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Watermelons are an iconic fruit in Vietnamese New Year. The Legend of Mai An Tiêm (Vietnamese: Truyền thuyết Mai An Tiêm) or the Origin Tale of Watermelons (Vietnamese: Sự tích quả dưa hấu) is a Vietnamese folktale and myth, first told in Lĩnh Nam chích quái.
Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh (The Mountain God vs.The Lord of the Waters) is a Vietnamese myth.It explains the practice of tidal irrigation and devastating floods in Vietnam as a result of monsoon—a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between October ...
However, the story, dubbed Con rồng cháu tiên ("Descendants of the Dragon and the Immortal"), is labeled as a truyền thuyết ("legend"), a "type of folkloric tale about historical characters and events, usually embellished with fantastical elements," [7] and is more akin to other fantastical legends, such as the story of Lê Lợi ...
Tản Viên Sơn Thánh was one of the 50 children who followed Lạc Long Quân to the sea, and later returned to the mainland. He sailed from Thần Phù sea gate (Nam Định) along the Red River to Long Biên citadel, but then he criticized this place for being too bustling and left for Phúc Lộc river, then settled in Tản Viên mountain.
Chử Đồng Tử statue at Dạ Trạch Temple. Chử Đồng Tử (Chữ Hán: 褚童子) is the name of a famous Vietnamese divine being, one of "The Four Immortals" "Tứ bất tử" in traditional Vietnamese mythology. [1]
Đông Hồ painting depicts Phù Đổng Thiên Vương Statue of little Thánh Gióng at Phù Đổng Six-Way Intersection, Ho Chi Minh City. Thánh Gióng (chữ Nôm: 聖揀), [1] also known as Phù Đổng Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 扶董天王, Heavenly Prince of Phù Đổng), Sóc Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 朔天王), Ông Gióng (翁揀, sir Gióng) [2] [3] and Xung Thiên Thần ...
The best-known variation of the story, the Tale of Từ Thức Marrying a Goddess is the ninth story of Nguyễn Dữ's Truyền kỳ mạn lục collection, [6] published in the second volume. [ 7 ] In the era of Quang Thái in the Trần dynasty , Từ Thức is the head official of Du Tiên District in Hóa Châu Province .
Sóc Trăng was known as Ba Xuyên during Minh Mạng's admininistration. [1]During the Nguyễn Dynasty of emperor Minh Mạng, it was given the Sino-Vietnamese name Nguyệt Giang (月 江), a calque of "Sông Trăng" (Moon River).