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The Tale of Từ Thức Marrying a Goddess (chữ Hán: 徐式仙婚錄, Từ Thức tiên hôn lục) or Từ Thức Meeting Gods (Vietnamese: Từ Thức gặp tiên) is a Vietnamese legend told in Truyền kỳ mạn lục by Nguyễn Dữ in the 16th century and based on the Folktale of Từ Thức Cave (Vietnamese: sự tích động Từ Thức).
The king was enraged by his daughter's marriage to a poor commoner. He disowned Princess Tiên Dung and her husband. They were forced to wander and work to feed themselves. Chử Đồng Tử took up trading as his occupation. Whilst on a caravan or business trip, he docked at an island on the sea where he met a sage named Phật Quang (佛光).
Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include Lục bát, Song thất lục bát, and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five ...
Caramelized pork and eggs or thịt kho tàu is a Vietnamese dish that consists of small pieces of marinated pork and boiled eggs braised in coconut juice. [1] Along with being a familiar part of an everyday meal in Vietnam, thịt kho tàu also holds significance as one of the traditional dishes during Tết (Vietnamese New Year).
Vietnamese folklorist Nguyễn Đổng Chi in his Kho tàng truyện cổ tích Việt Nam (lit. ' Vietnam's collection of folktales ' ) included various Vietnamese and Hmong variants of the story under the title of "A man dies for wealth, a bird dies for food" ( 人為財死，鳥為食亡 ), which is a proverb based on a similar Chinese folktale.
Thuở Bống là người (When Bong was a human) Thiên sứ bâng khuâng (thơ Trịnh Cung) Thương một người (Loving someone) Tiến thoái lưỡng nan (The dilemma) Tình ca của người mất trí ("Ballad of an insane person" or "Love song of a deranged woman") Tiếng ve gọi hè; Tình khúc Ơ-bai; Tình nhớ (Missing love)
Assault on Koh Tang during the rescue of the SS Mayaguez The island is the site of the last combat action of the Vietnam War and the only ground combat between U.S. forces and the Khmer Rouge . On May 15, 1975, U.S. Marines on board U.S. Air Force helicopters landed on Koh Tang in the hope of freeing the crew of the SS Mayagüez which had been ...
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.