A brief HISTORY of VIETNAMESE WRITING – Section 3
In writing, Vietnamese relies heavily on diacritical marks.
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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: 1113By 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,
Concerns of PROVIDENT PEOPLE – Concerns for KITCHEN and CAKES
For those who have plots of land for gardening, they have to collect all year round fallen leaves and kept them above their stoves at the kitchen for wrapping giò! With regard to making square cakes, those families which are used to wrapping the cakes with boiled maranta leaves will, after the leaves are well boiled, tie them closely around the house pillars for handy use.
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SIGNIFICATION of the TERM “TẾT”
Nowadays, the term “Tết” has been considered by certain countries as a kind of extremely original “Holiday” of the Vietnamese nation, a great holiday somewhat different from the ones of other nations in the area (Japan, Korea…) and influenced by Chinese culture.
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From SKETCHES in EARLY 20th century to TRADITIONAL RITUALS and FESTIVAL
Probably, for this reason, Henri Oger found his place in recording Vietnam’s social activities with thousands of original wood engraving sketches.
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A brief HISTORY of VIETNAMESE WRITING – Section 2
As demonstrated in the alphabet, the Vietnamese writing system uses seven modified letters.
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Names of Vietnam
This article is about the names of the country Vietnam. For the names of people in Vietnam.
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HA TIEN – Cochinchina
The chief town of the province of Hatien is situated at the entrance of a shallow creek, on the Gulf of Siam, north-west of the coast of Cochin-China, and 6km from the Cambodian frontier.
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RACH GIA – Cochinchina
Province of Rachgia, 235.000 inhabitants. Chief town Rachgia or village of Vinh Than Van.
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BAC LIEU – Cochinchina
The province of Baclieu is situated between 8°30 and 9°30 latitude north, and 102°20 and 104° longitude east.
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A brief HISTORY of VIETNAMESE WRITING – Section 1
Many type designers used this book to help them understand the unique typographic features in Vietnamese. They learned the subtle details and the nuances of the Vietnamese writing system even if they do not speak or write the language.
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