Hang Kenh

Location: located at 55 Nguyen Cong Tru Street, Hang Kenh Ward, Le Chan District, Hai Phong City.
Features: is one of the ancient temples of Haiphong.
Hang Kenh family name is Life. According to sources of research materials, Hang Kenh was started up in the early 18th century, King Le Du Tong. Over hundreds of years of volatility, suspension renovated, rebuilt in Xinhai life Tu Duc (1851).
 
Dinh has shaped the architecture include: General strike, court and harem spoon tube. In addition, there are two main architectural building the dancers, half-moon lake.
 
Family Court University is the most critical part of the architecture of the house. Bracket-style buildings made of variants "Pillars child gong price sensitive" to 6 columns. The entire bearing bracket 7 of the 42 pillars of more than 5m, the column perimeter near 2m, listed on the foot of a green rock carved lotus flowers spread wings, feels like architecture hatch in a mini dress. House roof tile nose comedy, with 4 as the first curved blade lift heavy ships soaring roof.
 
In the heart of the home, except for the system itself and horizontal columns, rafters and all the architectural elements are carved decorative home dozens of flowers, birds, each of a size, a demeanor, appearance different.
 
Besides the beauty of the architecture, Hang Kenh also valuable sculpture. In families with more than 100 image array that carved dragon - one of the "noble" of Vietnam's major topic. The unique features of over 400 dragon in the array carved each one looks, each different position on each drive and carved dragon dragon mother tangerine wrap together between flowers and trees. Take in the family, viewers will be lost in the world of dragons extremely lively, bustling, fanciful. The array carved dragons, clouds, flowers and stylized floating on the boards, at the foot of the same bars as the same time challenging. Family time of red lacquer trimmed with gold hammocks door was hit riddled disproportionate. This sagging door like a living sculpture picture with two dragons flanking a moon image, double phoenix bat wings, horse across the river, the lake turtle stride shower. Hardly any place to use artisans style "bubble formation" or "filigree" for carving like this place.
 
Hang Kenh great value not only to the art of architecture, sculpture, but also retain the knowledge flooring unique heart vessels, rare, making Hang Kenh become a unique cultural heritage of the house Vietnam family. In many families kept precious objects: epitaph inscribed the name of the village from 1460 to 1693. passed the Hang Kenh many international air map as the bell, the top brass, copper inauguration, cranes, hyacinth, incense bowl with porcelain, statues, the horizontal board, couplets, sagging doors, pagodas, elephants carved wooden horse sophisticated, red lacquer trimmed with gorgeous gold-rich motifs and vivid.
 
Hang Kenh church "National team restored" Ngo Quyen, who had defeated the Southern Han invaders on Bach Dang River in 938, ushering in an era of independence lasting for the people of Vietnam.
 
Several hundred years have passed, many changes and upheavals, Hang Kenh remains an architectural and artistic works flawless, a unique monument of Ngo Quyen Vuong Hai Phong land. In families with cases of beer General Tran Bach Dang Ngo Quyen Nam Han. Ngo Quyen Dinh also object model and a gunboat. Hang Kenh visited, tourists are aroused from deep realms of emotional minds and hearts to the source veneration Wu Wang. Before 1945, the Hang Kenh often blessed festival in mid February lunar calendar to commemorate Ngo Quyen; usually hat a dao, timber cranes dancing, singing and lots of fun rowing ancient atmosphere labor demand condition, materials prevalent in the spring.
 
With its excellent value, rarity, Hang Kenh ranking state architectural relic in 1962.