Information about the thesis "Survey of Legends and Festivals of the Four Fortresses of Thang Long" by graduate student Hoang Viet Huong, majoring in Folklore Literature.1. Student's Full Name: Hoang Viet Huong 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: April 26, 1987 4. Place of Birth: Hanoi 5. Decision No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 14, 2009, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Survey of Legends and Festivals of the Four Fortresses of Thang Long 8. Specialization: Folklore; Code: 60 22 36 9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi An, Head of Science Management Board, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences 10. Summary of thesis results: + The thesis has researched the formation of the concept of "Thang Long Four Guardian Temples," exploring the process of temple construction so that, from the geographical-cultural context, the relics dedicated to the four sacred deities become geographical-spiritual spaces for the people of Hanoi over time: Quan Thanh Temple (northern guardian), Kim Lien communal house (southern guardian), Bach Ma Temple (eastern guardian), and Voi Phuc Temple (western guardian). + The thesis also focused on the perspective of folklore to analyze the plot of legends and familiar motifs used by the people to create these legends. From the analysis of plots and motifs, the thesis analyzed the layers of cultural meaning in the legends and the worship customs of the four deities at Thang Long Four Guardian Temples, thereby gaining a better understanding of the history and cultural history of the land and people of the capital city. + The thesis also surveyed the festivals held at the four historical sites, analyzing and clarifying the cultural layers of meaning in the custom of worshipping the four deities that have become sacred and extremely familiar to the people of Hanoi. 11. Practical application: It is a good source of reference material for research and for managing the Thang Long Four Guardian Temples. 12. Future research directions: Further research into the evolution of the Thang Long Four Guardian Temple worship custom over time, comparing the Thang Long Four Guardian Temple worship custom with other places that worship the Four Guardian Temples, highlighting similarities and differences in thinking, concepts, historical sites, 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 worship 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
