On Monday, the Phuoc My Ward authorities held a ceremony to receive a municipal-level Historical Relic Site Certificate for the Phuoc Truong Communal House.

The Phuoc Truong Village Communal House (Photo: http://sontra.danang.gov.vn)

Nestled on Ho Nghinh, the 400-year-old communal house was built in the reign of Emperor Gia Long (1802 - 1819) of the Nguyen Dynasty.  In the resistance war against the French, a secret tunnel was dug under the house in order to provide a secret shelter for revolutionary cadres.  The house was rebuilt in 1998.

An annual incense-offering ceremony, in commemoration of local ancestors and heroes, takes place at the house on the 10^th day of the 6^th lunar month which this year fell on 3 July.

The Communal House was officially recognised as a municipal-level historical relic site in April.  This brings the total number of relic sites under municipal-level protection to 51.