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Đám cưới chuột (Rat's wedding), a popular example of Đông Hồ painting. Ðông Hồ painting (Vietnamese: Tranh Đông Hồ or Tranh làng Hồ), full name Đông Hồ folk woodcut painting (Tranh khắc gỗ dân gian Đông Hồ) is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province).
Long Tieng (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Cheng, or Long Chen) is a Laotian military base in Xaisomboun Province. [ 1 ] During the Laotian Civil War, it served as a town and airbase operated by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. [ 2 ] During this time, it was also referred to as Lima Site 98 (LS 98) or Lima Site 20A (LS 20A).
Quán Thánh Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Quán Thánh), also known as Trấn Vũ Temple (Sino-Vietnamese: Chân Vũ Quán, chữ Hán: 真武觀), is a Taoist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam. Dated to the 11th century, the temple was dedicated to Xuan Wu, or Trấn Vũ (chữ Hán: 鎮武) in Vietnamese, one of the principal deities in Taoism. As one ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced six new nominees for the school board while also blasting the status quo of not investing in education because it is too expensive.
The đàn tranh (Vietnamese: [ɗâːn ʈajŋ̟], 彈 箏) or đàn thập lục [1] is a plucked zither of Vietnam, based on the Chinese guzheng, from which are also derived the Japanese koto, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Mongolian yatga, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. It has a long soundbox with the steel strings, movable ...
Hội An (chữ Hán: 會 安) translates as "peaceful meeting place" from Sino-Vietnamese. In English and other European languages, the town was known historically as Faifo. This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội An phố (the town of Hội An), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo". [ 9 ]
Cao Cao (pronunciation ⓘ; [tsʰǎʊ tsʰáʊ]; Chinese : 曹操; c.155 – 15 March 220), [ 1 ] courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power during the end of the Han dynasty (c.184–220), ultimately taking effective control of the Han central government. He laid the foundation for what was to become ...
The Hoa people, also known as Vietnamese Chinese (Vietnamese: Người Hoa, Chinese : 華人; pinyin : Huárén or Chinese : 唐人; Jyutping : tong4 jan4) are the citizens and nationals of Vietnam of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese migration into Vietnam dates back millennia but allusions to the contemporary Hoa today mostly ...