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Ông Trời is referred to by many names depending on the religious circumstances. In South Vietnam, he is often called Ông Thiên (翁天). In Đạo Mẫu, he is called the Vua Cha Ngọc Hoàng (𢂜吒玉皇, Monarchical Father Ngọc Hoàng), as he is the father of Liễu Hạnh.
God raised his head to the sky, dug the earth himself, and smashed rocks to form a pillar to support the sky. The work went on like this, and soon heaven and earth were divided. When the sky was high and dry, the god broke the pillars and threw rocks and stones everywhere, turning them into mountains, islands, high hills, and wide seas.
Followers also call their religion Đạo Trời ("Way of God"). Cao Đài has common roots and similarities with the Tiên Thiên Đạo doctrines. [25] Cao Đài (Vietnamese: [kāːw ɗâːj] ⓘ, literally the "Highest Lord" or "Highest Power"), [24] is the highest deity, the same as the Ngọc Hoàng, who created the universe.
[1] [2] In 1978, her father became a refugee who defected from Vietnam to Hong Kong. When Le was nine years old, she fled Vietnam with her mother and sister. We were told by my mom that we had to go look for Dad, and that he had gone to someplace called 'America', which we interpreted was the city across the river, since it had lights. [3]
These days, you can get a deal on anything. Even salvation! Pope Benedict has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church to ease their way through Purgatory and into the ...
Vietnam in HD (known as Vietnam Lost Films outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as WWII in HD , the program focuses on the firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War .
Ben Swanton, co director of The 88 Project, which advocates for human rights in Vietnam, called her trial “a total sham.” “This is yet another example of the law being weaponized for the ...
The beach where Tiêm lived is called An Tiêm beach, and the village is called Mai village. Some people honor the place where An Tiêm's ancestors lived as An Tiêm district in Thanh Hóa . More recent variants of the story have Mai An Tiêm exiled to a desert island , where he carved his name onto the watermelons and threw them into the sea ...