Huong village used to be called Huong Giai or Huong Nhai, popularly known as Huong street, Huong alley... The village is located between the Inner and Middle citadels to the north, with administrative boundaries:
- South: adjacent to Cho village.
- North: adjacent to Nhoi village below.
- East: adjacent to Vang village.
- West: adjacent to Dong village.
Huong village has the following clans: Truong, Dao, Nguyen, Lai, Dao Duy, Hoang…, of which Truong and Nguyen are the two largest clans in the village. Truong clan originally came from Chua village, while Nguyen clan came from Vang village.
Co Loa was divided into 4 ancient hamlets: Dong Nhat, Dong Nhi, Dong Tam, Doai Tu, in which Huong hamlet belonged to Dong Nhi hamlet. Young people who were 18 years old or older could join the hamlet. Those who were 50 years old or older, if they had a chicken sticky rice feast to offer at the temple, did not have to carry the tax. Those who were 60 years old or older had to carry the old man after inviting the elders to drink tea at Cau Lao. When joining the hamlet, one had to fulfill the obligations and regulations of the hamlet. If a member of the hamlet had a family member die, the people of that hamlet had to carry the coffin, and no one else was allowed to carry it for them. The head of the hamlet was responsible for collecting taxes to pay to the village, red cards (those with fields) paid 3 dong, green cards (those without fields) paid 1 dong.
Previously, Huong village was a sister village with Xuan Duc, later on, the villages in Co Loa village became sisters (Huong village was a sister village with Chua village and Mit village, so it was called Tam Thon). From the sisterhood, the way of calling the eldest brother was born (brother brother, sister brother). Legend has it that the day of eating the bird's nest was a very big festival, with a grand feast to treat friends. The bird's nest usually only had 4 people sitting on a tray, including 8 bowls, 8 plates of buffalo meat, pork, and in the bird's nest there were no vegetables, only meat. While eating the bird's nest, Chau Van was sung all night.

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