(Baonghean.vn) - Coming to Thai Son commune (Do Luong), everyone is impressed by the beauty of Long Thai communal house, an ancient communal house with a history of hundreds of years and recognized as a provincial historical and cultural relic.
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| Long Thai Communal House is located in a high position,associated with the legend of King Le Trang Tong - a king of the Later Le Dynasty who had many contributions to the country. There is still a folk story about a woman who fled to Vinh Long village (now Long Thai village) in Bach Ha commune (present-day Do Luong) to take refuge while pregnant.was taken in by the villagers and after a while gave birth to a son, named Le Ninh. |
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| Growing up, Le Ninh was sent to Laos by a former mandarin to recruit soldiers to fulfill his aspiration to revive the Le dynasty, taking the name Trang Tong.Le Trang Tong reigned for 16 years (1533-1548), and passed away at the age of 34. The people of Vinh Long village chose a high place in the south of the village to build a temple, then expanded the scale and later built a large communal house, honored him as the village's tutelary god and held worship ceremonies on holidays and New Year's. |
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| Before the revolution, Long Thai communal house was the place where the Party cell secretly operated, and also the place where dignitaries of the old regime submitted their seals to the revolutionary government on the day of the general uprising.After two wars, Long Thai communal house was degraded and was recently restored. The architecture of the communal house basically retains its ancient and sacred appearance with elaborately carved and harmoniously arranged mascots.showing the talent and dexterity of the craftsmen's hands. |
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| The curved roof creates softness and flexibility, exuding the ancient beauty of a Nghe An village. |
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Every year, local people organize festivals with strong traditional imprints such as Spring worshiping ceremony, longevity celebration, and happiness celebration. The most important of these is the Spring worshiping ceremony in the beginning of the first lunar month, this is an occasion for people to send their wishes for favorable weather, bountiful crops, and peaceful villages every time Tet comes and Spring comes. In the photo: Spring worshiping ceremony in the year of Binh Than (2016). |
Tuong Anh - Nguyen Le
