At the end of the 19th century southern women preferred “ao ngu than” (five-piece ao dai) and beaded jewelry. According to designer Sy Hoang, rich women used to wear this type of ao dai, with four layers representing the parents of the wife and husband and the fifth, the wearer. The tunic also had five buttons, symbolic of the five qualities everyone should have – nhan (kindness), le (decorum), nghia (uprightness), tri (wisdom) and tin (faithfulness).: Annam – Tonkin”, by Dieulefils, who was a soldier in Indochina before returning to Vietnam in 1888 to follow his passion for photography. Southern women eat a daily meal. Rich urban people used to wear the ao dai to differentiate themselves from poorer ones. The ao ngu than was popular until the early 20th century, when another kind of ao dai with westernized features was introduced. A Saigon official with long nails symbolizing intellectuals’ traditional exemption from manual labor. Many Confucians also believed that since their bodies were a gift from their parents, they had to keep it as unchanged as possible. Members of the ethnic Chinese community (Hoa) in Saigon’s Cho Lon area prepare ducks for cooking. Cho Lon was formed between the… Read full this story
- 19th century walking stick pokes fun at Napoleon
- Rare 19th century boathouse is crumbling at Belton
- The magnificent Atkinsons: rigours of travel in 19th-century Russia
- Eat like a 19th-century aristocrat: How to make quail with apples
- A 19th century ruin found in a Merthyr mine has been demolished
- Major tree felling plans for 19th-century woodland at Hardcastle Crags
- Seeing red: Norfolk County Council botches 19th century bridge fix with wrong bricks
- Dance inspired by 19th century paintings of Lancaster Sands
- Jeremy Corbyn quotes a 19th century poet that was branded an ‘anti-Semite, racist bigot’
- Polanski to shoot film on 19th-century Dreyfus Affair
Vietnam in the late 19th century through a lens have 316 words, post on e.vnexpress.net at September 14, 2020. This is cached page on Talk Vietnam. If you want remove this page, please contact us.
