inh Thuy Communal
House is located in Binh Thuy Ward and was known as Long Tuyen Communal
House in the past. The house is located 5km from the center of Can Tho
City. Built in he 19th century, the Communal House was named "Bon Canh
Thanh Hoang" on November 9th, 1893 by King Tu Duc. Since then, people
have rebuilt it once and the roof was covered with tiles. In front of
the communal house an opera house for performances of Vietnamese
classical drama has been built. Binh
Thuy Communal House was completely renovated in 1910. Its architecture
is different from communal houses in the North.
Binh
Thuy Communal House is a valuable monument of art and architectural
style in the newly-expanded South Western area. Although it was built
at the beginning of the 20th century, its architecture has many
traditional characteristics with carved and engraved wooden boards.
Every
year, the local people organize "Thuong Dien" (land breaking) ceremony
and "Ha Dien" (farm work initiation) ceremony in honour of the God of
Agriculture, with a lot of folk games such as "Letting the ducks out",
"Tug of war" and cooking contests.
