, I cannot return to you right now, please let me be a servant. I have a little magic in life, magical transformation. Van Thinh is old but still to teach that magic, Van Doanh is happy to receive him to stay with Le Van Thinh. He taught all the magic to Van Thinh, then Van Thinh became particularly better than other people.
In 1705, Le Van Thinh passed the examination of wisdom, the king loved and conferred Thi Giang. The latter is more and more favored, talented no one can compare. Not long in the position of Thai Su, Thinh became arrogant, indiscriminate living, having a plan of being king.
In the year of Hoi Phong (1092), in the idle time, the king swam a small boat to the lake Dam Dam watching fishing. Near the middle of the line, the weather is hot, clouds suddenly cover the sky and suddenly cover all 4 sides. The king was very frightened to hear the sound of the paddle from far away. The king threw a spear then he heard the roar and then rushed to the side of the boat and saw that it was a long tiger which made him very frightened. Then the fishing boats came to rescue. At that time, the officials went to the king to look at each other, at the same time - standing next to the bow of the boat tossed net, Muc Than thought that someone was planning to take the throne. He hurriedly pushed the boat, setting up a panacea and throwing the net to recite the mantra. When he finished casting the net over the tiger's head, the netting turned into a wire mesh. Then the tiger turned into Thai Su Le Van Thinh. The angry king sent him to Tuyen Hoa for punishment.
The king wanted to celebrate the special merit of Muc Than discover who had planned to attack the king so conferred him as Tieu Ky general and the whole West Lake to be his house. He passed away at 45 years old. After he was dead, he was conferred the title of Chinh Nghi. The communal house was built in the hamlet of Vong Thi (East Village) and Trich Sai (Tay Village) are to worship him.
Based on the legend and table stored in the relic, the Trich Sai communal house was built in the year 1612 (Nham Ty) King Le Kinh Tong.
The communal house exists today to be repaired many times: in 2001, repair the communal house’s gate; 2002, 2003 repair the front house. In 2004, renovation of the communal house.
The communal house includes: the gate, the houses, the main temple (front house, harem), and two corridors.
The communal house’s gate is not built in the style of "celestial" but built like a pagoda. Through the gate, the courtyard is quite spacious, airy.
Next to the newly built houses. The front house was destroyed long ago. At present there are only three chapels worshiping ancient tile. There are many precious objects of the Le dynasty such as stone dragons, stone tablets, dragon thrones, tablets...
The communal house is built in the position of beautiful natural landscape: front is West Lake, nearby the pagoda of Vong Thi, Tinh Lau Pagoda, Chuc Thanh Pagoda, Duc Thanh Temple, Ho Khau communal house ... around there is a promenade along the lake which is convenient for visitors to go sightseeing. In the process of existence, the communal house has undergone many restorations and repairs, but still retains the traditional style of architecture. Especially, in the Trich Sai communal house, the system of relics is abundant in various types and materials such as stone tablets, the edicts, the throne dating back to the late seventeenth century, The hammock, horizontal, parallel sentences ... bring aesthetic value to art. These relics are valuable sources of valuable literature, contributing to the understanding of the background of Gods in the Vietnamese spiritual system as well as the development of Vietnamese communal houses throughout the ages with different historical periods of the nation.
In addition to the values of cultural history, architectural art, and science, Trich Sai communal house is also a place to gather cultural and spiritual activities of the people of Trich Sai where they express gratitude to those who have rescued the king and bring a warm and happy life to the villagers.
The communal house was rated by the City as the Historic Artistic Monument in Decision No. 2005 / QD-UBND dated 23 May 2008.