Description
Vinh Phu communal house belongs to residential group 12, Ninh Hiep ward, Ninh Hoa town, Khanh Hoa province (formerly Vinh An Thon, canton of Trung Quang Phuoc district, Binh Hoa government). Located 30 km north of Nha Trang city.
The relic was built before 1852, to worship Ban Canh Thanh Hoang and worship Tien Hien, Hau Hien… Over time, Vinh Phu communal house was degraded and damaged, so people have restored and respected it many times. create. In 1886, the monument was overhauled; in 1924, restored and embellished a number of degraded work items: roof system, load-bearing wooden frame system; In 1966, the monument was overhauled.
Vinh Phu communal house is located on a large flat land with a total area of 1,306.2m2. The communal house has an overall layout as follows: Nghi Mon, communal house yard, courtroom, martial arts, money sacrifice, main hall, Tien Hien temple, service house.
The money and the main hall are the two main items of the relic.
The sacrifice designed three equal compartments with four entrance doors (three main doors and one armpit door), wooden doors. Cement floor. The roof is covered with western tiles, on the roof is decorated with embossed "Two dragons adoring the moon", the banks are decorated with stylized dragons and clouds. The sacrifice is where people sacrifice offerings to the gods.
The interior of the sacrifice is arranged as follows: on both sides of the gable wall, there are two altars to worship the god of the door, on which are painted pictures of two gods. In the middle is the wooden council altar, the two sides are decorated with a set of holes. After the altar of the Council is a long communal house used to store the "shades of God". Above the communal house hang three horizontal paintings.
The main hall is connected to the altar, designed with three equal compartments, with an area of 41.3m2 to worship the gods, the main deity here is Bon Canh Thanh Hoang, worshiping in the central position. The main hall has three main doors and two side doors, wooden doors. Cement floor. Western tiled roof, including four lower roofs and the roof of the old floor, the roof of the old roof is decorated with embossed "Two dragons adoring the moon", the decorative strip is embossed with stylized dragons and clouds, the roof fringes are made of lotus petals made of bamboo. wood, finely carved. The lower roof is decorated with a stylized dragon pattern.
Architectural structure: The main hall has a typical structure of the Vietnamese people. The main bearing system is a wooden frame consisting of: four female pillars linked to the set by mortise holes (the set is designed in the traditional truss style). The knee point of the set is because it is a bottom square, the four sides of the square are carved with delicate stylized patterns. On the top of the column, there are points to join the mortise with the set because the residual head is delicately carved in the shape of a phoenix's head. Columns and sets because they are linked with the system of rods, diaphragms, lugs, and sesame... form a frame to support the roof.
The interior of the main hall is arranged as follows: In the center of the main hall, there are three altars; In the middle is the altar to worship God, on the left and right sides.
In addition to the unique beauty of architectural art, Vinh Phu communal house also preserves many relics and antiques of great historical and cultural value: Han Nom documents, long communal houses, parasols, gongs, drums, etc. rituals, rituals, rituals, rituals, music, costumes... Especially six consecrations conferred by the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty.
Every year, the traditional festival is held on the tenth day of the third lunar month. The festival takes place in a dignified atmosphere, imbued with the local cultural identity. In addition to the ceremony, there is also a boi singing festival.
Vinh Phu communal house, dating back to the middle of the 19th century, is one of the earliest communal houses in Ninh Hoa. Relics exist along with the history of formation and development of the land. The communal house is a testament to the existence of the old Vinh Phu village (now the 11th, 12th and 13th residential groups), which converges almost all the values that his father created and saved. retransmit. The most prominent feature of the communal house is the wooden frame bearing structure system, with sophisticated decorative patterns, bearing the traditional Vietnamese style still preserved here. Because of the typical values on Vinh Phu communal house, the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province issued Decision No. 2369/QD-UBND, on August 31, 2011 classified as a provincial relic.