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Đạo is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "religion," similar to the Chinese term dao meaning "path," while Mẫu means "mother" and is loaned from Middle Chinese /məuX/. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together fairly disparate beliefs and practices.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Nguyễn Nhật Ánh (born May 7, 1955 [1] [2]) is a Vietnamese author who writes for teenagers and adults.He also works as a teacher, poet and correspondent. His works include approximately 30 novels, 4 essays, 2 series and some collections of poems.
Daoism (or Taoism) is a philosophy centered on living in harmony with the Dao (Tao) (Chinese: 道; pinyin: Dào; lit. 'Way'), which is believed to be the source, pattern and substance of all matter. [9] Its origin can be traced back to the late 4th century B.C.E. and the main thinkers representative of this teaching are Laozi and Zhuang Zhou. [6]
Nguyễn Phú Trọng was born in Đông Hội Commune, Đông Anh district of Hanoi, in 1944. His official biography gives his family background only as "average peasant". [ 5 ] He studied philology and earned his Bachelor degree in philology at Vietnam National University, Hanoi , from 1963 to 1967.
Minh Tuệ (born 1981), birth name Lê Anh Tú, is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. After briefly practicing at a pagoda after giving up his job as a land surveyor , Minh Tue decided to "learn and follow the Buddha's teachings" by observing the 13 ascetic practices of Theravada Buddhism and walking for alms across the country for many years.
Vietnamese paintings depicting Taoist gods, Northern Vietnam, 1945 Statue of god Trấn Vũ in Quán Thánh Temple Taoism in Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đạo giáo Việt Nam) is believed to have been introduced into the country during the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. [1]
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]