Thesis information "Survey of legends and festivals of the relics of Thang Long Tu Tran" by HVCH Hoang Viet Huong, majoring in Folklore.1. Full name of student: Hoang Viet Huong 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: April 26, 1987 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 14, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Survey of legends and festivals of the relics of Thang Long Tu Tran 8. Major: Folklore; Code: 60 22 36 9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor. Dr. Tran Thi An, Head of the Science Management Department, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: + The thesis has researched the formation of the concept of "Thang Long Tu Tran", studied the process of temple construction so that from the geographical-cultural context, the relics worshiping the four sacred gods become geographical-spiritual spaces of Hanoi people over time: Quan Thanh Temple (northern town), Kim Lien Communal House (southern town), Bach Ma Temple (eastern town), Voi Phuc Temple (western town). + The thesis also focused on the perspective of folk literature to analyze the plot of the legend and the familiar motifs of the legend that people use to create legends. From the analysis of the plot and motif, the thesis has analyzed the layers of cultural meanings in the legend and the worship of the four gods in Thang Long Tu Tran, thereby being able to understand more about the history and cultural history of the land and people of the capital. + The thesis also surveyed the festivals taking place at the above 4 relics, analyzed and clarified the layers of cultural meaning in the worship of the 4 gods that have become sacred and extremely close to the people of Hanoi. 11. Ability to apply in practice: is a good source of reference in research work and serves the management of the Thang Long Tu Tran relics. 12. Further research directions: Further research on the movement of the worship of Thang Long Tu Tran over time, comparing the worship of Thang Long Tu Tran with other places worshiping Tu Tran with similarities and differences in thinking, concepts, relics, beliefs and festivals. 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : HOANG VIET HUONG 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: April 26th, 1987 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Admission decision number: Student Recognition Decision No.: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 14th 2009 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ha Noi. 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Surveying legends and festivals of “Thang Long tu tran” (Thang Long Four Guardian Gods Temples) 8. Major: Folklore 9. Code: 60 22 36 10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Tran Thi An, Head of Scientific Management Department, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: + The thesis has investigated the formation of the notion “Thang Long tu tran”, studied the course of building the temples to understand the cultural and geographical contexts where the relics to worship sacred deities have become the geographical-spiritual space of Hanoi people across the time length: Quan Thanh temple (Deity in the North), Kim Lien temple (Deity in the South), Bach Ma temple (Deity in the East) and Voi Phuc temple (Deity in the West). + From the perspective of folklore, the thesis has also focused on analyzing plots of the legends and regular models from legends that people had used to invent legends. Based on the analysis of the plot and model, the thesis has analyzed the overlapping cultural meaning layers in legends and worshiping of 4 deities in Thang Long four regions so that we can further understand the history and cultural history of the land and people in the capital. + The thesis has investigated taking place in the above four relics, analyzing and making clear the meaning of cultural layers in the pining of 4 deities that have become so sacred and familiar to Hanoi inhabitants. 12. Practical applicability, if any: is a good source for reference to study and serve for managing relics of Thang Long tu tran. 13. Further research directions, if any: Study more deeply the movement of the worship of Thang Long four deities across the time line, comparing the worship of Thang Long tu tran to the worship of deities in other localities about similarities and differences in termsoff concepts, cognition, beliefs and festivals. 14. Thesis-related publications: None
