1. Where is Dinh Dau Han?
Dau Han Communal House is a tourist attraction in Bac Ninh City (Bac Ninh Province, in the Red River Delta region). About 6km from the center of Bac Ninh Province .
Dau Han communal house is a community religious and cultural work associated with the rich history and culture of the village community here, contributing to the culture of Kinh Bac-Bac Ninh.
2. Who do Han Dynasty worship?
According to the genealogy and ordination, this is the place of worship of Saint Tam Giang , who helped Trieu Viet Vuong defeat the Luong army to save the country in the 6th century .
Tam Giang comes from the name that the Vietnamese feudal dynasties bestowed on two men: Tam Giang superior god.
But there are also people who believe that “Tam Giang” originates from the common name of three rivers: Cau River, Thuong River, Duong River – where there are many temples to worship the two men. Talking about Saint Tam Giang, this is the name that Vietnamese people collectively call two epiphany saints from Truong Hong and Truong Hat. Truong Hong, Truong Hat was born into a family of five brothers, four boys and one girl.
According to the preserved divine genealogy book: On the full moon night of January, 18 years old, Tu Nhan dreamed that Shen Long wrapped herself in the Luc Dau River, then she became pregnant. After 14 months of pregnancy, she went to the temple to worship the Buddha and returned to Cua Cuu, Van Mau village, went into labor and gave birth to a pack of five children. Tu Nhan wholeheartedly takes care of his children’s education. No matter where you study, you can immediately master the history, read the military books daily, and practice martial arts diligently, so they are all masters of literature and martial arts.
In 545, the Luong Dynasty brought troops to invade Vietnam. Ly Nam De had few troops, could not stop the enemy, had to give power to General Trieu Quang Phuc, then died in the mountainous area of Khuat Lao cave (Tam Nong, Phu Tho). Trieu Quang Phuc sent troops to Da Trach lagoon (Hung Yen) to ambush, and at the same time propagated in folklore to find talented people to fight the enemy to help the country. Hearing that there was a talent trick, brothers Truong Hong and Truong Hat discussed to ask for their teacher’s orders, used a plan to establish themselves, and returned to their homeland to help the country. The two men arranged the battlefield so that the Liang army could not resist, and were defeated. Trieu Quang Phuc ascended the throne.
Later, Ly Phat Tu (whose surname was Ly Nam De) plotted to usurp the throne of Trieu Quang Phuc, ascending the throne and claiming to be Later Ly Nam De. Knowing the two brothers Hong – talented singers, they called people out to be mandarins. But because of their loyalty to the king, the two decided to refuse. Angered, Ly Phat Tu ordered him to be arrested everywhere. In order to keep all their loyalty to the king, the men discussed bringing their family down the Cau River, drinking poison and committing suicide.
3. When was Dinh Dau Han built?
Dau Han Communal House was built on a very large scale in the Le Trung Hung period, in the Nguyen Dynasty it was restored and since then still retains the beauty of the architecture, the splendid “four spirits and four precious” sculptures. art trick.
It is a large communal house in Dinh typeface with curved roof corners. The ironwood frame is solid, on all architectural parts such as the roof, trunk, traps, and residual heads are carved decoratively. The residual heads are carved with the dragon’s head with pearls, with the dragon’s head having hair and mane flying backwards by the long strokes of the sword and this is the artistic mark of the Le Trung Hung period. The hammock door separating the Tien Sa and the harem is engraved with the theme “Four spirits, four nobles”, sophisticated art with images of “flying dragons”, “dancing phoenixes”, “Lan chau” and “rui team” very well. art master.
The nave between Tien Te has 2 paintings touching the bong with the themes “Long cuon Thuy” and “Phuong Ham Thu” very artistic. Especially, the hammock door between the Tien Sa and the harem is carved with “four spirits and four quarters” with brilliant golden lacquer. The verandahs are carved with stylized flowers and leaves. The top of the roof is covered with “Two dragons adoring the moon”, the heads of the knives are embossed with the dragon’s head, the banks of the strip are buckets, the top two are the two pliers.
Dinh Dau Han also preserves many precious documents and antiques such as: relics, ordination, thrones, tablets, altars, altars and many other worshiping objects, especially 10 ordinations with dates such as: after. Canh Thinh 3 (1795), Gia Long 9 (1810), Tu Duc 6 (1823), Tu Duc 33 (1880), Dong Khanh 2 (1886), Duy Tan 3 (1903), 4 colors Khai Dinh 9 (1924) . These are valuable cultural heritages, not only evidence of the communal house in history, but also reveal a lot of valuable information about the village’s homeland here.
4. Dau Han Communal House Festival
The value of Dau Han communal house is also reflected in traditional festivals. According to the annual custom, every August 10 ( lunar calendar ), Dau Han communal house is celebrated again .
In the past, in order to organize the festival right from the five villages, they had a meeting to discuss, elect officials, assign tasks to the armories (adjacent to the East, border to the West) and discuss the work. The mandarins and the armor were given public fields to take care of the cult. In the festival, right from the 9th, the communal house was opened to arrange worshiping objects, style flags and fans. On the 10th day of the main festival, the villagers organize a procession of the gods from the temples, the Nghe (play of Bai Mia and Bai Nong) to the village communal house to worship, sacrifice and celebrate. The sacrifice to the God is a black pig cut into 6 pieces. After the sacrifice is completed, the fortune is divided equally among the armor and the nails.
On festival days, after the ceremony is a festival with many folk traditions and entertainment such as tuong, rowing, wrestling, swinging trees, catching ducks and especially the custom of singing quan ho. Dau Han is also one of the 49 original Quan Ho villages of Kinh Bac-Bac Ninh.
Today, the festival of Dau Han communal house still retains the ancient rites, the festival has more fun and healthy cultural and artistic activities.
Dau Han in Hoa Long commune (Bac Ninh city) is an ancient village with a long history of civilization and is reflected in the complex of ancient temples and pagodas , academic traditions and fine customs. . Dau Han Communal House is a community religious and cultural work associated with the rich history and culture of the village community here , contributing to the culture of Kinh Bac-Bac Ninh .