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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include Lục bát, Song thất lục bát, and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five ...
Operation Lam Son 277 [9] 2nd ARVN Regiment operation: Quảng Trị Province: 541: Apr 22 – Sep 22: Operation Putnam Tiger [9] 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st and 3rd Battalions, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment operation: Kon Tum and Pleiku Provinces ...
Salakau (Chinese: 三六九; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Saⁿ-la̍k-káu), which means 369 in Hokkien, also known as "Sah Lak Kau", is a street gang or secret society based in Singapore. The numbers 3, 6 and 9 add up to 18, which was the name of an older gang; the number signified the 18 arhats (principal disciples) of Shaolin Monastery .
Costumes as warlords for Tuồng (Hát Bội) in Huế in 1874 Theatre actors from Nam Dinh in 20th century Vietnam.. Hát tuồng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [háːt tûəŋ], Chữ Nôm: 咭從) or hát bội (Vietnamese pronunciation: [háːk ɓôjˀ], Chữ Nôm: 咭佩) [1] is a form of Vietnamese theatre.
Logo. The Chiêu Hồi program ([ciə̯w˧ hoj˧˩] (also spelled "chu hoi" or "chu-hoi" in American documents; loosely translated as "Open Arms" [1] or "Return") was an initiative by the United States and South Vietnam to encourage defection by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) and their supporters to the side of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
The Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa or Qing invasion of Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Trận Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa; Chinese: 清軍入越戰爭), also known as Victory of Kỷ Dậu (Vietnamese: Chiến thắng Kỷ Dậu), was fought between the forces of the Vietnamese Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty in Ngọc Hồi [] (a place near Thanh Trì) and Đống Đa in northern Vietnam ...
As late as the 15th century, the tradition knew at least that Avalokiteśvara is the dhāraṇī's locutor, as is clear from a Chinese manual of the liturgical service of the thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara, presented to the Oriental scholar Samuel Beal by the monks of Hoi Tong Monastery (a.k.a. Hai Chwang Temple) on Henan Island.