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Binh Thuy Communal House, known in the past as Long Tuyen Communal
House, is located in Binh Thuy Ward, 5km from the centre of Can Tho.
To reach the Communal House, follow Nguyen Trai Road past Cach Mang
Thang Tam Road and Le Hong Phong Road.
On 9 November 1893, the Communal House, which was built in the 19th
century, was named Bon Canh Thanh Hoang by Emperor Tu Duc. Since
that time, the communal house has been rebuilt once and the roof has
been covered with tiles. it was completely renovated in 1910.
The architecture of the Binh Thuy Communal House is different from
the communal houses in the North. The front and the back buildings
are square, and each side has six rows of columns. All the bases of
the columns are very wide, which make the buildings more stable. The
roofs of the two front buildings were built overlapping each other.
The main temple, at the rear, has three roofs. The top of the roof
is covered with ornamentations of people, lions, and fish
transforming into dragons. In the front of the building, there are
cement columns. Inside the ancestor-worshipping house, there are
altars, which are dedicated to Nghi Ba and Nghi Trung. In the square
house, there are altars dedicated to Huong Chuc, Tien Giac, and Hau
Hien. The middle room dedicated to Hau Than is very close to the
rear partition and the Huu Ban and Ta Ban altars are on either side.
An opera house for performances of classical Vietnamese drama was
built in front of the communal house.
Later, the communal house was also dedicated to the spirits of the
land, such as Dinh Cong Trang, Nguyen Trung Truc, Bui Huu Nghia, and
Vo Huy Tap.
Every year, the local people organize the Thuong Dien (the land
breaking) ceremony and the Ha Dien (initiating farm work) ceremony
in honour of the God of Agriculture. The festival involves many folk
games, such as duck races, tug of wars, and cooking contests.
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