
I. Hictorical Customes
Ao Giao Linh, or Giao Lanh sometimes also known as Ao Trang Vat is a way to call one of the long-standing dress styles in Vietnamese custom, with the style of two crossed skirts. The name Trang Vat originally comes from the custom of wearing a slanting robe created by adding a whole flap. The cross-collar shirt is often used as a ceremonial dress, worn over the outside.
Ao Nhat Binh literally means square-collared garb. For consorts, female officials, and those ladies with high social status, it was their noblest clothes.
It is a straight-collared garb, whose collar dangles down, making two parallel lines. A turban and long white silk trousers were dressed together with it.
After the collapse of Nguyen Dynasty in 1945, ao Nhat Binh became a formal garb of the upper and middle class to wear in important ceremonies, especially at a wedding.
Currently, young Vietnamese are trying to revive the ao Nhat Binh and bring back the culture of the Nguyen Dynasty.
To make it simple, Ao Tac is a variant of the ao dai, but it has loose and large sleeves. This is considered the national costume of the Nguyen Dynasty, because Ao Tac can be worn by any class in society, from the royal, the officials, to the middle and lower class, and can be worn by both men and women.
Ao Tac was worn in important ceremonies and occasions such as a wedding, funerals, Tet, and worship events. The reason is in the past, the Ao Tac was a deluxe costume and only worn for important events, the first layer of clothes was worn to protect the Ao Tac.
No one knows exactly when ao tu than appeared, but archeologists found the image of it sculpted on the surface of trong dong, a kind of copper drum, thousands of years ago.
Ao tu than has four long flaps, two in the front and two in the back, also called than. Now, ao tu than is dyed with many bright colors, making it more beautiful.
Ao tu than in the past was worn as casual clothing by the northern women.
Ao ngu than, which means a five-flaps shirt, is a form of the Ao dai worn in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Therefore, it is said that Chinese clothing has influenced the history of the Ao dai.
At that time, people were forced to wear traditional Chinese clothing. Then, Vietnamese designers began to change the design of traditional Chinese clothing. Therefore, local people began wearing clothes influenced by Western design.
In fact, some Vietnamese designers started to against these clothes by modernizing the ao ngu than. However, the new one still holds Vietnamese culture and became the modern form of Vietnamese traditional clothing.
The most popular and widely-recognized national costume of Vietnam, the Ao Dai is a symbol to show national pride. With a contoured top flowing over loose-fitting trousers that reach the sole of the feet and brush the floor, the dress style virtually drapes the whole body in soft flowing fabric. Though there are many variations in color and collar designs, the dress follows its typical two-piece garment design of a top-fitting full-length tunic with a high collar splitting into a front and back panel from the waist down.
Ao ba ba literally means the shirt of Mrs.Ba. There are many assumptions about the origin of it, but now I would like to tell you an interesting story.
Once upon a time, everyone in this country had to wear long gowns. The men saw that and said the women were wearing it, which meant the shirt of Mrs.Ba. Gradually, the original name ao ba ba was forgotten and it subsumed its place.
It is a simple short shirt with long sleeves and buttons from the neck down to the belly.
II. Folk Arts
Water puppetry comes from North Vietnam. There are many countries that have puppetry but you can only find water puppetry in Vietnam.
The puppets are made of wood then lacquered to be watertight and endurable. both watching and playing water puppetry was a good way for the locals to entertain, escaping from their daily worries and hardworking life.
Rural people use water puppet plays to express their wish for a better life of prosperity and happiness. In modern times, water puppetry became a popular form of entertainment for both locals and foreigners.
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I. Hictorical Customes
Ao Giao Linh, or Giao Lanh sometimes also known as Ao Trang Vat is a way to call one of the long-standing dress styles in Vietnamese custom, with the style of two crossed skirts. The name Trang Vat originally comes from the custom of wearing a slanting robe created by adding a whole flap. The cross-collar shirt is often used as a ceremonial dress, worn over the outside.
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