Bau communal house (Quang Nghia commune, Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh) is a historical, cultural and spiritual project showing the good faith of the sea village residents to open the land.


Bau village (Quang Nghia commune, Mong Cai city).

According to "History of the Party Committee of Quang Nghia Commune", Bau Village (present-day village) is a coastal land that has been established for a long time. About 400 years ago, the ancestors of the Do from Thanh Hoa, Pham families from Hai Phong, the Nguyen family from Hai Duong, Hoang from Lang Son came to settle in the coastal communes of Ha Coi and Dam areas. Ha and Mong Cai. The first inhabitants of the village came to settle down to worship the royal village and worship the pioneers to open the land.

Bau communal house is also called the family of Ha Quat Doai, or Dinh Nhan. The ancient name of the village was started from the year of the Monkey (1775). Pham Van Thach, from the family, said: In the past, the house was built with beautiful wood. In 1945, Japanese warships bombarded and damaged. Later, the communal house was rebuilt, including 3 front lines and 3 middle streets. The house was built with stone foundation, solid brick walls, and yin and yang roof. In 1956, the communal house was restored and built more harem as it is now. The communal house has an area of ​​79.2m² including 3 fronts with a width of 51m² and a harem space of 29m2 wide. Money on two streets, governor, covering roofs, roofs with yin and yang tiles, the porch in the middle has a letter. Recently, the family has been repaired and upgraded many times in 1997, 2006 and 2008.

Gourd village communal house worships Cao Son god of the throne, Hung Dao Dai Vuong, Thuy Chung Quang chi. The communal house also worshiped the gods who were the ancestors of the five families of Do, Pham, Nguyen, Hoang and Bui (in which 3 people still knew that Do Quy Cong, Pham Pham Dinh, Nguyen Phap Cong) were those who have made meritorious deeds in the opening of land to the ancient village of Bau. Bau villagers also ask for footsteps in the incense of the national heroes Tran Quoc Dung, Pham Ngu Lao and Le Duc Di of Con Son temple (Chi Linh town, Hai Duong province), Cua Ong temple (TP Cam Pha). worship in the family.

Bau communal house is the place to witness and witness the local historical events in the two resistance wars to protect the Fatherland. During the anti-French resistance war, the communal house was the headquarters of the revolutionary government of the commune, meeting place for officials working in coastal districts such as Mong Cai, Ha Coi, Dam Ha and Tien Yen; food and food hiding places to support the resistance, a place to welcome and rest for civilian fire crews to serve campaigns. Bau communal house is also the place to witness the oath and see off the 171 children of the village on the way to protect the Fatherland. Many of them died.

Bau village festival is held from January 16 to January 18. The Ceremony includes: Adoption ceremonies, god worshiping ceremonies, procession of gods to the temple, ceremonial ceremonies of the tutelary gods (incarnation), incense offering ceremony, royal sacrifices, fish-eating ceremonies, and the ceremony of divination Part of the Association has singing and dancing at the communal house (singing in the house, singing incense, dancing with flowers and dancing), being happy, celebrating the people, praising the gods and aspirations of the people; elderly people sing songs and sing songs; boys and girls, the folk songs sing folk songs such as drums, desert, and participate in many folk games such as tug of war, pushing sticks, sack jumping, wrestling, shuttling, whore etc.

Bau village communal house has been ranked as a provincial historical site in 2012. Mr. Luong Tien Dung, Party Committee Secretary, Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, said: We will support the development of activities of the Silk House Club, singing - The communal house dance is associated with the festival activity of Bau communal house. The organization of festivals, preservation and promotion of folk songs, singing and dancing in the communal house, and the development of cultural identity will create more motivation for the local socio-economic development.