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Marble Mountains (Vietnamese: Ngũ Hành Sơn, Chữ Hán: 五行山; lit. "five elements mountains") is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five elements: Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ (earth).
Ngũ Hành Sơn is a district of Da Nang in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The district is divided into four wards (phường): Mỹ An; Khuê Mỹ; Hòa Hải; Hòa Quý; As of 2003, the district had a population of 50,105. [1] The district covers an area of 37 km². The district capital lies at Khuê Mỹ ward. [1
A five-color flag at a festival in 2010 commemorates the millennial of the founding of Hanoi.. In Vietnamese culture, five-color flags (Vietnamese: cờ ngũ sắc, chữ Hán: 旗五色) or five elements flags (Vietnamese: cờ ngũ hành, chữ Hán: 旗五行), deity flag (Vietnamese: cờ thần, chữ Hán: 旗神) are traditionally flown during festivals and religious ceremonies.
Đường luật (chữ Hán: 唐律) is the Vietnamese adaptation of Chinese Tang poetry. [1] Đường also means Tang dynasty, but in Vietnam the original Chinese Tang poems are distinguished from Vietnam's own native thơ Đường luật as China's "Thơ Đường" (書唐, "Tang poetry") or "Đường thi" (唐詩, "Tang verse").
The exercise dưỡng sinh or Dưỡng Sinh (compare Chinese Yangsheng 養生 [1]) is a form of partly indigenous breathing and yoga exercise similar to Tai Chi popularized in Vietnam by the historian and political activist Nguyễn Khắc Viện. [2] Viện had been trained as a medical doctor in the field of women's and children's psychotherapy.
Mrs. Đặng Thị Nhu (Đề Thám's third wife) and her daughter in Áo tứ thân costume 2 girls working in the fields in Áo tứ thân costumesThe áo tứ thân was the dress of peasant women, which explains why it was often made with plain fabric in dark colors, except when it was to be worn at special occasions such as festivals or weddings.
Khăn vấn is a rectangular textile that is long and quite thick, wrapped tightly around the head. According to the decrees of Nguyễn dynasty written in the Historical chronicle of Đại Nam, the Vietnamese initially remained faithful to the Champa style, but gradually adapted styles to suit needs for each social class.
Diem later became President of South Vietnam (1955–63). Years earlier the same school had educated another boy, Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also the son of an official. In 1943 Cung adopted the name Ho Chi Minh. [21] At age 14, Giáp became a messenger for the Haiphong Power Company. He was expelled from the school after two years for taking part in ...