Vietnam - Chapter 14:iiic - [Image source: http://www.sinhcafetour.com/newimages/hue/hue21.jpg]
[Image source: http://www.nd.edu/~vsand/images/custom_tradition.gif] Because of its proximity to China, Vietnam’s culture in many ways resembles that of the Middle Kingdom. [Image source: http://www.nd.edu/~vsand/images/custom_tradition.gif]
[Image source: www.tropicalisland.de/ vietnam.html ] Elements of Chinese culture were absorbed during a period of more than 1,000 years of domination. [Image source: www.tropicalisland.de/ vietnam.html ]
Chinese belief systems such as Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism became integral parts of Vietnamese culture. [Image source: http://east_west_dialogue.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/picture2.jpg]
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The Vietnamese also adopted Chinese forms of writing and government. [Image source: http://www.lifeatthelake.com/Chinese%20Characters%201.JPG]
Vietnamese government officials were selected through a civil service exam based on Confucian principles. [Image source: http://www.kittyprint.com/KTP/Images/Asia/TheEmperorofCochinChina.jpg]
[Image source: http://www.marlamallett.com/B-4844DD-Shamans_Vest.jpg] Although they adopted many Chinese beliefs, the Vietnamese continued to believe in animism. [Image source: http://www.marlamallett.com/B-4844DD-Shamans_Vest.jpg]
Every village had a dinh, or spirit house, where the guardian spirit of a village dwelled. [Image source: http://www.cpamedia.com/articles/20050322_03/spirit_house.jpg]
Vietnamese traditionally wore their hair long and tattooed their skin. [Image source: http://www.trucxanh.org/myvsa/images/hannoi.jpg]
The Chinese controlled Vietnam almost continuously between B. C The Chinese controlled Vietnam almost continuously between B.C. 200 and 939 A.D. [Image source: http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary-store/Components/64/6404_1.jpg]
[Image source: http://www.egeltje.org/archives/blah/trungsis.jpg] Vietnam briefly gained independence in 39 A.D. when Trung Trak and Trung Nhi, two sisters, led a successful revolt against China. [Image source: http://www.egeltje.org/archives/blah/trungsis.jpg]
[Image source: http://www.egeltje.org/archives/blah/trungsis.jpg] The sisters reportedly drowned themselves when the Chinese re-conquered Vietnam. [Image source: http://www.egeltje.org/archives/blah/trungsis.jpg]
Vietnam availed itself of the chaos accompanying the collapse of the Tang dynasty and revolted again in the early-900s. [Image source: http://www.uni-erfurt.de/ostasiatische_geschichte/texte/vietnam/pictures/ngo%20quyen%20bach%20dang%20939.htm]
China dispatched a fleet of warships to subdue the rebellion. [Image source: http://www.thespacereview.com/archive/316a.jpg]
[Image source: http://www.viettouch.com/hist/ngoquyen/bdang1.jpg] The Vietnamese, under the leadership of Ngo Quyen, defeated the Chinese armada at the Battle of the Bach Dang River in 938 A.D. [Image source: http://www.viettouch.com/hist/ngoquyen/bdang1.jpg]
The Vietnamese date their independence from China to this battle, even though Emperor Tai Cong subsequently launched an invasion. [Image source: http://www.uni-erfurt.de/ostasiatische_geschichte/texte/vietnam/pictures/ngo%20quyen%20bach%20dang%20939.jpg]
During the Song dynasty, the Vietnamese acknowledged Chinese suzerainty when they agreed to pay tribute. [Image source: http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/wiki/images/thumb/7/7b/250px-Kowtow.jpg]
Although Vietnamese rulers called themselves emperor at home, they referred to themselves as merely a king in messages sent to the imperial Chinese court. [Image source: http://www.merechina.com/gallery/piclarge.asp?PicID=286]