Phu Nhuan Communal House and Hoang Tran Family Temple

Phu Nhuan Communal House and Hoang Tran Family Temple in Dang Son Commune, Do Luong District. Phu Nhuan Communal House in Phu Nhuan Village is the cultural center of Do Dang land with a rich tradition of patriotism and education. The Communal House was built by local people in 1854, located next to Highway 7, facing the road. The architecture of the Communal House is in the four-pillar style, with 3 compartments, curved roof, the beams are carved with sophisticated patterns - two dragons facing the moon and dragons, unicorns, turtles and phoenixes.

The Hoang Tran family temple in Dang Lam village was built in 1884 to worship the ancestor god Mac Dang Luong, who had the merit of fighting the enemy to protect the country and establishing Do Dang land. The temple has three houses: the Lower Temple, the Middle Temple and the Upper Temple, with a three-door gate, a lion-shaped dragon, a tecmon gate, and a tiger-shaped tiger facing the gate. The Middle Temple houses a palanquin, a golden parasol, a tablet and a royal decree bestowing on Mac Dang Luong the title of Thuong, Thuong, Thuong-class god and his wife - Mrs. Mai Thi Hue the title of Thuong, Thuong-class god.

Since its construction, Phu Nhuan communal house and Hoang Tran family temple have witnessed many historical events of the struggle of Dang Son people. Dang Son is a commune with a very strong Can Vuong movement. The children of Hoang Tran family have brought glory to their homeland, typically Mr. Hoang Tran Ich passed the bachelor exam and held the position of military advisor and general to assist King Ham Nghi in fighting the enemy, Mr. Hoang Tran Sieu passed the bachelor exam but did not become an official but went to Yen The to participate in Hoang Hoa Tham's anti-French movement, Mr. Hoang Tran Mai passed the bachelor exam but did not become an official, but returned to his hometown to sell medicine to treat people.

Phu Nhuan Communal House and Hoang Tran Family Temple were places where human and material resources were collected to support Phan Dinh Phung's anti-French movement. Phu Nhuan Communal House and Hoang Tran Family Temple were where schools were opened and where young people gathered to go abroad in the Dong Du movement.

In May 1930, Dang Son Party Cell was born. During the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement of 1930-1931, Phu Nhuan communal house and Hoang Tran family temple were chosen by the Central Region Party Committee and Nghe An Provincial Party Committee as meeting places, printing places, hiding documents, hanging Party flags, gathering people to fight and as public working places of the Soviet government.

Hoang Tran family temple was also the Party's working base during the period 1936 - 1939 and 1941 - 1945. From 1947 to 1954, the temple was a warehouse for weapons and logistics serving the resistance war against the French. After peace was restored, 11 families were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Government. During the two resistance wars against the French and the Americans, Phu Nhuan communal house was the headquarters of the Inter-zone Commander and the Vietnam - Laos Border Committee.

Many meetings took place here to prepare forces to respond promptly to the campaigns in Lower Laos, Central Laos, Upper Laos and the Northwest and Inter-Zone V battlefields.

Thanh Hien