Description

Vinh Hoi communal house is located at group 12 Vinh Hoi, Ngoc Hiep ward, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

Vinh Hoi village formerly known as Cho Vo Xu (name of a mountain in the village) is part of Ngoc Toan village[1]. At that time, the whole village had only 5 to 7 roofs, sparsely populated and poor. Villagers of Phuong Sai (Coi ward) often bring rice and firewood to support Vinh Hoi villagers; The name "Ho village" was born from there and exists until today[2].

Regarding the chronology, based on the picture hanging in the main hall with the content "Vinh Hoi communal house, Thanh Thai Binh Ngo Thu created [Made in the autumn of the year of Binh Ngo (1906), Thanh Thai era]". From here, we can guess that Vinh Hoi communal house was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Currently, Vinh Hoi communal house still preserves 3 ordinations bestowed by the Nguyen kings, including:

- Ordaining the reign of King Duy Tan in the 5th year (1911) to Ban Canh Thanh Hoang;

- Ordaining the reign of King Khai Dinh in the 9th year (1924) to Ban Canh Thanh Hoang;

- Ordaining the reign of King Khai Dinh in the 9th year (1924) was given to Thien Y A Na.

Vinh Hoi communal house was built to worship the village Thanh Hoang, Thien Y A Na, the five elements, the sage, the senior, and the junior.

(The altar inside Vinh Hoi Communal House - Photo: Tran Thi Thanh Loan)

Vinh Hoi communal house is located in the campus with a total area of 938.2m2, the front facing northeast. Vinh Hoi communal house has the architectural style of the Nguyen Dynasty, with the architectural structure of the font "Ding" (丁), including the following architectural units: Nghi Mon, Phong Nha, Martial Ca, Monument Monument, Son Lam Temple Lords and Generals, Great Communal House (Temple and Main Hall), Tien Hien Temple, Thien Y A Na Temple, Ngu Hanh Temple, Guest House, Kitchen, Toilet.

Over time, Vinh Hoi communal house deteriorated and was repaired by people in 1953, 1961, 1969, 2018. Initially, Vinh Hoi communal house was made of materials available in nature such as bamboo and bamboo paintings. leaves. Over time, people's life gradually developed, old materials degraded, villagers repaired communal houses, walls were built of bricks and pipes; Traces of this type of brick are still present in the Tien Hien Temple and the main hall.

The architectural structure of the main hall has a tiled roof system, an ancient floor, the roof bank is embossed with the image of "Two dragons adoring the day"; because the roof has a "truss" structure with two columns hiding "round top and bottom"; the residual heads are carved with dragon head patterns; The door system is made in the style of "Thuong Song Ha Village"... the highlight in Vinh Hoi communal house's architecture is the wall system made of bricks and pipes, along with a system of load-bearing wooden columns and a set of trusses supporting the roof system.

(Vinh Hoi communal house - Photo: Tran Thi Thanh Loan)

The annual Vinh Hoi communal house festival is held by the villagers on a good day in the 8th month (lunar calendar). In addition, on the full moon day of January, July and October, the communal house management board also organizes worship services at the relic. Besides, on December 25th, the communal house worships the end of the year and opens the communal house door from the 30th to the 7th of Tet for the villagers to come and celebrate. As usual, the villagers hold a great ceremony with full items, traditional rites and boi singing.

During the resistance war against the French colonialists, Vinh Hoi communal house was the first headquarters of the People's Committee of Vinh Xuong district, the command headquarters at that time was located on Cho Vo mountain. Vinh Hoi communal house is also a place to gather food, food and medicine to support the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Front 101 days and nights to fight the French colonialists.[3] At that time, behind the communal house, there were many bamboo shoots used to make sticks and spear blades - this was a rudimentary weapon used to fight the enemy and guard the villagers. Behind the Tien Hien Temple is a weapon forge of the village self-defense army specializing in forging spears and marks for the militia and self-defense forces in the village to participate in the resistance.

Vinh Hoi communal house is also a place to gather troops, a place to rest, a field hospital for wounded and sick soldiers in the Front of October 23, 1945; It was the place where revolutionary soldiers were kept to prepare for the 1968 Mau Than campaign. Since 1975, the communal house has become a meeting place for people in the village, mass organizations, and elections for National Assembly deputies. and local people's councils at all levels.

Recognizing the values of Vinh Hoi communal house relic, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 3479/QD-CT.UBND dated December 28, 2020 ranking Vinh Hoi communal house as a provincial historical - cultural relic.

TRAN THI THANH LOAN

[1] Ngoc Toan village was formerly named Lam Toan (the land of Gom, Go De, Go Gach, Cay Me, Bien Son), belonging to Ha Bac, Vinh Xuong district, with administrative boundaries: the East borders the river, the West borders the river. The West borders Hoa Nong village and Xuan Son Thuong commune, the South borders Hoa Nong village and the river, the North borders Hoi An village and mountains. During the Gia Long period, the area of Lam Toan village was 63 acres. Later, Lam Toan was changed to Ngoc Toan. Through many times of separation, today the places Ngoc Hoi, Lu Cam, Vinh Hoi, Ngoc Thao, Ngoc Son all belong to Ngoc Toan village in the past [Source: Nguyen Dinh Dau (1997), "Research on geographical records of the Nguyen dynasty in the province of Nguyen Dynasty". Khanh Hoa", p. 256; A stele on Ngoc Toan village", Nguyen Dinh Luc, Journal of Culture, Sports and Tourism, No. 6/2008, page 18].

[2] The Executive Committee of the Party Committee of Ngoc Hiep Ward (2018), Revolutionary History of Ngoc Hiep Ward (1930 - 2010), Khanh Hoa Department of Information and Communications, Nha Trang, p. 24.

[3] Executive Committee of Ngoc Hiep Ward Party Committee (2018), phone number, pp.54-55.