LIEN TRI COMMUNAL HOUSE – YEN THANH DISTRICT

The ancient Lien Tri communal house is located next to the Dinh field in Lien Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. Lien Tri communal house was built in the year of the Xin Rooster (1801) under the Tay Son Dynasty to worship the tutelary god Ly Nhat Quang of village - the son of King Ly Thai To. Ly Nhat Quang was assigned by King Ly to guard Nghe An land. As a person who was good at politics, knowledgeable in economics, he was admired by the people. When Ly Nhat Quang was summoned to the court, people in many places in Nghe An built temples and honored him as the tutelary god. He was ordained by successive dynasties as the "supreme deity".

Over 200 years of existence, Lien Tri communal house has experienced historical ups and downs with the homeland, so that today the communal house is a red address marking brilliant milestones, contributing to the education of patriotism and national pride. Right from the 80s of the 19th century, at the communal house, a large meeting of patriotic writers and scholars of the southern cantons of Yen Thanh district took place, expressing their determination to fight against the French colonialists and oppose the surrender. of the Nguyen Dynasty. During the Can Vuong period, the communal house and the surrounding area were the training and cooking places of an army of the insurgents of Nguyen Xuan On and Le Doan Nha. When the movement was suppressed, the henchmen surreptitiously burned the communal house, but the people of Lien Tri soon discovered it, and then organized a repair.

During the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement, Lien Tri communal house continued to witness many meetings and lectures with the participation of many people in the region. In October 1930, a meeting was held to establish the Red Farm Association of Van Tu canton at the communal house, so that on November 6, 1930, according to the policy of their superiors, members of the Red Farming Association secretly planted the red hammer and sickle on the ancient rice tree in front of the communal house. In December 1936 at the communal house, a conference to prepare for the restoration of the Party Committee of Yen Thanh district took place. From 1939 to 1940, the Party Committee of Zone 4 also had a period of time to stay at the communal house, Senior Lieutenant General Tran Van Quang, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Zone 4 said that said that while staying at the communal house, the agency was sent by the local party establishment to protect its safety and was wholeheartedly supported by the people.

At the communal house in 1941, there was also an important historical event that the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee and the Central Party Committee of Trung Ky chose the communal house as the headquarters to direct the revolutionary movement. Also at the communal house, the issues serving the revolution were printed in large quantities and distributed to all regions. In 1944, people in the area held a memorial ceremony at the communal house for Comrade Nguyen Ba Duy, an excellent son of Lien Tri homeland who always upheld the mettle of the communist soldier who was shot by the enemy at La La prison. Hy (Hue City). On August 19, 1945, the chief had to go to the village communal house to submit seals and books to the people at Lien Tri communal house.

The communal house is located on a large and high land of Lien Tri village, with an overall area of 1,568m2. Surrounding the village and communal house is the Insert River. Entering our communal house, we have to go through two 5-meter-high fangs, two lotus flowers on the top, two fangs in front with two parallel couplets in Chinese characters.

In the middle of the communal house yard is an ancient banyan tree with a lifespan of hundreds of years, enhancing the ancient majesty of the communal house. The communal house has an overall architecture in the style of letter "Tam", the communal house has three main halls: Lower hall, Middle hall and Upper hall. Lower hall is the largest and most massive house with 5 compartments, 2 acts, on the top of the roof embossed with the image of two dragons adoring the moon. Lower hall has the height of 7.6m from the communal house to the ground, the length of the building is 21.3m, the width is 9.8m, there are 29 ironwood columns, the large column is 5.2m high and 0.43m in diameter. This is the meeting place of the martial arts society,…This house has two relics of cultural and historical value, which are two large stelae with intricate carvings. The middle hall has 3 compartments, 2 acts, has a palanquin-style architecture, the interior has 8 dragon knives, long swords, 8 machetes, 2 drums, and 1 extra-large drum with a diameter of 1.2m used to beat on important holidays. There is also a large bronze gong, which is both a musical instrument and a sacred object of the communal house. The Upper Palace consists of 1 compartment and 2 acts, with 8 columns, a middle space holding the throne, a painted tablet with a golden card, the main festivals are held in the communal house.

Every year, on the 4th of January (lunar calendar), the government organizes the Dai Ky Phuc festival. In a year, two Ky Yen festivals are held on March 15 and August 15 (lunar calendar). Every three years, Lien Tri village organizes a procession to pray for the village's gods and emperors such as: Tam Toa, Cao Son Cao Cac (i.e. the god of mountains and rivers) ... go to the fields, hoping the gods protect the good crops. At the same time, through festivals aimed at educating the local people on traditions, contributing to enriching the relics of Lien Tri communal house. With the contributions of the locality and Lien Tri communal house during the 1930-1945 revolution, in October 1994, Ministry of Culture and Information issued a decision to recognize Lien Tri communal house as a national historical and cultural relic.