Before TOUCHING the EARTH – Section 2
The ceremony to begin work in the fields among the Mường people takes place in the small hours of a morning set by the Vietnamese calendar.
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HISTORY
The VAN LANG Kingdom (2879 BC – 258 BC, 2621 years)
Văn Lang, the first vietnamese kingdom, must have occupied a territory much more confined than that of the Xích Quỷ.
ANNAM TECHNIQUE
INTRODUCTION By Professor in History PHAN HUY LE – President of the Historical Association of Vietnam – Section 2
PHAN HUY LÊ (Thach Chau, Loc Ha district, Ha Tinh province, 23 February 1934 – 23 June 2018) was a Vietnamese historian and professor of history at the Hanoi National University.
MARTIAL ARTS
NOTES
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.
CULTURE
Viet-Nam, Civilization and Culture – THE TINSMITHS, COINS CASTERS, GOLDSMITHS and SILVERSMITHS, TINMEN, BRONZE-FOUNDERS, LOCKSMITHS
Hits: 1112By PIERRE HUARD1(Honour Member of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient)and MAURICE DURAND2(Member of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient3)Revised 3rd edition 1998,
Before TOUCHING the EARTH – Section 1
However, everybody continues to enjoy spring for he has to wait for a ceremony asking permission from the Genius of the Earth to begin working in the fields.
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Going for TẾT CEREMONIES – Section 3
The Vietnamese not only worship their ancestors but also pay their respect to other people’s ancestors. Hence the custom of going for Tết ceremonies.
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Going for TẾT CEREMONIES – Section 1
However, there are villages that organize the “ceremony to wish for longevity” accordingly to a strict hierarchical defining – based on the old age reached.
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Going for TẾT CEREMONIES – Section 2
After the three days of Tết, well-to-do people hold a Tết ceremony for their buffaloes.
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A brief HISTORY of VIETNAMESE WRITING – Section 5
The design of diacritical marks, and their seamless integration with the letters, is crucial in making Vietnamese writing clear and legible.
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A brief HISTORY of VIETNAMESE WRITING – Section 4
The design of diacritical marks, and their seamless integration with the letters, is crucial in making Vietnamese writing clear and legible.
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Why do People FIRECRACKERS at TẾT time?
This is because the booming of crackers brings about a sense of joy, happiness and enlivening for the Vietnamese. For that reason, people also fire crackers on occasions such as entertainments, weddings and mournings.
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Before BEGINNING to WORK – Section 2
Although Tết ends since the fourth day of the first month, the villagers continue their holiday until they bring down the Tết pole to begin farming and trading.
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The TẾT with TRẦN TẾ XƯƠNG
From the Court means from Huế, the City in which the Court still exists. But, how was Tết greeted by everybody? Let’s hear Tú Xương describing it to us.
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