Dinh Chem - the oldest communal house in Vietnam (Hanoi Cycling)

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Dinh Chem, also known as Chem temple, belongs to Chem village, Thuy Phuong ward, Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi. The communal house worships the Supreme Heavenly King Ly Ong Trong (ie Ly Than or Duc Thanh Chem), a legendary figure who lived in the reign of An Duong Vuong. Dinh Chem is one of the oldest communal houses in the South. For thousands of years, Chem communal house has remained a place of worship for people in three villages: Hoang village, Mac village - (Lien Mac) and Chem village.
History records that Ly Ong Trong lived at the end of the reign of Hung Due Vuong (ie the 18th Hung King), the beginning of the An Duong Vuong period, from Chem village. He was sent as an envoy to Qin, where he had the opportunity to help the Qin king defeat the Xiongnu, and was awarded the title of Tu Le Hieu Wei by Qin Wang. Qin Shi Huang also loved to marry his daughter, Bach Tinh Cung, to him, confer the title of Phu Tin Hau and send him to guard the land of Lam Thao. But due to his filial piety, which did not care about the glory of flowers and wealth in a foreign land, he asked to bring his wife and children back to the country to take care of his elderly mother.
Dinh Chem is also famous for the Chem Festival, held on the 14th - 16th of the 5th lunar month every year, there is a ritual procession of Saints to Hoang Xa village, where Mr. Chat is worshiped and interesting sailing games. Referring to the Chem festival, folk songs have a sentence:
“The first is the Co Loa guild
Monday, Giong festival, Tuesday Chem festival"

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Ông Thánh Chèm là nhân vật Lịch Sử không phải là Huyền thoại