TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Culture and customs of Viet Nam
Land, people, and language, thought and religion, history and institutions, literature, cuisine, festivals and leisure activities,. as the main contents of the lecture "Culture and customs of Viet Nam". Invite you to refer to the lecture content more learning materials and research. | CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF VIETNAM Book by Mark W. McLeod, Nguyen Thi Dieu 1. LAND, PEOPLE, AND LANGUAGE Geography Ethnolinguistic Groups Ethnical Vietnamese derive from a combination of aboriginal Australoid peoples with Indonesian and Mongoloid peoples from outside the region. Viet Nam’s mountains are inhabited by non-Viet ethnic groups, similar to people from Thailand and Laos. H’mong tribe from Northern Viet Nam Cham girls in the Mekong Delta Khmer Krom and Cham minorities inhabit lowlands. Chinese also create their own distinct community. The Vietnamese Language Tonal (has 4 to 6 tones depending on a district); Monosyllabic; Isolating language (words don’t change their forms); Has three writing systems, with only the latest quoc ngu used today. Forms of Address Vietnamese language is permeated with indicators of status and of the relationship between speaker and interlocutor. In family relationships are based in terms of age, sex, generation, paternal and maternal lineage, and marriage. It is customary to address people by given names. 2. HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS Pre-Colonial Institutions Four Confucian classes: sholars (si), peasants (nong), artisans (cong), and merchants (thuong). Basic administrative and social unit – the village. Appearance of three main cities: Hue (preeminent administrative city, where the Emperor resided), Ha Noi (strategically well positioned, capital until now), and Sai Gon (prominent for commercial reasons). Viet Nam Under French Domination Move from self-sufficient village-level agriculture to export-oriented plantation economy. Many peasants lost land due to tax enforcement and new monopolies. Indochina became world’s leading rice exporter, enriching all but the direct producer. The Rise of Nationalism There were three different stages of resistance against nationalism: Traditionalists, who wanted to restore monarchy; Western oriented noncommunists; Western oriented communists. By repressing the noncommunist nationalists, France .
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