Dinh Bang village communal house is the most famous ancient house of Kinh Bac land, built in 1700 and not completed in 1736.

In the main hall is a large hammock door, thickly decorated with letters, animals such as dragons, phoenixes, horses, lions, clouds, trees in the quartet. Above the hammock door is the wooden ceiling covering the middle roof with a decorative picture of a phoenix spreading its wings.

The interior of the communal house has a structure of the communal house-husband truss system according to the traditional Vietnamese temple-style.

Sculpture shows the trend of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The lines are intricately carved to every small detail.

The sophistication in the sculpture art at Dinh Bang communal house makes anyone who comes here admire the talented hand of his father. Photo: A corner of the roof.

On the 28 veranda, there are 28 dragon heads, each with its own personality.

The roof is covered with funny nose tiles and has curved blade tips, creating a sense of majesty and superficiality.

The roof of the house is up to 8 m high, the roof occupies 2/3 of the height of the house.

The great hall was built on a high floor surrounded by three steps of green stone. Four sides sealed with removable boards. The temple consists of 6 columns with 60 columns of ironwood with diameters from 0.55 m to 0.65 m. Another special feature is the house on stilts with wooden floors 0.7 m high above the ground surface.

At the village communal house, people worship Luc To (six people who have re-established the village in the fifteenth century). Later when Ly Bat De Temple was destroyed by the French in 1948, the people received the post of eight Ly kings to worship at Dinh Bang communal house.

The stone dog in the courtyard was carved at the same time as the temple was built. The elders in the village said that, the day before, the French soldiers used a tank to try to pull the stone dogs but could not.

The shrine is dedicated to worshiping in the courtyard.

Ancient water well in the communal house.

Village communal house is the place to organize village activities, where people often go to play …

… and relax after a day of study and work.