The unique architecture of the ancient communal house is associated with the Nghe - Tinh Soviet movement.

Vo Liet Communal House is located in a scenic location on Re field, in Minh Tan village, Vo Liet commune, a few hundred meters from Ngoai Palace, which worships the parents of famous general Phan Da. Photo: Huy Thu

Vo Liet Communal House was formerly called Quan Hang Tong, established by the Van Hoi of Vo Liet Tong to worship Confucius and the local sages. The communal house was built in 1859 and completed in 1860. The communal house was designed and built by bachelor Hoang Chinh Truc. Photo: Huy Thu

Vo Liet Communal House was built in traditional architecture, with no elaborate patterns on the wooden frame and the roof covered with yin-yang scale tiles. Photo: Huy Thu

Not only unique in the "mouth" shaped communal house, Vo Liet communal house is a unique 8-roofed building. Photo: Huy Thu

The tiled roofs and gable ends of the two-story house are curved to a certain degree, creating a balanced and harmonious beauty. Photo: Huy Thu

The communal house is covered with wooden planks. Around the communal house is a series of railings that surround, protect, and shield the communal house from the sun and rain. Between the railings and the planks, there is a corridor surrounding the communal house. Photo: Huy Thu

During the restoration and embellishment process, a stele house was built on the right side of the communal house to commemorate the ancient communal house. In front of the communal house, a crescent-shaped lake was also built... Photo: Huy Thu

In front of the lower communal house, on both sides of the communal house yard, are two rows of stele houses facing each other, originally built of laterite and roofed with scale tiles. Each stele house has 3 steles with the names in Chinese characters of 445 people who passed the exams of Tong Vo Liet in the feudal period, including 3 Phó bảng, 2 PhDs, 63 Bachelors, and 377 Bachelors. Photo: Huy Thu

Vo Liet Communal House is not only a historical and cultural relic but also a revolutionary historical relic with an important position in the relic system on Nghe Tinh land. This place has marked many typical historical events in the Nghe - Tinh Soviet movement (1930-1931); a place to gather forces, a place to sound the drums calling for struggle, the headquarters of the Soviet government of workers and peasants... With its great values, Vo Liet Communal House was ranked by the State as a National Historical and Cultural Relic in 1988. Photo: Huy Thu