Đình (
Chữ Hán
( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...
: 亭 or 庭) or Vietnamese communal houses are typical of buildings found in
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
villages, dedicated to worship the village god,
Thành hoàng
Thành hoàng ( vi-hantu, 城隍) or Thần hoàng (神隍), Thần Thành hoàng (神城隍) refers to the gods or deities that are enshrined in each village's Đình in Vietnam. The gods or deities are believed to protect the village from natural ...
, the village founder or a local hero. They also play the role as a meeting place of the people in the community, akin to modern
civic centers.
Gallery
File:Nội thất đình Mỹ Phước.jpg, Interior of đình Mỹ Phước
Image:Dinhlang.jpg, Đình Nam Thanh in Huế
Image:BangMonDinh.JPG, Đình Bảng Môn in Thanh Hóa Province
Image:Dinh lang Vi Da.jpg, Đình Vỹ Dạ in Huế
File:Đình làng Tử đôi 01072009381.jpg, Đình Tử Đôi, Hải Phòng
Image:Đình làng Dư Khánh, Ninh Thuận, di tích cấp quốc gia 1999.jpg, Đình Dư Khánh, Ninh Thuận
File:Đình Vĩnh Phước ở Sa Đéc.jpg, Đình Vĩnh Phước, Sa Đéc, Đồng Tháp
File:Đình Nhân Nội Linh Từ, 33 Bát Đàn, Hà Nội 001.JPG, Đình Nhân Nội Linh Từ, 33 Bát Đàn, Hanoi
See also
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Religious buildings and structures in Vietnam
Architecture in Vietnam
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