Information on the thesis "Legends and Festivals about the Four Holy Mothers at Lo Temple (Hanoi) in Comparison with Legends and Festivals about Empress Duong Thai Hau at Mau Temple (Tan Hoi, China)" by Long Bang Graduate School, majoring in Folklore Literature.1. Student's Full Name: Long Bang 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: October 27, 1982 4. Place of Birth: China 5. Decision No. 1535/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 16, 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: Legends and Festivals of the Four Holy Mothers at Lo Temple (Hanoi) in Comparison with Legends and Festivals of Empress Duong Thai Hau at the Mother Goddess Temple (Tan Hoi, China) 8. Specialization: Folklore Literature; Code: 60 22 36 9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Thuc. 10. Summary of thesis results: The thesis "Legends and festivals about the Four Holy Mothers at Lo Temple (Hanoi) through comparison with legends and festivals about Empress Dowager Yang at the Mother Goddess Temple (Tan Hoi, China)" primarily surveys and studies Lo Temple (Hanoi), while expanding the scope of research to include the Mother Goddess Temple (Tan Hoi, China). The legend of the Four Holy Mothers originates from the history of Empress Dowager Yang, the last empress dowager of the Southern Song Dynasty in China. Stories about Empress Dowager Yang are passed down in many Vietnamese villages with details quite different from official history. It can be seen that there is a cultural belief system about the Four Holy Mothers originating from China, transmitted to coastal villages in Nghe An, and then spreading throughout the Red River Delta, including Hanoi. The cultural and religious traditions surrounding the Four Holy Mothers have undergone a long process of transformation and development throughout history to arrive at their present form. The festival honoring Empress Duong at the Mother Goddess Temple and the festival honoring the Four Holy Mothers at the Lo Temple share common characteristics of a festival celebrating figures who have contributed to the nation's well-being in history. The festival honoring Empress Duong mainly follows a single route, is commemorative in nature, and purely focuses on honoring the National Mother. The festival honoring the Four Holy Mothers is a blend of many cultural nuances from different historical periods, converging through activities such as processions, water processions, imperial decree processions, Buddhist monks performing rituals, spirit mediumship, etc. 11. Practical application: None 12. Further research directions: None 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Long Bang 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: October 27, 1982 4. Place of birth: China 5. Admission decision number:1535/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 16th, 2009 by the President of Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Legend and Festival of the Four Ladyship Saints at Lo Temple (Hanoi) by comparison with the legend and festival of Queen Mother Yang at Holy Mother Temple (Xinhui, China) 8. Major: Folk Literature; Code: 60 22 36 9. Supervisor: Ass.Prof.Ph.D Nguyen Huu Thuc 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The thesis titled “Legend and Festival of the Four Ladyship Saints at Lo Temple (Hanoi) by comparison with the legend and festival of Queen Mother Yang at Holy Mother Temple (Xinhui, China)”, focuses on studying and researching the main object of Lo Temple (Hanoi), with scope of study is extended to Holy Mother Temple (Xinhui, China) China). The legend about the Four Ladyship Saints takes its origin from the history of Yang, the Queen Mother, at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, China. Many stories about Queen Mother Yang have been long handed down to Vietnamese villages with particulars completely different from history written by imperial court. Culture and beliefs in the Four Ladyship Saints are thought to be originated from China, they were introduced to coastal fishing villages of Nghe An, then being widely developed in to all over the Red River Delta, including Hanoi. The traditional culture and beliefs of the Four Ladyship Saints have experienced a long-term process of changing and developing in the history to obtain the present physiognomy. Both Festival of Queen Mother Yang at Holy Mother Temple and Festival of the Four Ladyship Saints at Lo Temple are typically featured as a festival to praise those of great credit with people in the history. Festival of Queen Mother Yang, is commemorative, purely to honor the Mother of the country while festival of the Four Ladyship Saints is the mixture of various cultural colors of different historical ages, being gathered into such activities as worshiping, water procession, procession of royal honor –conferring diploma, holding ceremony by Buddhist priest, attending a séance, etc. 11. Practical applicability (if any): None 12. Further research directions, if any: None 13. Thesis-related publications: None
