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A soulmate is a person with whom one feels a deep or natural affinity. [1] This affinity may involve similarity , love romance , comfort, intimacy, sexuality , sexual activity , spirituality , compatibility , and trust . [ 2 ]
The Red Thread of Fate (Chinese: 姻緣紅線; pinyin: Yīnyuán hóngxiàn), also referred to as the Red Thread of Marriage, and other variants, is an East Asian belief originating from Chinese mythology.
The Vietnamese women became wives, prostitutes, or slaves. [10] [11] Vietnamese women were viewed in China as "inured to hardship, resigned to their fate, and in addition of very gentle character" so they were wanted as concubines and servants in China and the massive traffick of Tongkinese (North Vietnamese) women to China started in 1875.
They may also be called "Chinese-Vietnamese" or "Vietnamese Chinese" by the Vietnamese. [ 1 ] Historically, the first wave of Chinese migrants into Vietnam brought Chinese-oriented cultural, religious and philosophical thought to Vietnam, where the Vietnamese gradually developed and adapted such elements to systematically its own. [ 2 ]
Linh is a Vietnamese name that means "soul" or "spirit". [1] It is the Vietnamese pronunciation of the Chinese character 靈 (líng), which is not used as a surname in China. Surname
Vietglish, Vinglish or Vietlish, is an informal term for a mixture of elements from Vietnamese and English. [1]The term Vietglish is first recorded in 1969. Other colloquial portmanteau words for Vietlish include (chronologically): Vietglish (1992), Vinish (2003), Vinglish (2010) and Vietnamiglish (2016).
Hòa Hảo is a new religious movement [1] and it was named after the founder Huỳnh Phú Sổ's native village of Hoa Hao [1] (Hòa Hảo; [2] Vietnamese: [hwaː˨˩ haːw˧˩] ⓘ; chữ Hán: 和好; literally "peace and amicability"), [15] in what is now Thốt Nốt District of An Giang Province, Vietnam. [16]
Although according to a 1999 census most Vietnamese list themselves as having no religious affiliation, [7] religion, as defined by shared beliefs and practices, remains an integral part of Vietnamese life, [8] dictating the social behaviours and spiritual practices of Vietnamese individuals in Vietnam and abroad.