NGUYEN CANH HOAN TEMPLE - DO LUONG DISTRICT

Nguyen Canh Hoan Temple in Trang Son commune, Do Luong district, was built during Le Trung Hung's reign (in 1602) to worship "Thái phó Tấn quốc công" Nguyen Canh Hoan and 4 eminently talented people of Nguyen Canh family-clan who had merit "Protect the nation and protect the people". The temple was recognized by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a National Historic Site on April 8, 1991.

With an area of 3,290m2, the temple's campus includes many construction items such as: Upper Hall, Middle Hall, Lower Hall, three gates, house for Civil Mandarins (Ta Vu), house for mandarin martial arts (Huu Vu), horse house, tombstone house, traditional house.

After ranking, in addition to descendants of the Nguyen Canh family-clan, the temple also welcame a lot of local people and guests in the vicinity to visit and worship, especially on festival days. Therefore, the organization of the festival faced many difficulties.

 Stemming from that situation, the locality has developed a plan to expand the campus of the Nguyen Canh Hoan temple relic, including the following work items: the temple area of Nguyen Canh Hoan, the festival square and the parking lot with a total with an area of 12,950m2, in which, the main contents are: Renovating and embellishing ancient works such as Upper Hall, Middle Hall, Lower Hall, tombstone house, horse house. Moving the traditional house back to the right to save space for the ceremony yard, building a new guest house, festival square, auxiliary area and parking lot. This planning aims to meet the requirements of conservation, embellishment and promotion of the relic value, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality.