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
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villages, dedicated to worship the village god,
Thành hoàng, 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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