The scholar villages in An Thi

Hung Yen is a land of culture, love of learning, respect for talent, the homeland of many scholars of the country. An Thi is proud to contribute to that value with many famous scholar villages and families of scholars throughout the country. In nearly 10 centuries of examinations, An Thi district has had 41 great scholars.

The Tu Van Palace of Phu Ung village is located in the historical and cultural relic complex of Phu Ung temple.

Tho Hoang in Chinese means "golden land", now Tho Hoang Ca belongs to An Thi town (An Thi). According to historical records, Tho Hoang village was formed nearly 2,000 years ago. This is considered a good land, with the "seven stars gathering" terrain, the hamlets are gathered in a circle.

Since the feudal court opened the examination to select talented people to help the country until the last examination, Tho Hoang village had hundreds of people passing the bachelor and bachelor exams. Of these, 12 people passed the grand examination and it is one of the 10 villages with the most prestigious examination tradition in the history of the country. The most typical of the scholars of Tho Hoang is Nguyen Trung Ngan - the first Hoang Giap of the feudal examination system in Vietnam. At the age of 12, he passed the Thai Hoc Sinh exam, at the age of 16, he passed the Hoang Giap exam (1304), the youngest Hoang Giap in the country and also the founder of Tho Hoang village. Later, he became an official with the title of Nhap Noi Dai Hanh Khien (Prime Minister), with the title of Than Quoc Cong, leading the ranks of mandarins in the court. As an official under 5 Tran kings, Nguyen Trung Ngan excelled in all aspects of politics, military, diplomacy, law, history...

After Nguyen Trung Ngan, Tho Hoang had many people who passed the imperial examinations. In particular, there were families where fathers and sons, grandfathers and grandchildren all passed the imperial examinations, such as the Hoang family with 5 people who passed the imperial examinations, the Vu family and the Nguyen family, each with 3 people who passed the imperial examinations. Currently, the Hoang family temple is one of the Confucian and imperial examinations relics of Hung Yen, worshiping the ancestors of the Hoang family and the doctors in the family. Built in 1893, the Hoang family temple was restored and preserved a very valuable stone stele, dating from the 17th century, composed by Doctor Tran The Vinh (Chief of Khoai Chau).

According to historical records, the founder of the Hoang family in Tho Hoang village was Mr. Hoang Chan Tinh, who worked as a teacher far away. When he passed away, his descendants brought him back to the village for burial. Mr. Chan Tinh had two sons. The eldest son stayed in the village, the second son went to Hoang Van to establish the Hoang family in Van Noi, Hoang Van, Khoai Chau district, Son Nam town, now Hong Tien commune (Khoai Chau). Notably, the Hoang family branch in Van Noi is the origin of President Ho Chi Minh's maternal family when Thai Pho Hoang Nghia Kieu came to guard Nghe An to establish the Hoang family branch in Hoang Tru (Nam Dan - Nghe An). Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan, Uncle Ho's mother, was the daughter of the Hoang family here.

Phu Ung village, Phu Ung commune is an ancient village, surrounded by the Bac Hung Hai dike system and Cuu An river. This place has long been known as a land with a tradition of studiousness. That tradition has been passed down by the people and carved into stone steles as a reminder for the next generation to inherit the imperial examination career of their ancestors. The Tu Van Tower is a symbol of the studious tradition of Phu Ung village.
The Tu Van Tower is located in the historical and cultural relic complex of Phu Ung Temple. In the past, the Tu Van Tower was the stele house of the Van Tu Temple. The four steles placed in the Tu Van Tower record the names and careers of those who passed the exams in the village during the Le and Nguyen dynasties. These steles have great cultural and historical value and are an important source of information for learning about the history of Phu Ung village's examinations. The first stele records that the stele was first erected to record the names of the exams, the names of those who passed, then erected in the sacrificial fields of the clans, and held in January every year for worship. This land has long had a cultural foundation. The elderly are virtuous, and many famous families have passed the exams, bringing glory to the homeland. The erection of the stele records the exams, followed by the names of those who passed the exams in our village. Hopefully, that example will shine forever, and the good reputation will last forever. So that virtue will not fade but shine forever, passed on without being lost...

Binh Ho village, Quang Lang commune, was once famous for the tradition of imperial examinations in Luu Xa commune. The Binh Ho edict recorded that the intellectual foundation of our village originated from the great imperial examinations. Since those people passed the imperial examinations, many people succeeded in becoming mandarins, and their reputation was well-known, enough to glorify the intellectual foundation. To encourage their descendants to pursue the imperial examinations, the villagers set out regulations for those who passed the imperial examinations and followed the imperial examinations. The stone stele at the edict still records the reward system for those who passed the examinations. Today, the Binh Ho edict is not only the place where cultural activities of the village take place, but also the place where awards are given to excellent students and those who achieved high scores in the exams, continuing the tradition of learning of the village as the ancients said: In the future, the imperial examinations will continue, the golden list will be posted, is it because of this edict that it will be expanded, that is the great expectation of the next generation (recorded on the Binh Ho edict)...

Temple of famous person Nguyen Trung Ngan

An Thi still has many places that have the meaning of educating the tradition of learning such as the Confucian relic Lau Tu Van, Tu chi Tien Si Vu Hong Luong (Phu Ung commune), Tu chi Binh Ho (Quang Lang commune), the temple of the famous person Nguyen Trung Ngan, the Hoang family temple (An Thi town), the national historical - cultural relic Do family temple in Quang Vinh commune. From there, we can appreciate and be proud of the past, promote and inherit the spirit of our ancestors to build and preserve the eternal culture of the nation.

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