Exploring the Beauty of Vietnamese Folklore

Legends and Fairy Tales: Sources of Creativity

Vietnamese folklore is a priceless treasure trove, preserving stories, songs, proverbs, and customs passed down through generations. Legends, with stories of origins and history, often have an epic quality, celebrating historical figures and moral values. Fairy tales, with their clear-cut good and evil characters, often impart life lessons about love, compassion, and justice. These stories are not only entertaining but also educational, shaping the character of young people.

Folk Songs and Proverbs: The Wisdom of the People

Folk songs, with their concise and evocative verses, express feelings, thoughts, love for the homeland, family affection. Proverbs, short and concise sayings, contain life experiences and philosophies of the Vietnamese people. Both folk songs and proverbs are vivid evidence of the intelligence and sophistication in the spiritual life of the Vietnamese.

Memorable Images of Vietnamese Folklore

Traditional festivals: Lively and vibrant festivals reflect the spiritual life and beliefs of the people. From the Hung King Temple Festival, the Gioi Festival to the small village festivals, all are imbued with a strong folk cultural identity.

Folk art: Dong Ho paintings, Hang Trong paintings, Bat Trang ceramics, traditional musical instruments… are all evidence of the talent and skill of the Vietnamese people in artistic creation.

Folk architecture: Ancient houses, village communal houses, pagodas… with unique architecture, show the harmony between humans and nature.

Preservation and Promotion of Folklore

In today’s era, with the rapid development of information technology, the preservation and promotion of folklore is becoming increasingly important. Recording, collecting, researching, and disseminating folklore is the responsibility of every Vietnamese citizen to preserve and promote these precious traditional values. We need to actively participate in cultural preservation activities, share folk stories and songs with the younger generation, so that folklore will live forever.