(VHQN) - It is said that when King Le Thanh Tong led his army into Champa (in 1471), 13 ancestors of 12 clans in Thanh Hoa - Nghe An provinces followed him to the South to "pacify Champa". After the war was successful, they decided to stay to reclaim the land, build villages and were worshiped as the ancestors of Ngu Xa Tra Kieu, including Mr. Luu Van Giam. The ancestors of Ngu Xa Tra Kieu had the merit of turning this place into the most prosperous and wealthy village in Quang Nam province, "Quang Nam Tam Dai Xa" (folklore has it "first Tra Kieu, second La Qua, third Tu Trang").
Currently, the Luu family in Ngu Xa Tra Kieu still preserves an ancient genealogy compiled by scholar Luu Duy Han in the 26th year of Tu Duc (1873). According to Mr. Ngo Duc Chi - Han - Nom research expert of the Central Institute of Social Sciences: This genealogy is written in Chinese characters with a beautiful Han script writing style, with rhythm and style that matches the year of the document's creation.
This is one of the few genealogies in Quang Nam that has academic research value, carefully recording generations and presenting them very scientifically, making an important contribution to the study of local history. It is a valuable family document that needs to be carefully preserved for future generations.
The genealogy has a passage: "Our ancestor, Bang Thanh district's Liu Van Giam, came from the North to lay the foundation in the South, had the merit of reclaiming our commune. Later, his tomb was buried in the land of Cua Eo, Ham Rong, Dinh Son Quy Huong, and his deity is still worshiped at the temple of the ancestors of the five communes of Tra Kieu."
Documents show that the tomb of Mr. Luu Van Giam was buried in Cua Eo from the beginning, until around 1935 - 1937, when the French colonial government built the Da Nang - Quang Ngai railway passing right through the tomb's location, so the Luu family and the Ngu Xa Tra Kieu clans unanimously moved his tomb to Go Doi as it is today.
The descendants of the family still remember that when the grave was reburied, in the middle of the grave was a large earthenware jar with beautiful patterns, containing ashes, and in the four corners were smaller jars (possibly burial objects?). The descendants left it as it was and carried it back to rebury.
Upon further investigation, it was learned that the location of the house of Mr. Luu Van Trinh (aka Le) and Luu Van Lien (aka Dao) in the current Ba clan of Luu is the family garden from ancient times, which ancient documents all refer to as "Thanh Xu", referring to the ancient Tra Kieu citadel.
In addition to the above genealogy, the family still preserves a text of a funeral service held on June 17, Dinh Dau year. The content of the text is a memorial service for the deceased in the family, mentioning many places of burial, helping to clarify many places around the Tra Kieu area.
In the two ancient copies mentioned above, scholar Luu Duy Han copied ancient place names that still exist or have been lost, notably the place names Eo Gio, Ham Rong, "Thanh Xu"... Learning more about the place name "Eo Gio", we saw that it was annotated on the "Giap Ngo Binh Do" from more than 500 years ago, one of the very few place names in Quang Nam signed on the Hong Duc map.
Actual survey at Eo Gio and Hong Duc base map shows that Eo Gio is an ancient military strategic location. In Quang Nam, there are 2 places including “Eo Bac” inside Hai Van pass and “Eo Gio” in Tra Kieu, the drawing on the map shows that they are both located on the ancient upper road.
The person who compiled this genealogy was a "first-class scholar" of the Liu family in Duy Xuyen district. His name was Liu Duy Han (also known as Liu Van Ung or Ky), a Confucian scholar who both taught and prescribed medicine to cure people.
He was a classmate of Minister Pham Phu Thu, and a student of the famous teacher Nguyen Huy, originally from Tra Kieu. In 1871, he was the one who directly called on fellow students of Giao Huy to donate money to renovate the temple and build a tomb for his teacher.
In the “Renovation of the Temple of the Grand Master of the Imperial Academy, Thieu Khanh Nguyen”, Minister Pham Phu Thu wrote: “This time, the eighth-rank Trong An was on leave to visit his mother, together with the villagers, Kien Dang District Official Nguyen Truc and Dong Chi; scholars Pham Hanh and Luu Duy Han” and “The materials and the sacrificial fields cost more than 2,000 quan of money, the students contributed according to their ability, they should not be extravagant or extravagant, blaming those who did not contribute, damaging the good virtue of the teacher”. On the stele recording the merits of the students (nearly 100 people) still remaining on Nguyen Huy's tomb, the name of scholar Luu Duy Han is clearly written.
By 1886, the Quang Nam Righteous Association movement took place, Tra Kieu was a key point of the insurgents' activities, and the scholar Luu Duy Han, because he was a doctor, was wanted by both the Righteous Association and the Catholic Church. Because he was in a difficult situation, he went to Giao Thuy village (now Dai Hoa commune, Dai Loc district) to settle down, and then formed a branch of the Luu clan here.
In the year of Dinh Dau (1897), he returned to Tra Kieu and organized a 3-day, 3-night ceremony, so there is this ceremony (handwritten in Khai script, on Do paper as mentioned above). From his notes, the ancient place names in Tra Kieu include: Cua Eo, Eo Gio, Ham Rong, Go Chieu, "Xu Thanh", Mieu Ong, Trung Dong... contributing to building a panoramic, quite vivid picture of the ancient Ngu Xa Tra Kieu - a sacred land on the foundation of the ancient Champa capital.
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