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Vietnamese dragons (Vietnamese: Rồng; chữ Nôm: 蠬/蠪; Sino-Vietnamese: Long; chữ Hán: 龍) are symbolic creatures in Vietnamese folklore and mythology. According to an ancient origin myth, the Vietnamese people are descended from a dragon and an Immortal. The dragon was symbolic of bringing rain, essential for agriculture.
Before the 19th century, the name Hạ Long Bay had not been recorded in the old books of the country. It has been called other names such as An Bang, Lục Thủy, and Vân Đồn. In the late 19th century, the name Hạ Long Bay appeared on the Maritime Map of France. The French-language Hai Phong News reported "Dragon appears on Hạ Long Bay".
Other symbols Description Long An: Hãy ra đi, đừng sợ ! (Be strong and courageous; don't be terrified or afraid of them!) Huỳnh Phú Sổ: Rice: Province as of 22 October 1956. Đồng Tháp: Địa linh nhân kiệt / 地靈人傑 (The glory of a place leads greatness to the people there) Thuần khiết như hồn sen
The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the Việt,) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing. The story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ has been cited as the common creation myth of the Vietnamese people. The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ ...
English: Ha Long Bay (Halong Bay) in North Vietnam. Ha Long in Vietnamese means “descent of the dragon”. Many legends are built around the name.
Being a coastal city, Hạ Long bears unique potentials of tourism and seaport due to its land lies along the shore of Hạ Long Bay by 50 km. Hạ Long is 160 km to the north-east from Hà Nội, 60 km to the East from Hải Phòng, 180 km to the south-west from Móng Cái international border gate, and bounded by the Gulf of Tonkin to the ...
Ha Long, also known as Hong Gai, the capital city of Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam; Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam; Halong naval base, an Indonesian Navy (previously Dutch) facility on the island of Ambon; Typhoon Halong, a pacific typhoon name.
Phoenix depicted at the Longshan temple, Taiwan. The Four Holy Beasts differs from Four Symbols in that Qilin replaces the White Tiger.The Four Symbols are the Azure Dragon (青龍) in the East, White Tiger (白虎) in the West, Vermilion Bird (朱雀) in the South, and the Black Tortoise (玄武) in the North.