Christian Aldrich Dumapal Alcala, Cagayan Saint Paul University Philippines

1. VIETNAM
CULTURE AND ART

2. VIETNAM
Geography:
329, 560 sq. km
Population:
85, 262, 356 (July, 2007)
Language:
Vietnamese
National Holiday:
Independence Day, 2
September (1945O
Capital:
Hanoi

3. VIETNAM
1. Vietnam's Traditions & Culture
2. Vietnamese Food
3. Vietnam's Landscape
4. Vietnamese People
Vietnam famous for;

4. VIETNAM
1. Vietnam's Traditions & Culture
There is so much ones can learn about Vietnamese
culture and traditions. With over 2000 years of history, 54
ethnics, decades of foreign influences (e.g. China, France,
USA, Russia, etc.), traditions of Vietnam vary a lot between
regions, provinces and cities. Even native Vietnamese are
amazed with Vietnam's cultural diversity when they travel
to different parts of the country. To foreigners, Ao dai
(Vietnamese dress) and Non la (conical hats) are amongst
the most recognised symbols of Vietnamese culture.

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1. Vietnam's Traditions & Culture
Ao dai and Non la of Vietnam

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2. Vietnamese Food
The diversity of climate and cultural
influences, Vietnam has a lot of great food to offer.
Pho, BanhMi, Nem, you name it. Simplicity,
Healthiness, and Multicultural influences are what
make Viet food popular.

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2. Vietnamese Food
Banh Mi - Vietnamese Baguette Pho - Vietnamese Noodle Soup

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3. Vietnam's landscape
Vietnam is just a tiny country in South East
Asia, but again, its special landmass provides the
country with unique and picturesque landscapes
that can quench the thirst of any world travellers
and backpackers.

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3. Vietnam's landscape
Ha Long Bay Son Doong Cave

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3. Vietnam's landscape
Paddy fields in mountainous
areas in Northern Vietnam
Quy Nhon's beach

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4. Vietnamese People
Everything listed above would not ever exist
without the people behind it. Vietnamese are very
heroic and patriotic, but they are also very friendly
and have a strong education-oriented ethic. They
have their own identity, and welcome everyone to
Vietnam as friends. Life may be tough in Vietnam,
but that can't stop us from being optimistic and
having great sense of humour.

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4. Vietnamese People

13. VIETNAM CULTURE
• The Vietnamese Culture is one of the oldest
in Southeast Asia, with the Ancient Bronze
Age Dong Son Culture being widely
considered one of its most important
progenitors.
• Due to 1000 years of Chinese rule, Vietnam
was heavily influenced by Chinese in terms
of politics.

14. VIETNAM CULTURE
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
• Sports;
• Kite-running;
• Gambling;
• Competition between
animal, fish, or birds;
• Competitions in which
villagers would mach
their strength;
• Board games
(especially chess).

15. VIETNAM CULTURE
FESTIVALS
• Tet Nguyen-dan, or
the New Year’s Day;
• Le Han-tuc, or Cold
Foods Festival;
• Le Than-minh, or
Pure Brightness
Festival;
• Le Doan-ngo, or
Double Five Festival;
• Tet Trung-thu, or Mid-
Autumn Festival.

16. VIETNAM CULTURE
MUSIC AND DANCE
• Music can be divided into traditional and modern;
• Within the traditional: court, folkloric, chamber, and
liturgical music;
• Vietnamese music is pentatonic in scale, stressing the
voice more than the instrument;
• Folk songs have been ”modernized” recently to
attract younger audiences;
• Modern music emerged in 1930s;
• These days Western-style music is on the high.

17. VIETNAM CULTURE
TRADITIONAL THEATER
• Encompassed all the artistic expressions of song,
dance, mime, and declamation;
• No scenery;
• Has two branches: hat cheo (popular) and hat tuong
(classical);
• Hat cheo – peasant entertainment, acted by farmers;
• Hat tuong – small groups acting for elite or travelling
the villages;
• In the 1920s was born the “renovated theatre”,
consisting of southern Vietnamese music and modern
theatre;
• Modern theatre has been treated as a mean of
propaganda by the socialist regime.

18. VIETNAM CULTURE
TRADITIONAL THEATER

19. VIETNAM CULTURE
WATER PUPPETRY
• Performed by
villagers, who created
a guild;
• Shown over a body of
water;
• Exclusively
Vietnamese.

20. VIETNAM CULTURE
WEDDING
Most Vietnamese wedding takes
place in autumn and winter when
the weather is cooler and farmers
have less field work. Many
Vietnamese families turn to
astrologers to help determine the
bride and groom’s compatibility
and to choose an auspicious
wedding day. For a Vietnamese
women getting married at the
age of 22, 23, 26 or 28 is
considered unlucky .

21. VIETNAM CULTURE
WEDDING
(BETROTHAL CEREMONY OR AN HOI)
This ceremony involves gifts
giving. The groom and his family
visit the bride’s family bearing
round red lacquered boxes full of
tea, cakes, fruit, wine &
bettlenuts. As red is considered a
lucky colour the boxes draped in
red silk and carried by unmarried
boys or girls in red clothes.

22. VIETNAM CULTURE
FUNERAL
“The sense of the dead is that of the final” says a Vietnamese
proverb, implying that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly
organized.
Funeral went as follows:
- The body was washed and dressed
- A chop stick was laid between the teeth and then a pinch of rice
and three coins were dropped in the mouth.
- After 49 days the family stops bringing rice to the altar & then
after 100 days the family celebrates “Tot Khoc” or the end of the
tears.

23. VIETNAM ART
• Traditional Vietnamese Art is art practiced
in Vietnam or Vietnamese Artist, from
ancient time (including the elaborate Dong
son drums) to Post-Chinese domination art
was strongly
• The Chinese influence on Vietnamese art
extends into Vietnamese pottery and
ceramics, calligraphy, and traditional
architecture.

24. FAMOUS VIETNAMESE
ARTISTS
• Tran Van Can (1910-1994)
• Nguyen Phan Chanh (1892-1984)
• Le Pho (1907-2001)

25. FAMOUS VIETNAMESE
ARTISTS
Tran Van Can (1910-1994)
• Designed one of the first political posters,
entitled “Vietnam for the Vietnamese” and the
majority of his drawings and sketches from that
time are of rural village life or on the battlefield.
• He was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts
d’Indochine during the tenure of the French
sculptor Evariste Jonchere from 1938-1944 and
challenged his teacher to compare his French
style with local sculpture for vigour.

26. PAINTINGS
Tran Van Can (1910-1994)

27. FAMOUS VIETNAMESE
ARTISTS
Nguyen Phan Chanh (1892-1984)
• He was born in a rural Vietnamese village, in Ha
Tinh province. His early education was in Chinese (
as was common in pre-colonial times), and he
studied Chinese calligraphy so as to pass the
qualifying exams were abolished before he was old
enough to sit them. With his first ambition
thwarted, it was decided that he should continue
studying painting at the l’Ecole des Beaux-arts
d’Indochine.

28. PAINTINGS
Nguyen Phan Chanh (1892-1984)

29. FAMOUS VIETNAMESE
ARTISTS
Le Pho (1907-2001)
• He was a Vietnamese painter. In 1932, he earned a
scholarship to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in
Paris. Upon returning to Vietnam he taught at the
Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts de l’Indochine in
Hanoi. He painted scenery of Vietnam, still life
with flowers, family settings and portaits.

30. PAINTINGS
Le Pho (1907-2001)

31. VISUAL ARTS
CALLIGRAPHY
• Calligraphy has had a long history in
Vietnam, previously using Chinese
characters along with Chu Nom
• However, most modern Vietnamese
calligraphy instead uses Roman character
based Quoe Ngu.

32. VISUAL ARTS
CALLIGRAPHY

33. VISUAL ARTS
SILK PAINTING
• In Vietnam, painting on silk is popular. Vietnamese
artists found these technique to be a unique way to
create mystique and a charming sense of mystique in
their paintings. By using contemporary colors,
Vietnamese silt painting has won the hearts of many
art lovers. Vietnamese Silk Painting is on of the most
popular forms of art in Vietnam, favored for the
mystical atmosphere that can be achieved with the
medium.

34. VISUAL ARTS
SILK PAINTING

35. VISUAL ARTS
WOODBLOCK PRINTS
• A folk art with a long history in Vietnam,
Vietnamese woodblock prints have reached a
level of popularity outside of Vietnam.
Organic materials are used to make the paint,
which is applied to wood and pressed on
paper. The process is repeated with different
colors.

36. VISUAL ARTS
WOODBLOCK PAINTING

37. VISUAL ARTS
CERAMICS
• Making of ceramics in Viet lands dates to
Neolithic times;
• Took off during 11th-12th centuries
• Used not only to make pottery, but also figural
ceramics used as toys; ornamental ceramics to
decorate temple roofs and so forth.

38. VISUAL ARTS
CERAMICS

39. VISUAL ARTS
LACQUERWARE
• Lacquer items date back to 3rd or 4th century
B. C.;
• Used for preservation or decoration of wooden
items;
• During the French colonial period, artist started using
variety of colours, while at the beginning there were
only three: black, red, and brown.

40. VISUAL ARTS
LACQUERWARE

41. VISUAL ARTS
ARCHITECHTURE
• Influenced by China
• Depending on its function can be divided in three
categories: religious (pagodas, communal houses and
deified national-hero temples), military (citadels),
and civilian (imperial palaces, habitations of peasants
and mandarins, infrastructure, etc.);
• Geomancy dictated the choice of the site and the
orientation of the building.

42. VISUAL ARTS
ARCHITECHTURE
(Religious Buildings)

43. VISUAL ARTS
ARCHITECHTURE
(Military Buildings)

44. VISUAL ARTS
ARCHITECHTURE
(Civilian Buildings)

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PRESENTED BY:
ALDRICH DUMAPAL
SHENITA APALLA
CELINE PADDAYUMAN
CHEENIE SORIANO