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The Vatican estimates the number of Vietnamese martyrs at between 130,000 and 300,000. [2] John Paul II decided to canonize both those whose names are known and unknown, giving them a single feast day.
Halberd (dao dài, "long knife") Rope dart/chain whip (nhuyễn tiên, different from Chinese rope dart) Khăn rằn - The khăn rằn is a southern scarf that originated from the Khmer krama scarf. [5] The khan ran can be used to lock the enemy's arm, lock the enemy's wrist, lock the enemy's leg, pull the enemy's leg and to attack the enemy's ...
During this period, Ho Chi Minh created the Viet Minh in 1941 to coordinate resistance against both French colonial authorities and Imperial Japanese occupying forces. [1] This group fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese and were to a degree supported by the Americans in 1945 via the Office of Strategic Services . [ 2 ]
Taoism in Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đạo giáo Việt Nam) is believed to have been introduced into the country during the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. [1] Under Lý dynasty Emperor Lý Nhân Tông (1072-1127), the examination for the recruitment of officials consisted of essays on the "three doctrines - Tam Giáo/三教” ( Confucianism ...
Born on 25 December 1910 as Nguyễn Thành Nam, he was born in a village in Truc Giang district, Kien Hoa province. He was the son of a rich family, whose father named Nguyễn Thành Trúc was a chief of the region and had a mother named Lê Thị Sen. In 1928, he went to Rouen, France, to study for seven years. When he graduated as a ...
Buddhism may have first come to Vietnam as early as the 3rd or 2nd century BCE from the Indian subcontinent or from China in the 1st or 2nd century CE. [2] Vietnamese Buddhism has had a syncretic relationship with certain elements of Taoism, Chinese spirituality, and Vietnamese folk religion. [3]
Đông Hồ painting depicts Phù Đổng Thiên Vương Statue of little Thánh Gióng at Phù Đổng Six-Way Intersection, Ho Chi Minh City. Thánh Gióng (chữ Nôm: 聖揀), [1] also known as Phù Đổng Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 扶董天王, Heavenly Prince of Phù Đổng), Sóc Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 朔天王), Ông Gióng (翁揀, sir Gióng) [2] [3] and Xung Thiên Thần ...
Đồng Khởi Museum in Mỏ Cày Nam ward, Bến Tre Đồng Khởi (lit. ' Uprise Together ' or ' Together Uprising ') was a movement led by remnants of the Việt Minh that remained in South Vietnam and urged people to revolt against the United States and the Republic Of Vietnam, first of all in large rural areas in southern Vietnam and on highlands of South Central Coastal Vietnam.