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[9] [a] The story of Âu Cơ and Lạc Long Quân is taught widely in Vietnamese schools. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In her pamphlet about the Vietnam War, called simply "Vietnam", the American author Mary McCarthy mentions the use of the Vietnamese creation myth by American agents seeking to rally patriotic support for South Vietnam.
In 968, Vietnam was unified by emperor Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, ending the Anarchy of the 12 Warlords period. He placed the imperial capital in the mountainous Hoa Lư, located in modern-day Ninh Bình province of Vietnam, and Hoa Lư stayed being the capital for about 42 years and developed into a major cultural centre of Vietnam.
Descendant of Dragon and Tiên (Immortal) Based on the 16th century mythical genealogy Hùng Vương sự tích ngọc phả cổ truyền , Lạc Long Quân is the son of Kinh Dương Vương and Long Mẫu Thần Long, the dragon goddess that rules the sky and the ocean.
The Trần dragon, wood carving of Phổ Minh Temple, Nam Định province. The Trần dynasty dragon was similar to that of the Lý dynasty but looked more rugged. The Trần dragon had new details: arms and horns. Its fiery crest became shorter. Its slightly curved body became fat and smaller toward the tail.
Feb 10 – Mar 9 Operation Hammersley [ 3 ] (the Battle for the "Long Hais") 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance and ambush operation in the western side of the Long Hải Hills to protect quarry operations being undertaken by 17 Construction Squadron, to establish Fire Support Base Isa and ambush likely VC routes leading ...
The folk hero was a popular subject for poets, such as Cao Bá Quát who wrote an epic poem to Thánh Gióng in the 19th century. [6] Today Thánh Gióng features with other legendary figures such as Kinh Dương Vương , Âu Cơ , Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh , in elementary school texts.
Mai Thúc Loan (or Mai Huyền Thành (梅 玄 成), self-proclaimed Mai Hắc Đế (梅 黑 帝, The Black Emperor or The Swarthy Emperor), was the Vietnamese leader of the uprising in 722 AD against the rule of the Chinese Tang dynasty in the provinces of Hoan Châu and Ái Châu (now Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An).
Đại Nam Đế Kỳ [41] (Personal standard of the Emperor of Đại Nam). Đại Nam (大南, great south) was the official name of Vietnam at this time. 1890–1920: Flag of emperors Thành Thái, Duy Tân and Khải Định: A red field with a single yellow stripe. Referred to as the Long tinh or Dragon Star Flag. [41] 1920–1945