Description

Dac Loc communal house is located in Dac Loc village, Vinh Phuong commune, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

About Dac Loc village: According to Nguyen Dinh Dau, the work of surveying and land registration in Khanh Hoa in 1810, Dac Loc village was named An Loc commune, Ha canton, Hoa Chau district, Dien Khanh district[1]. From the reign of King Thieu Tri in the 3rd year (1843) to the reign of King Tu Duc in the 3rd year (1850), An Loc commune changed its name to Thien Loc commune, Phuoc Dien district[2]. In the 9th year of King Khai Dinh's reign (1924), Thien Loc commune changed to Dac Loc commune, Trung Chau canton, Dien Khanh district.

After the village gradually stabilized, in order to have a place of religious activities for the villagers, Mr. Phan Van Minh and the people in the village contributed efforts and money to build the communal house in Dak Loc village. Recognizing and being grateful for the contributions of people with meritorious services to the village, the villagers honored Mr. Phan Van Minh as the village's predecessor in the 3rd year of King Minh Menh's reign (1822), and at the same time set up a shrine on the premises. Dac Loc family.

About the date of the communal house: Based on the earliest ordination that King Thieu Tri in the 3rd year (1843) bestowed on the village of Dak Loc, we can determine the relative age of the communal house to be in the first half of the 19th century.

Dinh Dac Loc has undergone many renovations and changes to the following location:
- At the beginning, the communal house was built in the northeast of the village on a mound with the nickname Go Cay Met. According to the local elder, because the communal house is located in an unfavorable position, it causes a lot of damage (epidemic, crop failure, failed exams, etc.) to the villagers. Therefore, people in the village moved the communal house to the west (about 200m from the old location), at this time, it was stopped to make a room with simple bamboo and leaves.
- In the past, Tien Hien church was built on a high mound to the southwest of Dac Loc village, with the customary name "Anh Dai field". In 1946, due to being occupied by the French as a fortress, the villagers moved the Tien Hien church to the communal house to worship.
- In 1957, people in the village continued to move the communal house to the northwest, about 1km from the old location, 100m from the foot of Hon Chua mountain to the east; This time, the communal house was built more superficially, with brick walls and yin and yang tiled roofs.
- In 2000, building martial arts and shacks.
- In 2003, built the old building in the main hall, replaced the damaged wooden components, and re-roofed with tile roofs.

Dac Loc communal house worships Thanh Hoang village, Bach Ma, Tien sage ... Currently, Dac Loc communal house still preserves 04 ordinations for Bach Ma god given by the Nguyen kings, including: 2 Thieu Tri colors in the 3rd year (1843) ), one Tu Duc in the 3rd year (1850) and one Khai Dinh in the 9th year (1924).

Dac Loc Communal House is located in a campus with a total area of 1,646.8 m2, the front facing south. From the outside to the inside, Dac Loc communal house has the following overall layout: Nghi mon, flag pole, feng shui, martial ca, communal house, Tien Hien Temple, Soldier Temple, Poc house, Tien Hien tomb.

The overall plan of Dac Loc communal house 

Every year, people in Dac Loc village hold a festival to worship Spring in the third lunar month. As is customary, every "three years of unruly" villagers organize a boi song once. In addition, in the year of Dac Loc communal house, there are other worshiping ceremonies as follows: 3 days of the Lunar New Year, the full moon of January, the Lunar New Year, the full moon of July and the full moon of October.

- Before the August Revolution, 1945: Due to the location of Dac Loc communal house in a desolate place, few people passed by (at this time the communal house was still in Go Cay Met), the Viet Minh in Vinh Phuong commune took the place of Dac Loc communal house as a meeting place. discuss and establish the Viet Minh Commune Steering Committee.

- During the August Revolution, 1945: On August 19, 1945, Nha Trang town from the inner city to the suburbs simultaneously rebelled to seize power. On the night of August 19, 1945, after successfully robbing the government, the people gathered at Dac Loc communal house to hear the announcement that the feudal colonial system was abolished and the government belonged to the people.

- The period of resistance against the French and Americans: Dinh Dac Loc was the place where the militia and self-defense platoon was established with 21 people tasked with protecting the revolutionary government in the coastal area of Nha Trang. In addition, Dac Loc communal house is also the place where the village government was established, where rice was gathered to feed the army and was a temporary place for people in Nha Trang to prepare to fight the French colonialists to land in Nha Trang.

On January 6, 1946, Dac Loc communal house was the place to vote for the first National Assembly election of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In 1946, bombs and bullets of the French colonialists severely damaged the communal house, the remaining vestiges are bullet holes on two pillars currently being erected at the ceremony of Dac Loc communal house. During the anti-American era, Dac Loc communal house was still a revolutionary base, a meeting place, and food supply for Dak Loc soldiers and villagers.

On March 23, 2009, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 647/QD-UBND ranking Dinh Dac Loc as a provincial historical - cultural relic.

[1] Nguyen Dinh Dau (1997), Research on geographical records of Nguyen Khanh Hoa dynasty, Ho Chi Minh Publishing House, City. Ho Chi Minh, p.89.
[2] Based on the ordination granted to the village by the Nguyen kings, the village is worshiped at Dac Loc communal house.