Thiet Cuong Temple and Communal House were built in the architectural style of the Nguyen Dynasty. Arnh: Khac Cong
According to history books and the stories of the elders in the village, Thiet Cuong communal house - temple, in addition to its main name, has many other names, and is the place to worship the local tutelary god Cao Minh Dai Vuong, Nhi vi Duc Thanh, and Phuong Anh Phu Nhan Chi Than. Legend has it that Cao Minh Dai Vuong was the 8th son of King Le Dai Hanh. During the Ly dynasty, there were enemies invading our country, the court issued an edict to recruit wise men to assist the king and help the country, he volunteered to go to battle to destroy the enemy. With his natural talent for using troops, he won every battle he fought. After returning from defeating the enemy, the king appointed him to be the manager of the western border, but he refused and only submitted a petition to the king asking for 2 boats and some soldiers to patrol the border. When he reached the mouth of the big river (Hoang Giang river) in Thiet Cuong village, Dan Quyen commune today, he ordered the soldiers to stop and build a fort, set up a hut at Ba wharf to practice martial arts for the people in the area. After a while, he said goodbye to the people of Thiet Cuong and returned to his hometown. At sea, he encountered a storm and died in that disaster. As for Phuong Anh phu nhan chi than, she was the daughter of King Tran. She had literary talent and helped the people in all their work.
In memory of his merits, after his death, the people of Thiet Cuong wrote a memorial to the royal court and the royal court granted him a royal decree to worship him and conferred him the title of Cao Minh Dai Vuong, the tutelary god of the locality. Thiet Cuong temple and communal house worship him and his wife Phuong Anh.
Located in the southwest direction, Thiet Cuong communal house - temple is located on a land area of about 2,800m2, 16.9m long, 10.15m wide, including 5 rooms, 2 wings, elaborately carved according to the wood carving architecture of the Nguyen Dynasty in the first half of the 19th century. Through the vicissitudes of history, although restored many times, it has now degraded.
Vice Chairman of Dan Quyen Commune People's Committee, Nguyen Tien Duc said: "Thiet Cuong communal house - temple has been ranked as a provincial historical - cultural and architectural relic and is a placeto educate the tradition of patriotism and spiritual and cultural activities of local people. However, after years of war and natural erosion, the relic has seriously degraded. The walls are cracked, peeling, and moldy; the red brick floor is sunken, cracked, and damp; the system of columns, roof trusses, rafters, rafters, and purlins are made of warped, cracked, and rotten wood; the roof is covered with fish-tail tiles that are broken a lot; the eaves and eaves are cracked, moldy, some decorative motifs are peeling, broken, the dragon head on the roof is broken... In particular, one corner of the communal house - temple is leaking, rainwater flows down and rotten the rafters, the local government has asked the people to patch the roof and hire workers to tie and support the areas at risk of breaking to keep the original architectural state of the relic". Therefore, the authorities and people of Thiet Cuong village in particular and Dan Quyen commune in general request that all levels and sectors soon have a plan to restore and embellish properly to promote the value of the historical - cultural relic and architectural art of Thiet Cuong communal house - temple.
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