Construction of Their Church and Things to Note
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1. The family church and the meaning of the construction of the family church
The family church, also known as the street, is a house dedicated to ancestor worship. When the family is large, after it has been divided, the church of the first-born lineage will be the place of worship from the ancestors, the place to keep the original genealogy, this church will be called the great religious church. The other family branches all have their own places of worship from the time of their ancestors, called the family church (or their door). Therefore, their church is often built on a separate plot of land or in the premises of the family's head. This place was built by the contribution of descendants in the family, so it is privately owned, each construction of the church is individual in terms of beliefs.
Not only having a spiritual meaning, their church is also a place for everyone in a family to bond with each other and gather on each ancestral anniversary. Every important occasion of the year such as anniversaries, cavalry... is held here with a large number of children and grandchildren. Like a solid hinge, the family church - from the road reminds each son and grandchild who is learning to do business in the four directions that they must always remember their roots, not to forget their ancestral roots no matter where they are. which.
2. Architecture and construction of the church
The traditional family church is a horizontal Nhat-shaped house architecture with two roofs in front and back in the style of recollection, roof tiles or thatched, palm leaves; Common is a three-room house or a five-room house. In the past few decades, their church has had many changes and been restored. Their current churches usually have one floor, tiled roofs and three compartments; Ornamental carvings of dragon and phoenix patterns are extremely sophisticated and meticulous.
With the typical slatted house structure of the traditional Northern Vietnamese architecture, the wooden construction of the church takes a lot of time from processing wood at the workshop to transporting and assembling. Processing time at the workshop can be up to one year; because all jobs need ingenuity, especially the carving of embossed patterns on wood. The interior architecture inside church construction they are familiar with the diaphragm, couplets, letter book, hammock door… also made of wood and can be inlaid with gold.
The family church is an important architectural work in a clan or clan, not only a place of worship, offering incense, expressing gratitude of the descendants to the ancestors but also showing pride. pride of a clan; The bigger their church, the more proof that the children here are prosperous, doing business and doing well.
