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bạc 鉑 'silver' is the Old Sino-Vietnamese reflex of Old Chinese *bra:g 白 'white', cognate with later Sino-Vietnamese bạch 'white' and Non-Sino-Vietnamese bệch '(of complexion) chalky', [34] yet in Mandarin 鉑 means 'thin sheet of metal' (variants: 箔, 薄) and 鉑 (pinyin: bó) has also acquired the meaning 'platinum', whose Sino ...
Then, in 1209, Emperor Cao Tông was suggested by Vietnamese official Phạm Du to kill Phạm Bỉnh Di, who was a rival official of Phạm Du. Emperor Cao Tông toke Du's advice and ordered the killing of Bỉnh Di. Quách Bốc, who was a general under Bỉnh Di went to avenge his master as a result and thus attacked the capital, temporarily ...
The origin of Hàng Trống painting dates back to the 16th century during the reign of the Lê dynasty.Different from the countryside Đông Hồ, the manufacturing area of Hang Trong painting is located in the Tiêu Túc (later changed to Thuận Mỹ) district in the very heart of Hanoi which is now the quarter between Hàng Trống, Hàng Nón, Hàng Hòm and Hàng Quạt streets.
Đám cưới chuột (Rat's wedding), a popular example of Đông Hồ painting. Ðông Hồ painting (Vietnamese: Tranh Đông Hồ or Tranh làng Hồ), full name Đông Hồ folk woodcut painting (Tranh khắc gỗ dân gian Đông Hồ) is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province).
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.
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 ...
The three main avenues in the district, Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ, and An Dương Vương, were names of leaders of early Vietnamese civilization.The smaller streets in the district are named after renowned Vietnamese poets, artists and music composers, such as Xuân Diệu, Tô Ngọc Vân, Trịnh Công Sơn, Nguyễn Đình Thi and Đặng Thai Mai.
On either side of the rear building are square buildings which hold a drum and a bronze bell. The drum is 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide, 2.65 metres (8 ft 8 in) high, has a volume of 10 m 3 and weighs 700 kilograms (1,500 lb). The bell was cast in 2000, with dimensions of 2.1 by 0.99 metres (6 ft 11 in by 3 ft 3 in).