Dinh Bang Communal House
The communal house of Dinh Bang was built in 1700 and completed in 1736. It is famous and listed in National Heritages. Dinh Bang village is about 20 km from Hanoi city. The house is a place of worship for three tutelary spirits: God of Land, God of Water, and God of Harvest. The main part of communal house is rectangular, 20 m long and 14 m wide.
The communal house of Dinh Bang was built in 1700 and completed in 1736. It is famous and listed in National Heritages. Dinh Bang village is about 20 km from Hanoi city. The house is a place of worship for three tutelary spirits: God of Land, God of Water, and God of Harvest. The main part of communal house is rectangular, 20 m long and 14 m wide.
It is divided into 7 compartments with 60 iron wood pillars which have diameter from 55 to 65 cm. The house has so amazing upward curved roof covered by 2 layers of thick brick tiles.
Dinh Bang village has thousand years old history and rich in culture. The village is one of 20 typical handcraft villages in Bac Ninh province. Famous Phu-The or Husband-Wife cakes are derived from here. More ever the village is well-known for love-duet singing or Quan Ho with very emotional songs.
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