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The Lac people are generally believed to be Austroasiatic speakers. [76] Taylor (2013) believed the lowland population mostly spoke Proto-Viet-Muong while those from the mountainous areas north and west of the Red River Delta spoke an ancient language similar to modern Khmu. [77]
In the Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục, the writers expressed doubts about An Dương Vương's origin, claiming it was impossible for a Shu prince to cross thousands of miles, through forests, and many kingdoms to invade Văn Lang. However in the 1950s, historians Trần Văn Giáp and Đào Duy Anh argued that An Dương ...
The Hồng Bàng period (Vietnamese: thời kỳ Hồng Bàng Vietnamese pronunciation: [tʰəːi˨˩ ki˨˩ hoŋm˨˩ baŋ˨˩]), [4] also called the Hồng Bàng dynasty, [5] was a legendary ancient period in Vietnamese historiography, spanning from the beginning of the rule of Kinh Dương Vương over the kingdom of Văn Lang (initially called Xích Quỷ) in 2879 BC until the conquest of ...
Âu Cơ statue at Kỳ Quang Temple. Âu Cơ was a beautiful young tiên (immortal) who lived high in the snow-capped mountains. She traveled to help those who suffered from illnesses since she was very skillful in medicine and had a sympathetic heart.
During Lạc Long Quân's time, the people of Van Lang was still undeveloped and isolated. In the Eastern sea, there appears a giant Fish called Ngư Tinh, Vietnamese for "fish monster" or "fish spirit"). This fish has lived for many centuries and had a mouth so big it could swallow an entire ship containing 10 fisherman in a single gulp.
The Canh line (Vietnamese: chi Canh; chữ Hán: 支庚; chi can also be translated to as branch) was the fifteenth dynasty of Hùng kings of the Hồng Bàng period of Văn Lang (now Viet Nam).
English: The territory of two countries Van Lang and Nam Cuong around the 3rd century BC, later merged into Au Lac: Yellow: Van Lang, led by the Hung Kings. The whole country was divided into 15 sets; Green: Nam Cuong country, ruled by Thuc Che, and later Thuc Phan. The whole country consisted of 10 Muong lands
The name "Cổ Loa" is Sino-Vietnamese reading of 古 螺 (< Middle Chinese kuo X-luɑ > Standard Chinese: gǔ luó), literally meaning "ancient spiral".According to Đại Việt Sử Ký Toàn Thư, the citadel is shaped like a snail, [5] reflecting of the citadel's multi-layered structure with concentric ramparts and moats.