Located in the middle of the village, the 600-year-old communal house is imbued with Vietnamese architectural style as a milestone affirming the cultural sovereignty and towering in the borders of the Fatherland. An ancient temple, taciturn and 'brave and long-lived' was once the inspiration for the composer Nguyen Cuong to write the famous song "The roof of the sea village".
Tra Co communal house was built in the post-Le dynasty, worshiping 6 emperors who founded the ancient Tra Tra commune. The communal house was built in the style of a sentence, the roof of flaked roofs, 4 sharply curved corners, the roof facing the East Sea as traditional Vietnamese communal village. In addition to the unique artistic values, Dinh Tra Co also preserved valuable artifacts and 12 ordinations of the Nguyen dynasties for the gods worshiped at the communal house ...
“In the old days, 12 shipwrecks were washed ashore here. 6 when he came back to Do Son (Hai Phong), he said, "If you eat here, what kind of fortune / Loc sung, the buds of fortune are old." 6 he stayed and encouraged each other by saying: "Here, we have a lot of fun to spend money to raise money for each other" (meaning to bring fish nets daily, fish out for fishing). With the sincere and characteristic voice of the people in the sea, 87-year-old Mrs. Doan Thi Cu told about the fairies who established the ancient Tra village with such familiar verses.
Today, Tra Co people still handed down the song "Tra Co people and Do Son ancestors" to remember their roots ... And though their eyes were blurred, their feet were slow, but when the drumbeat of the Tra Co village festival resounded , the seniors and their descendants come to the communal house to burn incense to thank their ancestors.
Right from the 5th of the fifth lunar calendar, Tra Co communal house was busy with the elephant contest. It is a competition between 12 pigs that 12 men care for and raise as mascots that people still call reverently as "Mr. Elephant". The wedding must be middle-aged, healthy people, know how to do business, have morals and healthy lifestyles, harmonious families, not entangled in funerals.
After the sacrifice, the ancestors will use the red-painted crib with sunshades to pick up the "elephant" in two rows in front of the communal house to worship. After the sacrifice ceremony, the Festival Organizing Committee will select "who" the longest body, the biggest and the most beautiful necklace, will win the prize and be sacrificed.
Having just completed the task in the past year, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Tai and the first-place winner of the elephant contest in 2018 with a record weight of 188kg said that his diet is delicious, clean food. leftovers. When receiving the award, it is very honorable because the efforts have paid back to the village and the country.
At Tra Co village communal house, the procession went from the communal house to the Double temple, performed the ceremony to announce the tutelary genie and then returned to the communal house. Along the two sides of the procession, the families presented fruits, sea products such as shrimp, crab ... to burn incense with respect to express their gratitude to the heavens, gods and ancestors for the past year. healthy, prosperous life, going to the sea to catch a lot of shrimp and fish. Sacrifice rituals continued in the remaining festivals. During festivals there are often a number of games organized such as flagging, tug of war, stilts, cooking competitions and many other folk games.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Cu from the city of Mong Cai and Mrs. Dinh Thi Phuong, tourists from Hai Phong feel that the festival is a tradition from ancient time, so this life must continue and everyone must new mind preserve and develop this cultural heritage.
“This year's festival is crowded but orderly. The elephants were raised, beautiful, clean than last year. This year, many delegations and foreign tourists come here to film and take photos, ”Mr. Cu said.
Tra Co communal house festival takes place from May 29 to June 3 of the lunar calendar. Mr. Nguyen Van Phuoc, Chairman of People's Committee of Tra Co ward, Mong Cai city said, together with Sa Vi cape, Tra Co beach, Nam Tho pagoda, Ngoc cape ..., Tra Co communal house has become an attractive destination for Thousands of visitors from near and far. "Local authorities together with the city will preserve and promote the value of the monument and maintain and embellish it to become an attractive tourist destination in the border areas of the country," Mr. Phuong affirmed. .
Come to Tra Co communal house festival, visit the roof of the village, each person like to relive the space in traditional festivals with unique customs typical of Red River wet rice civilization.
Coming to this northeastern frontier land, visitors from near and far respect respect a incense stick under the roof of the village. The strong rise of Tra Co land and people along with undeniable cultural values is the clearest evidence of the country's longevity and growth.
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