(Baonghean.vn) -Built around 1763 on the poetic Lam River, Hoanh Son Communal House is famous for its many decorative wood carvings expressing rich content and "first-class" aesthetics...
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| Hoanh Son Communal House is located in Khanh Son Commune (Nam Dan), about 10km from Vinh City. |
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The communal house was built and completed in the year of Nham Ngo, the 23rd year of Canh Hung (1763). The communal house worshipsUy Minh Vuong Ly Nhat Quang, the 8th son of King Ly Thai To, was a person who made many great contributions to the construction and protection of Nghe An and Dai Viet nation. In addition, he also worshiped Buddha Sakyamuni and the "Four Holy Ladies". The first impression whenEntering the communal house are horizontal lines carved with extremely sophisticated "dragon cloud" shapes. |
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| Hoanh Son Communal House has 8 trusses, 7 compartments with a total of 32 round ironwood pillars. Of which, there are 12 main pillars 5.75m high, 0.45m in diameter and 20 secondary pillars nearly 4m high, 0.42m in diameter.Inside the communal house, above the row of columns is a complex of sculptures. |
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| Spread evenly over 2 round ironwood roofs with 26 rafters and 42 beams.Each end of the horizontal road is a different work of sculpture. |
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| The complex of art works on the column heads also has different shapes and is elaborately carved. |
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| Like other ancient communal houses, the decorative motifs at Hoanh Son Communal House tend to focus on the "four sacred animals" (dragon, unicorn, turtle, phoenix) and the "four noble animals" (apricot, bird, pine, and deer). |
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| But interspersed among them, in Hoanh Son Communal House there are many sculptures with content related to daily life, festivals, or folk tales. |
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| In there,There are sculptures depicting life, activities and some local customs in particular as well as Vietnamese society in the 17th-18th centuries such as scenes of going fishing, playing human chess, playing immortality, returning home to pay respect to ancestors, and boat racing. In the photo: a typical sculpture depicting a scene"Boat racing on Lam River". |
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| Unique sculpture based on the story "Han Dynasty envoy invites four scholars". |
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| Exquisite dragon head carving. |
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| Or like this, a "Long Van" carving. |
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| With the massiveness and grandeur of the system of columns, beams, and rafters, and with the meticulous and sophisticated carvings, Hoanh Son Communal House deserves the title of National Historical and Architectural Monument. |
Nhat Lan - Viet Long
