Hong Thai communal house, Ca village, Tan Trao commune, Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang province is where President Ho Chi Minh first stopped when he was from Pac Bo - Cao Bang to Tan Trao - Tuyen Quang. During the resistance war against the French colonialists invaded the Hong Thai communal house, an especially important communication station of the ATK Protection Board.
Hong Thai Communal House and historical values
Hong Thai communal house was erected to meet the demand for traditional cultural and religious activities of ethnic Tày people.

Hong Thai communal house is like many other temples which worship the tutelary gods, but the tutelary gods of the family are gods of rivers and mountains. In addition, Hong Thai communal house worships Princess Ngoc Dung and the hero of national liberation - President Ho Chi Minh.

The temple worships 11 gods of the tutelary god: including God of the mountain, the god of the river shock around Hong Thai area (Nhien Than). In addition to worshiping and being a place to hold festivals, the family is also a place for fun to gather and discuss collective work (called village work) of the people in the commune. In addition to the common work of the village, before the revolution, the communal house was also a place to gather gambling and gather people to collect and pay taxes for chiefs (in the colonial period, feudal) ...

Since the establishment of the Indochinese Communist Party leading the revolution to liberate the nation, Hong Thai communal house has been often revolutionized and mobilized by Uncle Ho, comrades of cadres and civilians. households and participate in local revolutionary movements.

During the resistance war, the Hong Thai family was honored to visit Uncle Ho and many times attended the meetings of the Government. In early 1951, on the way to work, Uncle Ho visited his family while farmers were studying agricultural tax policy at home.

Also here, Hong Thai communal house is also the headquarters of Ban An district and is the workplace of ATK supplies department. After the department moved, the guard unit was based here.

Thus, Hong Thai communal house is not only a place for cultural activities and festivals but also a place of important historical events, contributing to the common victory of the August Revolutionary Revolt and the resistance war. against French colonial aggression.

Architectural value of Hong Thai communal house
Hong Thai communal house is built in the most shape (-), the structure of the family has the appearance of a mountain stilt house. Hong Thai communal house is made of wood with a length of 16.50m and a width of 7,50m. Including 3 compartments and 2 facades, 6 rows of columns with 28 pillars, of which 8 pillars, diameter: 0.45m, length: 4.60m; 16 pillars, diameter: 0.35m, length: 3.40m and 4 square columns to support the front of the upper floor, wide surface: 0.30m, 3.35m long, all columns have millet stones foot, stone with circle, plane; footstool of the mast with a diameter of 0.50m; Millet base of the column: 0.54m (total height: 0.20m).

Above the top of the column are rafter structures with gong type structure, on the top of the two columns are connected by the first sentence. Placed on the first sentence is the two pillars on the top that are connected to each other; from the beginning of the column to the top of the column with a link; from the beginning of the column of troops reaching out to be seven, with a length of 1.20m to support the roof beams with a veranda; on the horizontal rafter form a sure bond; The rafters are connected by vertical, horizontal, lower and upper beams running in 4 main columns to form a solid frame.

To make the 2 roofs of the wing, the vertical beams are connected to each other. From the pillar because there is a big horizontal bar in the column, the diameter: 0.30m, length: 3.50m, one side is placed at the top of the column with the row of columns (often called hitches), placed above Giang is the sitting column (badger); From the beginning of the mezzanine column placed right angle to the corner column, on the corner of the corner to spread, the tangle of tiles creates a roof. When the frame has been completely erected, north of wooden arms, sesame spread and roofing of palm leaves.

The upper part of the palace is located at the back of 3 main compartments, the plank, is high: 3m. The upper part is divided into 2 parts: the part used to display sacrifices during the holidays, the rest inside (the middle space) is the hope that it can be used to store appliances and sacrifices; above the door, there is a long plank attached to the crossbar with upper beams, and it is recorded with 4 big Chinese characters with the black ink of the "holy palace". The two ends of the upper floor are placed on each side with a wooden ladder to go up and down during the ceremony.

Part of the communal floor: High 0.80m, floor is both a place for meetings, activities, rest, and to structure the frame at the foot of the column for sure. The floor is made of 2 large spaces on 2 sides of the pavement, the floor surface is covered with planks, around 3 sides with handrail, high: 0.05m.

Fine art value
Fine art decoration on simple wooden components and decorative patterns on simple relics. The Hong Thai communal house as well as the communal houses in the mountains often do not have a burial plot to describe the living life of people and animals, but only engulf the children of the four sacred spirits (long, ly, qui, pho). On the bottom of the sentence, the head and the left end of the corn are drawn with the letter of Tho. In general, Hong Thai communal house is simple and rustic decoration.

About interior decoration is simple but airy. In the middle of the floor before the altar set the altar, on the altar to long; around the altar of the dragon station, glass, qui, phoenix, tiger suit painted with yellow cards (often called incense sticks). On the 4 square columns with opposing sentences, it is easy to recognize and apply paint.

With the inherent values ​​of Hong Thai communal relics, it is classified as religious architecture of architectural and artistic relics, and is also a monument to revolutionary activities and resistance of type of historical site.