| I remember when I was a little girl, I was obsessed with legends because they're so mysterious, |
| so strange to the world that I was living, and just so magical because |
| something is real, something is not real. |
| Do you still tell legends to your children? |
| These days, we still tell legends to our children, our young people, |
| tell them some lessons from the stories. There are a lot of legends, and I don't know which |
| one to choose because all of them are interesting to me. In this video today, |
| I'm gonna share with you some Vietnamese legends and how they affect our cultures. |
| Hello everyone, my name is Ling. Welcome back to VietnamesePod101.com. |
| The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Vietnamese, and let's get started. |
| After that, he married Oker, the daughter of Delai. |
| Not long after, Oker gave birth to 100 eggs and gave birth to 100 healthy boys. |
| However, five months later, Lak Long Quan began to explore the sea. |
| He knew that this was where he really belonged. |
| So, Lak Long Quan decided 50 boys to follow his mother to the mountains, 50 boys to follow his father to the sea. |
| The legend says that their son has become the first king, the first ruler of the first dynasty of Vietnam. |
| Today, the legends about Lak Long Quan and Oker are widely passed on to teach young children that |
| Vietnamese are a big family that promotes social unity in the country. |
| Another popular Vietnamese legend is Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh. |
| Once upon a time, the 18th emperor held a contest. |
| In that contest, two people stood out, Son Tinh, a mountain god with the power to move mountains, |
| and Thuy Tinh, a water god who can control the storm and the sea. |
| Finally, Son Tinh won. |
| However, Thuy Tinh did not accept defeat. |
| He called on the storm and sea people to attack Son Tinh, leaving the lands barren and the houses destroyed. |
| To protect the people, Son Tinh put the mountains on the ground to protect the waves. |
| These mountains continue to grow when the water rises. |
| The battle lasted many days until Thuy Tinh was tired and had to retreat. |
| However, he returned every year, but was defeated again and again. |
| The legend is said to have started from the fact that many areas of Vietnam had to endure the storm every year. |
| It also shows the strength of the Vietnamese people in front of heaven. |
| The papaya is a popular fruit in Vietnam today. |
| People believe that this fruit is brought to us by Mai An Tiem, the pet of the 17th emperor. |
| They believe that this fruit was brought to us by Mai An Tiem, the 17th emperor's son. |
| In the old days, Mai An Tiem was a strong man. |
| The emperor respected him and gave him many gifts. |
| However, Mai An Tiem never touched anything in that number. |
| He told others that only what he could earn was really his. |
| Some jealous people mocked Mai An Tiem's words and reported to the emperor. |
| They said that Mai An Tiem had become arrogant and impolite. |
| The emperor was angry and pushed Mai An Tiem's family to the desert. |
| There, despite all the difficulties, Mai An Tiem began to make a comeback. |
| One day, he found strange seeds that were dropped by birds on the beach and tried to grow them. |
| These seeds developed into a kind of sweet and nutritious fruit that today we call a watermelon. |
| Mai An Tiem exchanged the watermelon with the ships to exchange for other supplies. |
| Not long after, his life began to return to normal. |
| As time went by, the sound reached the emperor's ears. |
| He was very impressed with the strong will of his son and asked him to return to the court. |
| When the sixth emperor was about to die, he gathered all his sons and told them that whoever could make their ancestors happy would be the heir. |
| While his brothers were looking for strange dishes to bring to his father's party, Lang Lieu, a modest and simple person, thought of using simple ingredients from rice noodles to make two new dishes. |
| One dish was a thick cake made by crushing white rice into a round shape to symbolize the sky. |
| The cake had the shape of a square, greenish green, green beans and pork to symbolize the earth and the species of food that lived in it. |
| These feasts left an impression on the emperor because of its meaningful story, and thanks to that, Lang Lieu was able to win the gold. |
| Today, the cake is still a must-have dish that every Vietnamese family brings to the altar during the Lunar New Year. |
| Meanwhile, thick cake is a convenient dish that can be easily found in the rural areas. |
| Like a child born by a poor woman who is already 3 years old but still doesn't know how to speak. |
| At that time, the country was threatened by the foreign invaders. |
| Hearing the news, the young man suddenly ate all the food in the village and only in the chocolate, he became a huge man. |
| He admitted that he was a soldier from the sky, like a king for a horse, armor, and a huge weapon made of metal. |
| He had a clean hand to beat the enemy, hitting the roadside barriers to fight the enemy after his |
| From then on, the hero in the legend is honored as a king and is remembered as a strong symbol of youth. |
| To this day, there is still an altar of him and the celebrations of his name held in Soc Son, Hanoi. |
| Don't forget to like this video, subscribe the channel, and visit the website VietnamesePod101.com to get access to your free lifetime account right now and get your real lessons by real teachers. |
| I can't wait to see you in the next one and xin chào và hẹn gặp lại các bạn! |
Comments
Hide