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The Chinh phụ ngâm ("Lament of the soldier's wife", 征婦吟) is a poem in classical Chinese written by the Vietnamese author Đặng Trần Côn (1710–1745). [1] It is also called the Chinh phụ ngâm khúc (征婦吟曲), with the additional -khúc ("tune", 曲) emphasizing that it can be performed as a musical piece not just read as a plain "lament" (ngâm, 吟).
The game comes with a series of chronologically linked scenarios that cover each phase of the battle. [3] Although each separate scenario is only 5–7 turns, reviewer Brian Laidlaw noted that each one still takes 12–14 hours to complete. [2] There is a complete Campaign game that covers the entire battle from start to finish in 55 turns. [2]
SDC had published the Vietnam wargame Battle for Hue in 1973, and returned to the same theme later that year with Dien Bien Phu, designed by Dana Lombardy based on an original game idea by Guy R. Hail. [2] It was published as a free pull-out game in Issue 6 of SDC's house magazine Conflict, [2] and was also released as a ziplock bag game.
Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include Lục bát, Song thất lục bát, and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five ...
The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Wargame of the Year Edition (2000) Similar to Elite★Edition (2000) but with added scenarios) Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III (2006) (First series title to be released by a different publisher, Matrix Games) The Operational Art of War IV (2017)
Although some claim that Pai Gow is the first documented form of dominoes, originating in China before or during the Song dynasty., [2] which can only apply to gu pai 骨牌, that is, Chinese dominoes, the game of pai gow (Mandarin paijiu) is not recorded until the late 19th century.
Vovinam (short for Võ Việt Nam, meaning "Vietnamese Martial Arts"), officially known as Việt Võ Đạo (越武道, meaning "Vietnamese Way of Martial Arts") is a Vietnamese martial art [1] founded in 1938 by Nguyễn Lộc. It is based on traditional Vietnamese eclectic sources.
Bo Bing (Mandarin Chinese: 博餅; pinyin: Bóbǐng; also known in Hokkien Chinese: 博餅 / 跋餅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Poa̍h-piáⁿ, or Hokkien Chinese: 跋狀元餅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Po̍ah-chiōng-gôan-piáⁿ) is a Chinese dice game traditionally played as part of the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.