The culture of Duong Yen village, Xuan Non commune, Dong Anh district, Ha Noi . The orientation of preservation and development = Văn hóa làng Đường Yên, xã Xuâ

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

INSTITUTE OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES

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DAO THI VAN




THE CULTURE OF DUONG YEN VILLAGE, XUAN NON COMMUNE
DONG ANH DISTRICT, HA NOI.
THE ORIENTATION OF PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT


MASTER’S THESIS
Major: Vietnamese studies

Ha Noi – 2013


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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

INSTITUTE OF VIETNAMESE STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCES



DAO THI VAN



THE CULTURE OF DUONG YEN VILLAGE, XUAN NON COMMUNE
DONG ANH DISTRICT, HA NOI.
THE ORIENTATION OF PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Master thesis specified in : Vietnamese studies
Code: 60.22.01.13



Supervisor: Dr. Pham Van Loi




Ha Noi - 2013

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I select the tittle “The culture of Duong Yen village, Xuan Non commune
Dong Anh district, Ha Noi . The orientation of preservation and development”
as my thesis. This is a serious and scientific research . It is the result of learning
process at Vietnam studies Institute Development and Science under the
direction of teachers, and the help of Sao Do University where I work. I would
like to thank to highly valuable help.
I would like to thank Dr.Pham Van Loi whose instruction and guidance
help me complete this thesis. I would like to thank Xuan Non commune, Duong
Yen hamlet that helped me have material source. Especially, the people of
Duong Yen village helped me in survey process to complete the thesis. I would

like to express gratitude to your sincere guidance
Yours Sincerely !


Ha Noi, November,2013

Learner

Dao Thi Van



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COMMITMENT
The tittle of thesis: “The culture of Duong Yen village, Xuan Non
commune Dong Anh district, Ha Noi . The orientation of preservation and

development” is a study about culture of DuongYen village from establishment.
The material source of thesis consists of secondary material and primary
material. The primary materials are quoted with clear note ensuring the objective
characters of material and copyright of authors. This thesis is not coincident
with any studies about Duong Yen village before. Mentioned Scientific
theoretical points and conclusions and collected materials in the thesis ensuring
the true and objective characters. I want to reflect the research object truly and
objectively.

Learner

Dao Thi Van

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 11
1. Rationale 11
2. Literature review 12
3. The purpose of the research 12
4. Object of research 14
5. Scope of research 15

6. Research methods 15
7. The lay out of the thesis 16
Chapter 1: SOME FEATURES ABOUT NATURAL AND RESIDENT CONDITION 16
1.1. Natural condition 16
1.1.1. Geographical location 16
1.1.2. Terrain 17
1.1.3. Land 17
1.1.4. Climate 18
1.1.5. Hydrology 19
1.2. The history and resident 20
1.2.1. Some features The history of establishment of village and Revolutionary tradition 20
1.2.2. Resident 24

1.3. Economic activities 25
1.3.1. Agriculture 25
1.3.2. Industry, handicraft industry 26
1.3.3. The service , trade and tourism industry 27
1.4. Social Issues 27
1.4.1. Education 28
1.4.2. Health 29
1.4.3. Family, family 29
1.4.4.The social organization 30

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Small conclusion 32

Chapter 2: MATERIAL CULTURE 32
2.1. Culinary culture 33
2.1.1. Eating 33
2.1.2. Drinks 41
2.1.3. Smoking, eating betel 42
2.2. Clothes 44
2.2.1. Clothes 44
2.2.2. Jewelry 51
2.3. Living culture 51
2.3.1. Civil Architecture 51
2.3.2. Religious Architecture 53
2.4. Vehicles and transport 55

2.4.1. Vehicles 55
2.4.2. Transport 55
Small conclusion Chapter 2 56
Chapter 3: SPIRITUAL CULTURE 57
3.1. Customs and practices relate to the human life cycle 57
3.1.1. Customs, and practices of child birth and raising children 57
3.1.2. Customs, practices of weddings 57
3.1.3Continue to aging 61
3.1.4. Customs and practices of funeral 62
3.2. Customs and practices relate to weather cycles 64
3.2.1. Lunar New Year 64
3.2.2. Full moon in January 64

3.2.3. Grave – visiting festival 65
3.2.4. Double five Festival or May 5 th 65
3.2.5. Vu Lan ceremony July fifteenth 66

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3.2.6. Mid-Autumn Festival 66
3.3. Festival 66
3.3.1. The process of preparing 66
3.3.2. Rituals / The ceremony: 67
3.3.3. the opportunity 67
3.4. Belief and religion 71
3.4.1. Some traditional beliefs, religious 71

3.4.2. Modern belief and religion 78
3.3. Cultural activities 80
Small conclusion chapter 3. 81
Chapter 4: ORIENTATION OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 81
4.1. The view of conservation and development 81
4.1.1. the view of conservation 82
4.1.2. The view of development 82
4.1.3. Relationship between conservation and development 83
4.1.4. Relationship between conservation, development of culture and economics 85
4.2. Orientation of conservation and development of material cuture 87
4.2.1. With Culinary culture 87
4.2.3. With wearing culture 89

4.2.3. With living culture 90
4.2.4. Vehicles and transport 92
4.3. Orientation of conservation and development of spiritual cuture 92
4.3.1.Customs and practices relate to the human life cycle 92
4.2.2. Customs and practices relate to weather cycles 94
4.2.3. Festival 94
4.2.4. belief and religion 95
4.2.5.Cultural activities 96
Small conclusion chapter 4 96

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CONCLUSION 97

REFERENCE MATERIAL 97
APPENDIX 102

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INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
Culture is the organic system of material and spiritual values that create
and accumulate over process of practical activities, in the interaction between
human and natural environment and social environment. If material culture

provides humans all necessary means to cope with the natural and social
environment, the spiritual culture to perform the function of community
cohesion, social adjustment, orient the standards motivating the development.
Vietnam's culture is the crystallization of the essence of distinct style of
many communities. In the history of building and defending the country, during
production activities, every community in the different regions not only creates
their own culture but also exchanges with each other which makes Vietnam’s of
material and spiritual cultures of Vietnam diversified anđ copious. Vietnam's
cultural character has spiritual meaning. It is soul of mountains and rivers , the
expression of eternal of our race, the connection between the generations.
Each cultural value is expressed in daily life, stored in memory, writing.
They exist in lifestyles, memories, consciousness of everybody. The cultural

values especially spiritual culture with communal sustainable activities but they
are in danger of being got lost , especially when the life conditions are gradually
being raise with the appeal of the modern forms of entertainment. Hence the
traditional cultural values have to be preserved, inherited and developed. We
need to make these values go into communal life in a natural way and becoming
the lifestyle of every citizen.
Village’s culture is fertile land for nurturing and developing moral values,
emotions, communal lifestyle… And it also has potential ability to prevent and
repel the negative cultural phenomena which has been impact strongly on all
aspects of social life and cause significant changes.
The downside of a market economy is likely to break the traditional
cultural values. National cultural character is sometimes abused by the

tremendous power such as individualism, pragmatic lifestyle…Economic market

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develops, village is not a calm place. But local character, “the will of ruler must
yield to the people's customs” in country rise up again. This is the cause of the
disorder relationships in the village, arise a range of issues of community unity
consciousness, cultural aspects, political security and social security
Market mechanism is going into rural areas and able to break
peacefulness of villages. "Banyan trees, wells, courts of communual houses",
typical image of Vietnam village is showing signs of deformation. Social evils
are appearing in rural. Funerals, weddings tends to return to cumbersome, costly
custom, mixed superstition,

Village’s culture is not only the result of human activities in the village but also
the environment, motivation for each member of the village community to
preserve the tradditional cultural values and continue to create advanced
cultural values. And, just when the new village culture actually confirmed role
that contribute to adjusting the social relations of the market mechanism, as a
motivation for development of rural areas today. The orientation of preserving
and developing the cultural values of the village to promote the positive aspects
and the limit negative aspects is urgent which need the contribution of the
whole society. Awaring the importance and urgency of this in the current period,
I seclected topic “The culture of Duong Yen village, Xuan Non commune
Dong Anh district, Ha Noi . The orientation of preservation and
development” as my master thesis for Vietnamese studies.

2. Literature review
Culture is a large field that many scientists in different fields research.
From the ancient Oriental, culture has been in language very early. In the
Western – Chinese Dynasty, Culture has been considered as a method to educate
people. To the Western, culture has been understood in two aspects: cultivation,
adaptation to nature, natural exploitation and education to individuals or
communities so that they are no longer wild animals and they have good
qualifications…

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There are many views about culture In Vietnam and in the world: “
Today, culture may be the general of distinncions of spirit and material,

intelligence and motion which decide character of a society or a group of people
in society. Culture includes arts and literature, lifestyles, the basic human
rights, the system of values, practices and beliefs: Culture gives people the
ability to consider about yourself. It is through culture that human is self-
expression, self-aware and know that he is unfinished, set out to examine the
achievements, always search for new meanings and the create new works” by
UNESCO or “Because of survival as well as the purpose of life, human invented
language, writing, ethics, law, science, religion, literature, art, tools for daily
life in terms of food, accommodation and the ways of. They are culture” by Ho
Chi Minh Besides, there are may views about culture of scholars. Howerver,
culture is understood clearly and specifically at two aspects material culture and
spiritual culture as “Culture is an organic system of material and spiritual

values that human has created and accumulated over the course of practical
activities in the interaction between the natural environment and social”
Associate professor. Dr Tran Ngoc Them.
About the village and cultural village in Vietnam, there are works which
scientists have studied in depth, discussed about material culture and spiritual
culture of the village as “The cultural village in Vietnam” and “Traditional
Cultural Village of Vietnam” by Professor. Vu Ngoc Khanh. Some works
mentioned village festival, lifestyle, customs, religion, folk, folk art as
“Vietnamsese villages- some economic-social issue” of Professor. Phan Đại
Doãn, “Some Vietnamese village issues” by Profesor. Dr Nguyen Quang Ngoc,
“Journey to the ancient Vietnamese village” by Associate profesor. Dr. Bui
Xuan Đinh,… Some treatise not only comments on the heritage of the village,

on the economic – social aspect, culture, but also points out the positive points
and the negative of these villages during construction and defending the country,
such as treatises “The changes of Vietnamese village today” and “The

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transformation of Vietnamese villages in present-day at Red River Delta” by
To Duy Hop.
Duong Yen village, Xuan Non commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi city,
there are ony studies about the aspects of the festival, the festival is considered
as a place to keep the value of traditional folklore as posts “Finding son-in-law
festival of Duong Yen village( Xuan Non commune- Dong Anh district- Ha
Noi)– where the folk literature values are kept” by Le Thi Phuong –Cultural

Research Institute. Or from the study of reality of that festival propose solutions
to develop in thesis of Nguyen Thi Phuong about “ The Reality and solutions to
develop the finding son-in-law festival of Duong Yen village, Xuan Non
commune, Dong Anh district, HaNoi”, and that festival was written in “Duong
Yen village fastival ” by Nguyen Thi Hanh – Officer at Dong Anh culture
department- 1000 year-Thang Long-Ha Noi book. However, there are not any
systemtic reseaarchs about Duong Yn village, from material and spiritual culture
to give oriention to preserve and develop of Duong Yen culture in future.
3. The purpose of the research
- The thesis aims to gather and systematize the study of resource Duong
Yen, from the study of the geographical location, natural conditions to study the
research on cultural traditions customs and festivals.

- Thesis help us be more aware, more comprehensive system and culture
of the village street in the historic yen from the village formed so far.
- It has been proposed a number of solutions to conservation and
development of cultural Duong Yen village life today.
4. Object of research
Objects of the thesis is the land and the Duong Yen - where material and
spiritual cultures of the village are created and preserved. However, However,
people and culture of the Duong Yen village in history and current period are
affected, influenced from the culture of the villages in the area , so sometimes
the object of thesis has been expanded to some villages of Xuan commune,
Dong Anh District, Hanoi.

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5. Scope of research
5.1. Scope of space
The thesis focuses on researching Duong Yen village, Xuan Non
commune Dong Anh district, Ha Noi. And relationship between the culture of
Duong Yen and other villages in commune follows the trend of urbanization,
modernization and industrialization and global integration.
5.2. Scope of time
Topic focus on investigation, data collection, analysis and cultural studies
of Duong Yen village in the present moment, as well as the development and
cultural change in the history of the village since establishment
5.3. Scope of topic:

Culture is a connotative concept with many different interpretations,
relating to all aspects of physical and mental life of human. Thesis topic only
researchs a narrow aspect including salient features of the material culture (or
culture to ensure life), such as food, clothing, housing, transport, cultural and
spiritual culture as : the customs (related to the life cycle; weather cycles);
festivals, religious beliefs, and some arts and cultural activities of the
inhabitants of Duong Yen village in order to clarify the characteristics local
culture
6. Research methods
Duong Yen village is an area with natural conditions , cultural factors
affected individual through the other villages in the area and the cultural policy ,
subject to the trend driven by urbanization , modernization of the district , city

and affected the trend of integration of the country in which that is characteristic
values of social cultural space . Combined with regional research methods
course authors have used the same method at 2 study 2 become science as
conducting field surveys, interviews, and general exchange of results essays
collected into an objective to solve the problem of village culture Duong Yen.
Also in the essay, the author uses a number of specific research methods, such as
learning methods( collection, processing and use of historical documents - the

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history books , magazine articles, public text, ), the investigation and
fieldwork( collecting materials in the field: observations, interviews:
observation, recording, photography ,group discussions, in-depth interviews

(including interviews retrospective question - ethnology - anthropology ),
interview questionnaire ( sociology ), ; statistical methods( collecting statistics
on economic, cultural, social ), and the synthesis, analysis, comparison to
essay writing .
7. The lay out of the thesis
Besides the introduction, conclusion, references and appendices, the
content of the thesis is organized into four chapters:
Chapter 1: About the natural conditions and residential village Duogn Yen
Chapter 2: Some elements of material culture The village of Duong Yen
Chapter 3: A number of cultural and spiritual elements Duong Yen
Village
Chapter 4: The Orientation of preservation and development of cultural

villages Duong Yen










Chapter 1: SOME FEATURES ABOUT NATURAL AND RESIDENT

CONDITION
1.1. Natural condition
1.1.1. Geographical location

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Xuan Non commune in the northern districts adjacent to Xuan Thu, Dong
Xuan Commune, Soc Son district with Ca Lo river as the boundary. Dear trying
rural commune south Uy N; Dao Thuc village east Thuy Lam commune,
Nguyen Khe village west village Tien Hung Nguyen Khe commune, Dong Anh
railways running through to Thai Nguyen. Including rural Xuan Non commune:
Duong Yen (Kim con), Luong Quy (Kim Lon), Nhan Tai and Xuan Non
The village is located south of Duong Yen Xuan Non commune, Phu Lo

commune north with holes, Soc Son district, east of the commune of Thuy Lam
- Dong Anh district, west of the village of Luong Quy commune and the south
society Uy No , Dong Anh district. Duong Yen Xuan Non commune center
5km, 10km from the center of the district, Co Loa and 12km from the center of
Hanoi 20km. Duong Yen village location conducive to economic development
and culture. The village is located close to east-west arterial roads in the district,
Luong Quy junction connecting to the Kinh Bac (Bac Ninh) and also on to the
wrong path, a historic national culture, a central credit popular religion of the
country, in association with the legend An Duong Vuong build Co Loa.
1.1.2. Terrain
Generally Xuan Non commune is relatively high terrain, with tilting
structure from north to south [3, page 29]. The average height of the sea surface

commune than 8m in the communal forest, with hills, with streams, rivers there.
It is the village forest friends (Spring hats), Van Khe stream flowing from the
slot (Nguyen Khe), guava vast forested park in Ong Thieu often called Dong De,
forest grass chicken Nguyet Duc river extends Government needs to take the
loss and Nguyet Duc river flows through winding around the north.
The village is located in the center Duong Yen Xuan Non commune of
high terrain and dry, in the middle of the village is inhabited, surrounded by
fields. Topography is a factor that should be considered when determining the
structure of plants and animals. Therefore, the focus should Duong Yen village
vegetables, flowers, fruit trees and crops.
1.1.3. Land

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The total land area is naturally in line 88.2 hectares of agricultural land
per capita for each worker is 501 m2 (75.1 ha / 1500 agricultural workers). This
is the land area is lower than the average of the Red River Delta (76.0 ha).
Village land, including land, garden land and easement projects: kitchen, pigsty,
toilet, ) in the village in Duong Yen average residential land is "374m2 /
family" .
Agricultural land / farm in Duong Yen mostly gray soil of this land is
cultivated floors , light mechanical components , discrete structures , keeping
fertilizer , less water retention , nutrient-poor soils and not suitable for paddy
crops mainly . History books also recorded " Duong Yen silver silver sugar land
area of ancient primitive types not by natural accretion of form , soils soil creep

, chuom little ponds , agricultural work very hard difficulty , more colors rice , a
bird in the highest season 70 - 80kg of rice drought dry , discrete colors ,
people's lives miserable poverty lineDuong Yen " [ 3 , tr.33 ] . In recent years the
trend of land use and village road cones Xuan Non Yen reducing the proportion
of agricultural land land for village road , neighbors and work to serve the
people , in particular in 2010 the village of Duong Yen 36000m2 spent building
cultural villages and preschool Duong Yen . Therefore, the set requirements
must be carefully studied in order to state land use planning for the rational
development of agricultural villages during the Duong Yen
1.1.4. Climate
Duong Yen village, Xuan Non commune, Dong Anh district have the
same climate regime of Hanoi, which is a tropical climate, humidity, wind. May

to October is summer, humid, rainy more. From November to April next year is
winter, early dry - cold, but last season the drizzle, wet. Between the two
seasons is the transition period to give Dong Anh climate with abundant four
seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. [5]
Background medium heat Duong Yen village located in the annual
average temperature is 250C Dong Anh district. The two hottest months of the
year usually in June and July. July is usually the month of January the average

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temperature in the highest ( 37.50 C ). The two coldest months are January and
February, the average temperature in January is 130C. The average humidity of
84 percent in Dong Anh district, this humidity is also very little change over the

months of the year, usually in the range of 80-87 percent.
Mode of village Duong Yen rain in rain mode and general Xuan Non
commune Dong Anh district with approximately 144 days of rain/ year and an
average annual rainfall reaching 1600-1800 mm. During the rainy season ( May
to October ) 85 percent concentrated rainfall throughout the year. August usually
has the highest rainfall in the year, an average of 300 -350 mm. The early winter
months of little rain, but the second half of the drizzly winter wet. In winter, the
district must also bear the northeast monsoon. Weather in Dong Anh district in
general and in particular the village of Duong Yen favorable for agricultural
activities, particularly favorable for the development of food crops, flowers,
vegetables and fruit. But the round of thunderstorms, hurricanes of the summer
monsoon and winter also cause certain obstacles to agricultural production and

people's lives .
1.1.5. Hydrology
Hydrology is the water that people used to use in various purposes in
agriculture, industrial, residential, and recreational environments.
Network of rivers, lakes, marshes in the village: The village of Duong
Yen not a big river, located in the northern boundary of the cone Xuan Non
commune Nguyet Duc river and Ca Lo river.
Nguyet Duc river flows through winding around the north of Xuan Non
commune and Phu Lo.
Ca Lo river flows along the northern boundary of the commune, with
large water flow and more stable, does not provide a significant amount of
sediment, but the water supply to the villages north and east of the commune .

Duong Yen dress and also a small pond with an area of about 10 samples
have similar 36000m2 important role in the development of fish farming. In
addition to surface water sources (surface water) there are specific aquifer is

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most people use wells for water activities, because of their relatively high terrain
drilled deep 21 - 22m, the with water, the water is not filtered through the filter.
Groundwater has important implications for the provision of water for
production and people's life in the village. Groundwater in Duong Yen has
always been added, providing rich water from the Song Hong (Red River).
1.2. The history and resident
1.2.1. Some features The history of establishment of village and

Revolutionary tradition
1.2.1.1. Some features The history of establishment of village
The rural village of Xuan Non commune before the revolution of Co Loa(
Duong Yen and Luong Quy), three villages of Nhan Tai, Kim Tien , Xuan Non
commune, the five villages of Dong Ngan district, Tu Son Bac Ninh. Founded in
1905, Dong Anh district. Xuan Non of Dong Anh district Phuc Yen, Vinh Phuc
in 1950, from 1961 to now in the suburbs of Ha Noi. Xuan Non are five villages
thirthteen villages large and small, village Kim Tien has two known as flush
Tuon Duoi and Tuon Tren; village Nhan Tai have two neighbors called Tren
Lang, Duoi Duong; Luong Quy village has three neighbors called neighbor 1,
neighbors 2 and neighbors 3; Xuan Non village neighborhood called Xom
Dong, Xom Sau and Xom Nguoc. Duong Yen has three small hamlet called

Xom Giua, Xom Ngoai and Xom Dinh. Feudal village called Trang, Cha,
promiscuity and villages. Colonial village called feudal society. After 8-1945
society ( old village ) called Khu, 4-1946 called rural areas .
Duong Yen and Luong Quy village inception Phuc Tien communes (Uy
No today) to three rural Nhan Tai, Xuan Non (Be) and Kim Tien of Dao Nguyen
commune (Dao Nguyen commune includes five villages: Dao Thuc, Nhan Tai,
Kim Tien, Xuan Non and Nguyen Khe). 1949 to establish a new cooperative
society named Tu Do (Tu Do of the rural commune Nhan Tai, Xuan Non, Kim
Tien Luong Quy, Duong Yen, Nguyen Khe, Can Khe, Khe Nu, Dai Bang, Son
Du and Lam Tien). Tháng 6-1955 society split into two, the western village of
Phuc Thinh, five village Mien Dong (Nhan Tai, Kim Tien, Duong Yen, Luong

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Quy and Xuan Non) is a cooperative society called Tu Do. 1965 commune
called Tu Do renamed Xuan Non.
Duong Yen ancient village called Kim Con village. The reason for the
name is Kim Con village because of this established residential village, who are
living in the village Kim Lon( Luong Quy - Xuan Non )( Kim Con village Kim
Nho ). Duong Yen village, also known as Kim Hoa - a famous general of the
Hai Ba Trung. According to Duong Yen village genealogy spirit she named A
La is ( she was ) living at Lai Pha, Que Duong, Tu Son when their parents die,
people get sick more often she sought out drugs allow you to save the rank list
and become famous medical panacea. After mourning, she went to the site
Duong An, Dong Ngan, see the situation here, many people infected with the

disease. She then used the panacea for curing. See page have known about
Duong An rites and customs behind the net should she stay there. This is also
where she made in Hai Ba Trung troops to fight the enemy. When finished
cleaning her enemy a party invite parents of old, the people attending. While
eating, suddenly emerged winds of heaven and earth, with a cloud of yellow, red
phase down from the sky before the palace, suddenly saw her flying clouds that
fly. Since then she has been crowned The Royal villagers.
1.2.1.2. Revolutionary tradition
Over the next generation, people struggle with Duong Yen nature to
maintain and develop production. Countless effort, sweat and blood to the bones
of his father down to the plains to lush, fertile, crowded villages, prosperous
homeland. But what is even more proud tradition of patriotism, love homeland

passionate, indomitable spirit against the aggressor.
The village pagoda Duong Yen 1941 Youth National Salvation
organizations launched by Mr. Nguyen Van Ky, Duong Dinh Ket, Duong Dinh
Tuong, Tran Van Toai, Nguyen Huu Song, Nguyen Huu Soan, Nguyen Van
Hoan, Nguyen Van Luy Nguyen Du Bay by Mr Duong Dinh Ket the head of
the team [24, tr.2].

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On 22/08/1945 respond the call of the Vietnamese villagers Ming Duong
Yen protesters, seize power, liberate the village. At the end of 1945 when we
won the famine, the government struck back. Before the difficult situation of the
country, President Ho Chi Minh has set out three urgent tasks such as fight

against poverty, illiteracy and foreign invaders. Kim Hoa temple despite tough
but compassionate heart expand with rice, potato little to help his people in
starvation. The temple is also home to open people's popular classes, monks,
nuns brought baskets - meters into bed table, taking calcium as chalk. In the
evening, the monks worried lantern, lit the study population.
10.10.1946 On Duong Yen pagoda is great honor to witness a turning
point in the movement of social revolution that Liberal Party members admit
festival's first 3 villages including Mr. Duong Dinh Ket, Nguyen Van Ky and
Dao Van Phi. On 02/12/1947, District Commissioner Dong Anh has decided to
recognize Duong Yen. This is a historic event and honor of Duong Yen Pagoda
witnessed the elite members, the core of human liberation movements Xuan
Non.

10/1947 French open campaign enemy attacks on North Vietnam with
Winter campaign history, an attempt to destroy our headquarters. To coordinate
with the Vietnam War North, branch Duong Yen meeting convened on
25.10.1947 at Temple Duong Yen Tran Van Toai appointed to coordinate with
rural guerrilla Nguyen Khe blocked beat the French on the way Phu Lo - Vinh
Yen. The other comrades to strengthen the position trenches, prepare and
mobilize people against raid, anti boots up, up neatly.
To strengthen the fight earlier this month 5/1949 UBKC Phuc Yen
province scaling decisions. On 13/07/1949 comrade Nguyen Dien commune
Memberships UBKC president of liberty (founded in 1949 consists of the
village: Nhan Tai, Xuan Non, Kim Tien, Luong Quy, Duong Yen, Nguyen Khe,
Can Khe, Khe Nu, Dai Bang, Son Du and Lam Tien) convened the meeting at 5

times the cost of the Duong Yen pagoda to discuss jobs. Attending the meeting
were Mr. Nguyen Huu Mac commune Party secretary, Nguyen Dien Tuc

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Memberships UBKC president chaired convey directives of their superiors to
prevent the enemy hit dikes U.S. Internal Ca Lo - Irrigation siege Duong Yen
village of around. Because this time the enemy had been sniffing the
headquarters of the commune of Minh City Vietnam Tu Do temple located in
Duong Yen village.
Not unexpected of social TBVM, 4 am on 7/29/1949 the French stormed
the village enclosure. We at the start of each man tied a 3 wire, women and
children were selected temple, put on the home team. We hunt around the

contact, pushing piles of straw down to find shelter. After scrutiny over the
village do not see, we pulled into the temple by the monk pulled out torture
beaten, especially with a priest discourse, the monks and monks Browse. We
poured water into his mouth and took the lead leg Professor belly and they
grabbed the first master blender add, tied monks protest in sheet and then pour
water into the distribution, in the face, in the nose. Despite being extremely cruel
torture, brutal, but the monks did not know just shook his head.
Do not exploit anything from them forced monks ordered troops to scour
the temple. After taking iron oblong discovered a secret tunnel behind the
temple, they pulled two comrades shot dead on the spot. Two comrades escape
by tunnel noise duckweed pond was also shot and killed them. They continue to
torture 3 extremely brutal monks, making monks risen from the dead several

times, but we still do not receive a statement at all.
In this unequal battle the French had shot dead 13 cadres, Party members,
thrown down the temple pond, village wells [Appendix 1]. Many people were
beaten and most of their property was burned or stolen. Also in this battle the
enemy has captured some comrades officials and party members, such as:
Duong Dinh The, Nguyen Van Luy, Nguyen Huu Song, Nguyen Van Thuan,
Nguyen Van Lap and Nguyen Van Nho.
1951, Dong Anh district election committee Tran Dinh Bich secretary
instead of Nguyen Huu Muc( communes Secretary Liberal Party) branch
meeting convened in the temple guard Tam Quan. The meeting had

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communicated further indication of TBVM names have warned against
revolutionary expression, captured some of the names given to freedom
probation. From the rural revolutionary base line on a strong. Duong Yen
Pagoda is the place to go to meetings of the Vietnamese officials is home to
convey many important resolutions of TBVM in the war against France. 1953 ,
in response to the movement of TBVM aimed to measure the resistance of the
enemy in the stomach to make it no foothold . From the village temple that only
5 of the time, the two sub- blocks . Village has two family sent out to look at the
small temple preserved. From there the shadow temple monks away, missing
bell, gong prayer.
1954 Duong Yen regained power. Under the leadership of the Party and
State, May 9/1955 full Xuan Non conduct land reform, tasks revolutionary

peoples, Democratic, giving land to the peasants. During this task, again Duong
Yen pagoda was selected as the headquarters of the land reform. It has witnessed
the night cultural festival to celebrate the land reform .
In the war against American imperialism, villages implement dy movement
" Women are three sure ", " rice is not a lack of balance, lack of troops is not "
; nearly 100 youth village in south fought, liberated the country, with 15
soldiers have died on the battle field [ caption data in Appendix 2 ]
In the flow of history lands in Duong Yen bold mark the historic character
of the people, the events associated with the history of the country. With
drinking water, remember its source ethically, rich in kindness dy villagers
remain on public record the character 's history and culture Duong Yen village
still indelibly marked by the historical period spent .

1.2.2. Resident
Residents living in the area is the village of Duong Yen. As of 2008, the
population is 1,300 Duong Yen to 2012 of 1500 persons (793 males, 707
females who are), in which the number of working-age people in the labor is
983 people (412 women who ), number of children under 16 years of age is 243,
the number of people over age 60 is 170. Through the above data shows that the

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population of the village in Duong Yen working age is high mainly in
agriculture in addition to large enterprise companies around Hanoi.
Residents living in the village of mostly original here, partly separated
from the village to the Luong Qui. Number of households: 350 households.

Where: 291 agricultural households, 7 households industrial building with 3
households, businesses with 5 households, 3 households transport service has 18
households, 23 households are households.
In recent years (2008 - 2012) as well as the population and family
planning should significantly reduce the birth rate, each family only had two
little children and families 3rd child. With the implementation of the
restructuring of the economy population Duong Yen village flourished, a
growing number of rich households, the poverty rate down, remove hunger.
Living people increasingly improved.
According to the statistics and the current survey shows households in
Duong Yen generation living 1 155 households accounted for 44.3%, second
generations are 110 households accounted for 31.4%; 3 generations with 70

households accounted for 20% and 4th generation 15 are accounted for 4.3%.
Looking at the data shows people living Duong Yen mainly three generations of
grandparents, parents and children, very few cases of families with four
generations living under one roof. Also following the trend of social
development, there is also a lot of young couples in particular, economic
independence does not depend on the family. Duong Yen people still keep
traditional beauty of the family.
1.3. Economic activities
The high terrain, plentiful nature landscapes, mild climate, abundent
cascade, fresh envirnment are advantages in order that Duong Yen has condition
to develop economic activities.
1.3.1. Agriculture

The area of cultivation in Duong Yen village is 75.1 ha. To compare with
Xuan Non, it is 1/14 nature area of Xuan Non(1075,72ha).