The Story of TU-THUC – The Land of Bliss – Section 1
Hits: 2494LAN BACH LE THAI 1 In Viet-Nam, when a man sees a remarkably beautiful woman, he may
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The Goose-Down Coat – The Legend of the Supernatural Cross-bow
Would my Lord please remember that it had pleased him to give me a winter coat stuffed with goose-down ? If ever a war occurs between our countries when my Lord is away, I will scatter the goose-down at the cross-roads to show you the way to find me.
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DO QUYEN – The Tale of Friendship
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Read moreThe BICH-CAU predestined Meeting – Section 2
Bich Cau is an old place in Hanoi – today there is a street named Bich Cau.
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The BICH-CAU predestined Meeting – Section 1
In the early days of the Le dynasty, there lived at Bich-Cau village a young scholar named TU-UYEN.
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TRADITIONAL LITERATURE and MARTIAL ARTS of VIETNAM – Part 3
After researching, we can see that method of martial arts practice in the old time was simple.
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Poet TAN DA’s PLAN to spent at TET time with a unique remaining piastre
So when Tet was approaching, our poet didn’t have any cent left, and as he was a great “drunkard”, he would be in trouble for lack of wine. Newsman Diep Van Ky understood his collaborator’s difficulty, so he gave him an “extra New Year’s gift” of 5 piastres.
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TRADITIONAL LITERATURE and MARTIAL ARTS of VIETNAM – Part 2
Vietnamese martial arts of Vietnam officially developed in martial arts schools in feudal reign.
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TRADITIONAL LITERATURE and MARTIAL ARTS of VIETNAM – Part 1
Now we try to study the ancient literature and martial arts. First of all, let us begin a history slice, like cutting wood into chopping-boards, starting from the history of the Nguyen dynasty according to the material Technique du peuple materials Annamite by Henri Oger4 implemented in 1908-1909 in Hanoi.
Read moreLý Toét in the the City: Coming to Terms with the Modern in 1930s Vietnam – Part 2
A considerable part of caricature’s appeal lay in the fact that visual as well as spoken satire already had a long history in Vietnamese culture.
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