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Dragon emerging from the clouds, Nguyễn dynasty (1842) Vietnamese dragons (Vietnamese: Rồng; chữ Nôm: 蠪; Sino-Vietnamese: Long; chữ Hán: 龍) are symbolic creatures in Vietnamese folklore and mythology. According to an ancient origin myth, the Vietnamese people are descended from a dragon and an Immortal. The dragon was symbolic of ...
The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ, gave birth to a "hundred eggs, fifty of which hatched, settled on land and eventually became the Vietnamese people". However, the story, dubbed Con rồng cháu tiên (昆蠬𡥙仙 "Descendants of the Dragon and the Immortal"), is ...
Âu Cơ statue at Hùng Temple, Tao Đàn, Hồ Chí Minh City. Âu Cơ (chữ Hán: 甌姬; IPA: [əu˧ kəː˧]) was, according to the creation myth of the Vietnamese people, an immortal mountain snow goddess who married Lạc Long Quân ("Dragon Lord of Lạc"), and bore an egg sac that hatched a hundred children known collectively as Bách Việt, ancestors to the Vietnamese people. Âu ...
The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago. The first modern humans to arrive and settle in the area of modern-day Vietnam are known as the Hoabinhians, who can be traced as the ancestors of modern-day Negritos. Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely ...
In Indian origin religions, there are four different Nāga races: Primitive Dragons such as the European dragon who can spit fire. The Spiritual Dragons who are the guardians of wealth, protecting treasure in the ocean. They can take on a half human form. The Divine Nāgas, who can travel to heaven, came from Lord Indra's realm (the divine ...
The Chinese often organize dragon dances during Tết Trung Thu, while the Vietnamese do lion dances. The lion symbolizes luck and prosperity and is a good omen for all families. In the past, Vietnamese people also held trống quân singing and hung lanterns in kéo quân during the festival. The drums are sung to the rhythm of three "thình ...
In the story, Sha Wujing is an allegorical representation of human obedience and conformity without thought. The fourth is Bai Long Ma (literally "White Dragon Horse"), the third son of the Dragon King of the West Sea, who was sentenced to death for setting fire to his father's great pearl. He was saved by Guanyin from execution to stay and ...
The word is also translated as "lost" in modern Vietnamese language, which could be a metaphor to the Vietnamese history. [ 7 ] During the Hồng Bàng dynasty , the word lạc was used as part of different terms such as Lạc Việt (Luoyue) , Lạc Vương (King of the Lạc) , Lạc hầu (Marquis of the Lạc), Lạc tướng (General of ...