Yen Phu communal house

Yen Phu communal house is currently located in Yen Phu village, Yen Phu ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi. In Le period is Yen Hoa ward, Quang Duc district. During the Thieu Tri (1841 - 1847) because of abstinence from Mrs. Ho Thi Hoa, mother of King Thieu Tri, Yen Hoa changed to Yen Phu.
Yen Phu Communal house worshiped three village gods, which are three brothers: Uy Linh Lang Dai Vuong, Vuong Duy Dai Vuong, Vuong Ba Dai Vuong.
The book is still kept in the communal house and books “Tay Ho Chi” said the history of the god as follows:
Vuong is the main Hong Bang family, and is the second son of Bach Viet. Vuong is originally the Dragon, called Uy Linh Lang, along with six brothers are Bach Giap, Hoang Giap, Hac Giap, Thanh Giap, Chu Giap and Tu Giap ordained here.
In Tran Thanh Tong’s reign, Minh Duc Empress was over 30 years old but still had no children so she often went to the temple to pray. She also enjoyed the view in the Nguu area. One day, she saw a guy bow to prostrate and said: I am Uy Linh Lang, long time king of this land. Now I see the cross by, giving a lot but I have nothing to return. Yesterday heaven accepted for me to go down to the earth.
Suddenly she wakes up feeling conceived. At 2 am on February 2 in the year Tan Suu, she gave birth to a bundle. The queen felt bad about it so she put it in a bucket and dumped it in the street. Many people crossed over, strange to see that they only dared to stand far away to see it. When the sun was up, there was a huge thunder. Everyone in the village came out to see the bundle was broken, a child was in the basket. Then the rumors came into the palace. The queen was surprised so she sent a maid out to see the boy. He looked elegant, majestic, intelligent and enlightened so she quickly returned to report to the king. The king laughed and said: Formerly Cao Tan had Nguyen Khuong give birth to Hau Tac as the same way as this. This is not too strange. Then he ordered the servant to bring him back to nurture. Five months later he can talk, one full year later he can stand up like an adult. So, the Emperor and Queen loved him a lot and named him Uy Linh Lang.
When he grew up, he was so talented that everyone had to admire him. When he was 20 years old, he liked to travel and many times offered to be a monk. The King and Queen disagreed. He went to Nam Xuong to escape and receive teachings of Buddhism. Only a few months pass by but he understood all the books of the Buddha so he is especially good at Buddhism theory. The King and Queen were very grateful, and gave him a house in the South gate, which is the suburbs of Binh Tho, now in Yen Tho district, giving a monthly salary to live.
More than 20 years later, in the Tran Nhan Tong era, the enemy general Toa Do brought 40 thousand troops divided into two ways to enter our country. All the people in the country were very anxious. Suddenly he said: "People born in the heavens and the earth must be a great hero, must be in the battlefield rather than being in the house and living day by day, if so what can be told to the children of them? He proposed a plan to fight back the enemy, himself would bring his soldiers to fight the enemy. The king complimented him for having great vision and mind so he agreed.
He assembled his troops, recruited ten thousand soldiers then divided them into groups to practice and prepare for the battle. He called his army “Thien Tu quan” (Son of the heaven army), fighting against the Nguyen in Ban Than. The enemy was defeated, our army surpassed them to the north, beat them in the Dong Mai River, rejoined troops with Tran Nhat Duat, Tran Hung Dao in Van Kiep to wait for orders. They fight the enemy in Man Tru, burn down the camp of the enemy in the East. One day win eight battles, capture the enemy general O Ma Nhi ... and a lot of soldiers. From then on, the Nguyen dynasty did not dare to bring troops to invade again, the country returned to peace.
After reviewing what he had done, he was conferred as Dam Dam Dai Vuong (Great King of West Lake). He later on became a monk in Ngoc Ho pagoda.
On August 8, the year of Rat, the Great King was not sick but suddenly pass away.
The king built the temple in Nhat Chieu and other places such as Yen Hoa (Yen Phu)...
From then on the Great King always manifested to help the people, help the country.
In the time of Tran Nghe Tong, the Great King helped Yen Hoa dyke not to break down, so the king granted money to use for incense and the tile "Uy Linh Lang Hien ung phu huu Dai Vuong".
Yen Phu communal house is currently located on a large expanse of land in the center of Yen Phu village. The size of the architecture of the house is quite unique, rare in Hanoi. House made in the vertical direction, turning north. In the north of the house, there is a small pond, behind is West Lake. The architecture of the family stretches along the earth to create the necessary depth and elegant look of traditional religious monuments. Yen Phu communal house is located close to West Lake creating cool space, beautiful natural scenery.
From outside, Yen Phu communal house consists of architectural works:
In addition to the communal house pond is the communal house gate, built in the simple four-cylinder style. Through the gate is quite a large yard, placed flower pots, bonsai, followed by the communal house.
Yen Phu communal house has unique architecture, five main temple rooms and three harem rooms. The altar is open at the north in the style of the table. The roof is covered with shoe tip tiles. In the middle of the roof are two dragons embracing the sun, next to the phoenix spreading its wings.
The communal house is made of ironwood. The art of carving is decorated with an array of touches with rich unique topics. The head touches the subject dragon cloud, four spiritual animals. The tips touch the dragon head, mouth wide open holding pearls. The paintings embossed the topic of four animals, four plants, dragons and the clouds ... In general, the carvings here are quite sophisticated, the lines are deeply touched, the themes are shown in a lively, artistic style of the 17th - 18th centuries.
The harem is connected to the main temple, consisting of three airy rooms. In the middle of the harem is a wooden altar of gold lacquer. In that set three sets of dragon throne, in the front set the worship items.
Yen Phu communal house is not only a work of art unique to the architecture of the capital but also a place of traditional education and patriotic spirit. Yen Phu communal house, located on the West Lake, will certainly be a sacred place, preserving the culture of Thang Long - Hanoi.
The communal house was classified by the Ministry of Culture (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) is a relic of architectural art in Decision No. 15 / VH-QD dated 27/01/1986.