IN SEARCH of THE GENEALOGICAL RECORDS of the two illusory personages LY TOET and XA XE
Ly Toet and Xa Xe are a pair of inseparable personages. They have similar characters but are of different statures.
Read moreVIETNAM COMMUNITY
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,
TECHNIQUE of the ANNAMESE PEOPLE – Part 3: Who is HENRI OGER (1885 – 1936)?
Henri Oger (1885-1936?) was born at Montrevault (Maine et Loire) on October 31, 1885.
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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Lý Toét in the the City: Coming to Terms with the Modern in 1930s Vietnam – Part 1
One of the most notable representations of this contrast was a humble cartoon character, a rural visitor to the big city by the name of Lý Toét.
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History of TET MAGAZINES in Cochin China – Part 2
After the French returned to Saigon for the second time, the two magazines Tuong Lai (Future) and Phuc Hung (Revival) had been eager to enjoy Tet at an earliest time.
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History of TET MAGAZINES in Cochin China – Part 1
A number of veteran newsmen in the 30’s and 40’s have assuredly believed that Mr. Diep Van Ky himself was the man who first had taken the initiative in publishing the first springtime magazine, following his adherence to the Press circle – namely the “Dong Phap” thoi bao (French Indochina time magazine) of town-councillor Nguyen Kim Dinh in 1927.
Read moreThe Holy Land of Vietnam Studies – DIRECTORY of ARTICLES
The Holy Land of Vietnam Studies – DIRECTORY of ARTICLES.
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TECHNIQUE of the ANNAMESE PEOPLE – Introducing the set of documents – Part 2
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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TECHNIQUE of the ANNAMESE PEOPLE – Part 1: How was this set of documents discovered and named?
This is a historical collection of paintings pertaining to our people’s living condition in the past, and going from all branches of social activities to various aspects of moral and cultural life. More than 4000 woodcuts constitute a lively, diversified, and extremely rich document which permits us to learn about the customs, habits, and beliefs of our people in a past historical period.
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An attempt to study THE CULTURAL HISTORY of TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE MARTIAL ARTS – Section 3
During modern and contemporary history, from the second half of 19th century until now, Vietnam has changed the look on social models since the colonial occupation in the country.
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