Tu Lien communal house

Tu Lien communal house was formerly the communal house of Ngoai Chau village, since 1993, changed its name into Tu Lien communal house and is now located in group 4 of Tu Lien ward, Tay Ho district.
Based on the materials that are still preserved in the communal house: spirit, ordained, epigraphic, parallel sentences... Tu Lien communal house worships four gods are: Bao Trung Dai Vuong, Minh Khiet Dai Vuong, Phuong Nuong Princess. Below is a brief information about the gods:
During the Ly Dynasty in Khoai Chau district, there was a family of a man named Nguyen Chuong, his wife was Bui Thi Xuyen. He was a doctor while his wife worked as a farmer. Two people living in harmony doing good, every day they pray to heaven for a child. Then, in the hot summer season, Mrs. Xuyen went to the river for a shower. During the bath, she saw three snake eggs on the river bank: a green one and the other two were yellow that she thought of bringing home. Mr. Chuong saw this strange thing so put it near the bed, three days after the eggs broke, water from three eggs seeped into the wife. After three months she was pregnant, after a month she had a bloom that gave birth to two sons and a daughter on June 28 in the Year of the Tiger. The three children have unusual faces with beautiful appearance. After 3 months from her birth she unfortunately fell ill and died on September 10, Mr. Chuong saw three children were too small so found two women, Pham Thi Thanh and Tran Thi Tich Chau Xuyen district Tu Liem to care for the children.
When the three children were 12 years old, they went to their hometown to work. At the age of 18, the three of them learned very smartly and thoroughly, and now he names his children: first name is Bao, second name is My, third daughter is Phuong. In that year, Mr. Chuong fell ill and died on November 21. At that time, three brothers came to Tu Liem district to find two women who took care of them but did not succeed because they died. Then all three of them were raised by a rich man named Le Cong Tri. Two brothers Bao and My continued to study while Ms. Phuong learned to weave. One day, Ms Phuong went back to the Kingdom of Water. The remaining two brothers are talented, good at both martial arts and study.
During King Le Dai Hanh’s reign, the invaders of the Tang Dynasty dragged on to invade our country. The Le king sent troops going to the waterway but when reaches to her temples they couldn't go forward, later on after asking for her permission they could once again go normally. After the king defeated the enemy, he commanded the subjects to build a temple to worship her. Nine years later, Chiem Thanh invaders invaded our country. The king was anxious to urgently command throughout the nation to search for talented people. The two brothers then heard of the request so they came to the court to talk with the Emperor, then go to help to fight the enemy. The king saw the two looked handsome, good at martial arts then very happy to let them be general and said: "This country meets foreign invaders, I ordered you to replace me to fight the enemy.”
The two following king’s orders started to train three thousand troops. The first one took 30 people as close people, the second took 80 people to be close soldiers. The two divided into two groups of the army one is infantry and the other group is navy. Later on, our troops won the battle. It was midnight that suddenly the heavens opened and the sky began to rain, lightning flashed in the sky, and suddenly a cloud of gold from heaven came to them, like a golden silk band and took them to heaven. After that, the people gathered there to see the extrusion of the tombs called Dong Lang vua. The king was deeply saddled with the great meritorious deeds to the country, the King meant to send the people to prepare the temple, giving money to the people to do worshiping activities in spring and autumn. He later conferred the older brother to be Bao Trung, the younger brother to be Minh Khiet.
Thus, the three Bao Trung, Minh Khiet and Phuong Nuong were gods all humanized to help King Ly Nam De fight Foreign aggression. The fourth statue in the palace is worshiping the goddess Tu Hoa - daughter of King Ly Than Tong to open a camp for mulberry farming silkworms in Xuyen Bao, called Tam Tang. To remember the gratitude of the people's princess to worship the village's worshipers in the Ngoai Chau communal house (Tu Lien) and Kim Lien Pagoda.
Traditional traditions against foreign invaders Tu Lien is also the basis of revolutionary resistance in anti-French and anti-American periods. In the battle of death from 60 days and nights (19/12/1946 -17/2/1947) to protect the capital, the wharf Tu Tong (Tu Lien) is where 1200 soldiers retreat in the night 17 / 2/1947 to save the force to continue 9 years of resistance against French colonialism.
Tu Lien communal house is located in the center of the ward in the west overlooking Bung Ca lake. The house has an area of nearly 3000m2 and located in the open air is built on a 1.2m high with stairs made of green stone. Roof is roofed with a structure of 4 roofs, in the middle of the roof of the embankment of two dragons embracing the sun, the two pliers embrace the two ends of the dragon, and each side is covered with dragons. Roof covered with twisted leaves curled in the middle. In front of the system, the iron wood doors run through seven houses including 58 wings.
Main temple is a large architecture consisting of 6 sets of trusses because of the style of gong and seven porches. There are 12 columns with a diameter of 0.4m, 4.4m in height, 18 columns with a diameter of 0.3m and a height of 3.2m.
The harem is connected to the middle house of the main temple. The trusses are decorated with dragon heads and clouds, leaves. In order to create the majesty of luxury, in front of the harem, there is a door of the hammock that touches the four sacred animals: Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle, Phoenix and stylized flower. The centerpiece in the center of the altar is where the throne is placed along with the tablet of the gods.
In the present, there are many valuable objects including: a book of Chinese characters written by Nguyen Binh in 1572, in the year of Vinh Huu (1737). 19 ordained (original) from the king to others. Among them were 12 belonging to Le and 6 belonging to Nguyen Dynasties.
Four sets of dragon throne:
+ Bao Trung
+ Minh Khiet
+ Y Hanh princess
+ The goddess
18 pairs of parallel sentences praise the merits of the gods.
Situated in the heart of historical and cultural relics of Tay Ho district, the relic of Tu Lien Communal house is one of the relics with beautiful architecture, a center of spiritual community activities, a point Attractive sightseeing for domestic and foreign tourists. The monument has been ranked as a City Monument by Decision No. 5082 / QD-UB dated 13/11/2006.