The Dinh Bang communal house in the district of Tu Son,
Bac Ninh province, one of the four most beautiful of its kind in Vietnam,
features the shape of a house on stilts. An original and unique architecture in
the country.
Many women have marked the region Dinh Bang, as the writer
Nguyet You now also have the right arm of her husband Lê Quang Dao, former
president of the National Assembly. But history will remember first, almost a
thousand years ago, the mistress of King Ly Thanh Tong, Y Lan (the mother of
King Ly Nhan Tong), who, during the reign of Ly, exercised two regencies. And
then, some 700 years later in the first period after the Lê Dynasty, Nguyen Thi
Nguyen, who brought the ironwood her husband Nguyen Thac Luong, Mandarin
(official under the feudal system) to build this famous house communal in the
village of Dinh Bang. In Vietnam, they are present in all localities. They host
meetings of notables, and there addresses issues of directors or internal justice.
According to legend, when small, Nguyen Thac Luong was
evidence of great intelligence. In the adult, he wanted to follow a career
worthy of the name, and refused all the odd jobs that he proposed. He finally
chose to be border guards and found a job in Thanh Hoa where he met his wife,
Nguyen Thi Nguyen. In his old age, Mr. Luong found his native village of Dinh
Bang, with his wife, who decided to build a town hall iron wood, a kind of
token of admiration for her husband.
Before starting work, the couple drew all the original
architecture: an elevated one meter above the ground by wooden pillars iron
building.
Completed in 1736, this building is dedicated to the
worship of the three guardian spirits of the village of Dinh Bang Cao Son Dai
Vuong (great king of high mountains, engineering Sol), Thuy Ba Dai Vuong (great
lord king of the waters, Water Engineering ) and Bach Le Dai Vuong (engineering
crops). Besides the traditional sense, the locals consider the Dinh Bang
communal house as a symbol of exemplary daughter and daughter attached to
filial piety.
The Dinh Bang communal house is known as one of the oldest
architecture in Vietnam. Its construction required the mobilization of hundreds
of artisans. They elaborately engraved dozens of columns of this house and
carved their motives. If a specific job it is devoid of any defect. Its wide
roofing for its curved angles, as if to suggest the lotus petals.
Construction began in 1700 and continued up until 1736. A
record for the country. Today, nearly 300 years later, the floor of this house
can withstand the weight of several thousand people at a time. As for prints,
they still command admiration, each almost a work by itself. For example, beats
my quan phi (eight horses galloping) shows the spirit of freedom and peace of
Dinh Bang. Each horse is in a different posture. The dragon is also well
represented: Long Van Dai hoi (all shaped clouds dragons), Ngu long tranh Chau
(five dragons fighting over a rock), Luc Long Thien ngu (six dragons rule the
sky).
The Dinh Bang communal house is currently maintained by
Nguyen Thac Sung, a descendant of the family Nguyen Thac. According to Dang
Dinh Luan, head of the committee of management of the site in 2000, the state
has found truly exceptional items in its research to restore the building. Each
engraved pattern - and there are thousands - is unique. Whether in formats
ornaments or the diameter of 84 columns, the designers made sure that the
building has a perfect architectural unity, with great attention to prospects.
Difficult to measure visitors to detail.
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