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Impacts of Geography and History on Vietnamese Culture.

Impacts of Geography and History on Vietnamese Culture. UIUC Oct. 26, 2005. Questions we will answer. Why Vietnamese alphabet is in Latin?. Questions we will answer. How come southerners are dynamic and northerners have stronger traditions?. Questions we will answer.

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Impacts of Geography and History on Vietnamese Culture.

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  1. Impacts of Geography and History on Vietnamese Culture. UIUC Oct. 26, 2005

  2. Questions we will answer • Why Vietnamese alphabet is in Latin?

  3. Questions we will answer • How come southerners are dynamic and northerners have stronger traditions?

  4. Questions we will answer • Why Vietnam is small geographically, but so diverse in religions, traditions, ethnics…

  5. A satellite view of Vietnam

  6. Geography • China in the North • India not-too-far West • Impact: both Buddhism and Confucius flourish. • Buddhism: popular in 10th, 11th. • Confucius: from 12th, still very strong now.

  7. A natural map of Vietnam

  8. Geography • A very long coast, so commercial interactions with Westerners started very early. • Impact: western missionaries came to Vietnam to propagate Catholic, Protestant, Muslim… • Current Vietnamese alphabet was invented by missionaries to teach the Bible.

  9. Geography • North: • Delta of the Red River: small and having regular floods almost every year. • Hilly regions, surrounded by mountains. • Impact: • Hard to make a living, need a lot of past experiences. • Hard to interact with outsiders: keep going with traditions.

  10. Geography • South: • Delta of the Mekong River: much better farms than the delta of the Red River. • Surrounded by people from the North, Cambodia, Indonesia… • Impact: • Easy to make a living, can take risk. • Immigrants: open-minded, dynamic…

  11. Geography • Hilly in the South, • Coast and plateau in the Central, • (Mekong) Delta in the South • Impact: diversity in geography results in diversity in religions, traditions, ethnics…

  12. History of Vietnam

  13. Vietnamese History in Brief • Kinh Duong Vuong, Lac Long Quan, Au Co, Vua Hung (?), • Chinese control (111 BC – 938 AD), • Ngo Quyen earned independence (938), • Ly Dynasty chose Hanoi as capital (1010), • Tran Dynasty fought against the Mongols 3 times, • Quang Trung: unified Vietnam (1789), • French control (1858-1945), • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

  14. History • Hanoi: • Capital since 1010, • Through almost all dynasties. • Impact: strong Confucius culture • Order in the family, school,… • Strong traditions.

  15. History • Hue: • Capital of the last Dynasty (Nguyen, since 1802) • Impact: • Preserve many material or immaterial cultural heritages of Vietnam and the World.

  16. Thanh Noi - Hue

  17. History • Ho Chi Minh City: • Established about 300 years ago. • Mostly immigrants from other parts of the country • Much interactions with foreigners. • Impact: • Open-minded, dynamic,…

  18. Ho Chi Minh City

  19. Thank you!

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