In fact, preparation for the Lunar New Year Festival involves not only the care for a lot of things as seen in everyday life but also the promotion of gratitude ties and relations.
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French Indochina or the Indochinese Union consists of five countries: Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, Cambodia, and Laos.
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It is known that in the Temple of martial arts of China, there were four people worthy of the titles: Ton Vo Tu, Dien Nhuong Thu, Quan Trong, Ly Tinh.
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In the 20th year of Minh Mang’s reign (1839), the imperial court ordered three merit steles to be erected in the front yard of the Temple of martial arts for ten martial arts mandarins.
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Members of imperial family who were military leaders would be trained to be officially promoted in martial arts schools.
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According to some documents, in Vietnam, sung hoa mai [súng hoa mai] (matchlock) was a popular name for guns sung dieu thuong [súng điểu thương] (musket) was less common and used from the 16th to the 19th century.
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Later on, when he collaborated with Maurice Durand to write the book entitled “Knowledge of Vietnam” Pierre Huard had mentioned in his bibliographical part Henri Oger’s work entitled: “General Introduction to the Study of the Technique of the Annamese People”.
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Ly Toet and Xa Xe are a pair of inseparable personages. They have similar characters but are of different statures.
Read moreHenri Oger (1885-1936?) was born at Montrevault (Maine et Loire) on October 31, 1885.
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This is a research work entitled: “Technique of the Annamese People by Henri Oger” consisting of documents gathered at the Midland of North Vietnam, particularly in Hanoi in the years 1908-1909.
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