An Truyen village hall, a national architecture and art relic
  
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An Truyen village hall (Phu An commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province) is situated in a flat spacious plot of land. The hall faces the East. In front of the village hall locates a lotus pond and Chuon lagoon.
An Truyen village hall
An Truyen village hall

An Truyen village hall is a "三 "- shaped structure which is divided into three parts including "Tien duong" house, "Tien te" house or "Dai bai" house and "Hau Cung", also called "Noi dien".

The first part is a double roof pavilion with 5 compartments. Parts of the frame structures are simplified. There are only "keo quyet", "tren" (horizontal bar), "xuyen" (vertical bar) and "truc tieu" (axis). A gold-glided horizontal lacquered board "My tuc kha gia" decorated with dragon's head and phoenix's wings is hung in front of the house.

The "Tien de" house consists of three compartments, two wings, pillars, bars, etc. Among 18 pillars, there are 16 pillars forming central, left and right compartments. This tight structure is called "khung cui".


"Noi dien" is the main place of worship in An Truyen village hall. It houses 7 altars which worship 7 ancestors of 7 clans in the village. There are a wooden plank bed, altar, glided couplet, items made from bronze, porcelain and wood. 

At "Dai bai" house, there are two altars called "Tien an" and "Trung an" decorated with tiger, unicorn, phoenix, lemon flower, etc.

During the revolution against America and France, the village hall observed historic events. It is also the center for cultural festivities organized in spring and autumn every year.

An Truyen village hall was recognized as a national architecture and art relic on decision 2754/QD-BT dated October 15th, 1994 of the Ministry of Culture and Information (Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism today).

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