Religion has its tenets, bibles propagated by means of lectures and lessons at monasteries, cathedrals, academies, etc. Besides, faith is a system of beliefs that humankind believes to explain the world and bring about peace for each individual and its community.
Religion has its tenets, bibles propagated by means of lectures and lessons at monasteries, cathedrals, academies, etc. Besides, faith is a system of beliefs that humankind believes to explain the world and bring about peace for each individual and its community.
Belief is, to some extent, understood as religion. The difference between religion and belief is that belief is much nationalized more than religion, but belief is not as logical as religion. Taking about belief, people often mention a religion of a nation or some nations have some things in common, meanwhile religion is not nationalized at all. Belief does not have an administrative system or an organization like religion, if any, that system is desultory and scattered. Belief, if develops to a certain level, may become religion.
The basis of every religion and belief is human's trust in the supernatural which is opposite to the reality. Trust in the supernatural relates to humankind's nature, it comes into being and exists, and develops with humankind, it is a fundamental factor to form spiritual life of human being, just like materialistic life, social life, emotional life, etc.
Basing on circumstance, development of economics, society of each people, each region, each country, trust in "the supernatural" expresses different forms of specific religion, belief. For example, belief in God, the Virgin Mary of Kito religion, belief of Buddha in Buddhism, belief of Tutelary Spirit in Saints, Deities, ÄÂạo thá»Â Mẫu (Religion worshipping Mother), etc. Forms of religions and beliefs, no matter how narrow or broad they are, how world-wide popular or much particular for each nation, etc, are all an entity expressing humankind's belief in a general supernatural power.
Presently, there exist various viewpoints in using concept "religion" and "belief". Traditionally, religion is differentiated from belief. It is normally understood that belief is less developed than religion. Another viewpoint is to identify "religion" and "belief" with only concept "religion" though they might think that there exist various kinds of religions such as: national religion, primitive religion, regional religion, world religion, etc.
Difference between "religion" and "belief" lies in some points as follows: Religion has its tenets, bibles propagated by means of lectures and lessons at monasteries, cathedrals, academies, etc; has its sanctuaries, church organizations, close coordination, specific places of worship such as churches, pagodas, mosques, etc; clear rituals, differentiation between World of Gods and World of humankind. Meanwhile, belief does not have its tenets, only legends, tales. Belief has its folk traits, closely associating with cultural activities. It is considered that Spiritual world integrates with humankind in belief. Its places of worship and rituals are much scattered, have not been clearly conventionalized.
According to one statistics, in Vietnam, there are more than two thousand handicraft villages pertaining to different groups of professions, ranging from lacquering, pottery and porcelain, wood, weaved paintings, stone, knitting rattan to kinds of foods like "giò chá
According to one statistics, in Vietnam, there are more than two thousand handicraft villages pertaining to different groups of professions, ranging from lacquering, pottery and porcelain, wood, weaved paintings, stone, knitting rattan to kinds of foods like "giò chả" (a kind of pork sausage), fruits and vegetables, and so on. Each handicraft village has its distinct occupation which brings income to the villagers and deeply inside the occupation, we can realise the culture of a hamlet, a village or an entire region.
Originating from the development of the agricultural civilisation, Vietnamese handicraft villages gradually form and develop, containing many interesting things attached to the villages' development. There are handicraft villages that no one knows when and how it was established though they have grown firmly by the time, until the present. These villages are not only well-known to the local inhabitants but also to foreigners living outside the Vietnam's frontier. The distinct hallmarks of various professions have made the villagers much proud of their products.
Mentioning silk, no one could forget the Van Phuc Silk of Ha Tay land and Tan Chau Silk in Lanh My A of An Giang Province. Besides, people normally talk about Bat Trang Pottery and "com" (green rice flakes) in Ha Noi Capital; Phu Lang Pottery and Dong Ho Folksy Paintings in Bac Ninh Province; the stone fine arts village Non Nuoc in Da Nang Province; the wood village Kim Bong in Quang Nam; Ca Mau's sedge mat; "non bai tho" (hat made of latania leaves) from Hue region; the soybean sauce Ban Yen Nhan, "non la" (palm-leaf conical hat) of Chuong Village, "gio cha" Uoc Le, vegetables from Tra Que Village, ornament flowers of Cai Mon Village in Ben Tre; ornament flowers from Sa Dec Village in Dong Thap Province; etc. These professions as well as the products made from those can be called the quintessence of the nature going with the skillful hands and clever brain of the residents.
Nowadays, handicraft villages are not just the place for manufacturing products in order to server great demands in the market, but also where an enormous potential for tourism industry exists. The villages have been navigating for people who want to discover the culture, traditions, and characters of the regions and the human residing there.
The history of Vietnam has been started from the Ancient Time - the year 2879 BC up to now:
- The country construction period: started from the Ancient Time beginning from the year 2879 BC and ending in 207 BC.
- The Ch
The history of Vietnam has been started from the Ancient Time - the year 2879 BC up to now:
- The country construction period: started from the Ancient Time beginning from the year 2879 BC and ending in 207 BC.
- The Chinese Domination Time: from 207 BC to 906 AD. The typical relics that can be found as the evidences of the period of constructing the country include King Hung Vuong Temple, Co Loa Citadel and Tran Quoc Pagoda
- Next is The Medieval Time (906 - 1858) when the country Vietnam lasted many dynasties: Khuc Dynasty; Ngo - Dinh - Tien Le Dynasties; the dynasties under Ly, Tran, Ho, Hau Le; Mac - Nam Bac Reign; Dai Viet (the former name of Vietnam) of the Trinh - Nguyen Lords' time; Tay Son Reign; and at last Nguyen Dynasty. This historical time has left a plenty of vestiges, containing typical relics like the system of pagodas in the North including Huong Tich Pagoda, Mot Cot (One Pillar) Pagoda, Pho Minh Pagoda, etc. And the most typical one is the citadel system with magnificent palace and mausoleum which was built under Nguyen Dynasty in Hue City.
- The national history of Vietnam during the times of the Near Contemporary Time (1858 - 1945) and the Modern Time (1945 - 1975) contains the resounding history of the years of revolution in which people have sacrificed their lives to fight against the oppressors and conquerors from France and then America with the purpose of liberating the nation and unifying the country.
- From 1975 up to now, Vietnam's history has turned over to a new period - the period of building the country, following the socialism pathway under the command of the Communist Party of Vietnam which has taken Marxism and Ho Chi Minh's viewpoint as a foundation of ideas for developing the country in the best and most suitable way.
Vietnam is a multicultural country with a strong folksy culture base. In that culture base, there are customs and habits that have been expressed clearly through the daily activities in life of the people community. That creates a system of customs - habits which are longstandin
Vietnam is a multicultural country with a strong folksy culture base. In that culture base, there are customs and habits that have been expressed clearly through the daily activities in life of the people community. That creates a system of customs - habits which are longstanding and unique.
The custom of wishing relatives on Tet holidays of Vietnamese families
According to the dictionary of the author Nguyen Van Khon, "phong tuc" (custom) is "a common habit of the majority of people which has established into an unchanged mould". Customs contain all aspects of life and society. Each country has its own distinct customs; and in a country, each region also has its private customs. Therefore, customs have become the common codes and are engraved in the minds of the inhabitants. In the traditional culture of Vietnam, many fine and exquisite customs and habits relating to human morality and rules in the Vietnamese society.
Time passing by, these customs and habits have some moderations in order to adjust with the modern life but they are still always indispensable in life. For that reason, learning about the customs and lifestyle of Vietnamese residents is always attractive to foreigners.
Culture is a large category in terms of both physical and mental legacies of a region or a nation. It can be said that Vietnamese culture is a special mixture of the ancient culture and the native culture of Vietnamese people together with effects from China and also from the cu
Culture is a large category in terms of both physical and mental legacies of a region or a nation. It can be said that Vietnamese culture is a special mixture of the ancient culture and the native culture of Vietnamese people together with effects from China and also from the culture bases of India, Chiem Thanh (a country to the south of Vietnam which has been currently merged into Vietnam) and later on some Western countries like France and America. Though, that is not a complete assimilation but an acculturation with selectivity.
We all know that Vietnamese community often live in villages and hamlets. Each village has its own communal house where the villagers usually gather, operate activities and worship the one who has special merit with that village. The communal house is also the place at which the village's important activities take place. And because of those typical traits, the traditional Vietnamese culture has been handed down from generation to generation, from the forefathers to the descendants without being faded away by time.
Living from the North to the South, Vietnamese people in different places have different comportments with the natural environment in which they are settling in their own ways. Because people from various regions are affected by different conditions, their characteristics and daily activities are varied. However, they all have one thing in common: their style of living harmoniously with the nature without forcing or possessing. The distinct features of the ethnic groups are not incoherent; instead, they complement for each other to make up a multi-cultural environment which is full of traditional values. That makes the excursionists visiting not only surprised but also pleased and interested.
