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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 bringing rain, essential for agriculture.
North Vietnam. Emblem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. 30 November 1955 – 2 July 1976. Circular in shape; in the middle of a red background is a five-pointed gold star framed by rice ears below which is half a cog wheel and the inscription "Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa" (Democratic Republic of Vietnam).
Symbols. Flag. Coat of arms. National anthem. Vietnam portal. v. t. e. The national symbols of Vietnam are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Vietnam and of its culture.
Emperors of Vietnam usually used dragon (龍 long) as a symbol of their imperial strength and power. In 1831, the Nguyễn emperor Minh Mạng renamed it Hà Nội (河內). Hanoi was conquered and briefly occupied by the French military in late 1873 and passed to them ten years later.
A large yellow star centered on the red field (2:3). Influences: June 2, 1948 – July 2, 1949. July 2, 1949 – April 30, 1975. Flag of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam, the State of Vietnam, and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). Or, three bars Gules. A yellow field with three red stripes (2:3).
The name Tết is a shortening of Tết Nguyên Đán, literally written as tết (meaning festivals; only used in festival names) and nguyên đán which means the first day of the year. Both words come from Sino-Vietnamese respectively, 節 (SV: tiết) and 元旦. The word for festival is usually lễ hội, a Sino-Vietnamese word, 禮會.
A sword per fess charged with a scroll, inscribed with two traditional Chinese characters Đại Nam (大南) and supported by a single five-clawed dragon. [b]The dragon depicted on the coat of arms has five-claws, which is a sign of imperial authority in imperial China and imperial Vietnam. [2]
Category. : National symbols of Vietnam. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Symbols of Vietnam. There are many symbols of Vietnam. Long ago, it was "Chim Lac", a kind of bird only found in stories. Chim Lac was the symbol found in the surface of "Bronze Drum"; it also was the symbol of the Vietnamese forbidden kingdom Lac Viet.