Thesis information "Legend of a typical cultural celebrity of the medieval period in Hai Duong land" by HVCH Nguyen Thi Quyen, majoring in Folklore.1. Full name of student: Nguyen Thi Quyen 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: February 10, 1980 4. Place of birth: Hung Yen town 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 1528/QD-XHNV - KH & SDH, 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: Legend of a typical cultural celebrity in the Middle Ages in Hai Duong 8. Major: Folklore; Code: 62.22.36.01 9. Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Le Chi Que - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi. 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: - The thesis has introduced quite completely the system of legends about four typical cultural celebrities in Hai Duong. The thesis has pointed out the basic content and artistic form characteristics of the legends about the celebrities: character building, different versions, motifs, structures in the legends... - The image of the four cultural celebrities is not only in the legends but also vividly recreated in beliefs and festivals. The thesis has described both the ritual and festival parts in quite detail, specifically through three typical festivals: Mao Dien Temple of Literature Traditional Festival, Chu Van An Temple Festival, Con Son Pagoda Festival as well as the worship of cultural celebrities of each locality. - The thesis also pointed out the organic relationship between legends and festivals. Legend and festival do not exist separately but have a close relationship with each other. From the process of existence and development, legends are the basis for the existence of festivals, the theme that governs ritual actions as well as folk games during the festival. On the contrary, festivals are also the environment that nurtures legends that vividly express cultural celebrities through traditional festivals in the locality. - The four cultural celebrities above are characters honored, respected and exalted by history, but legends about them have not been paid attention to in collecting and expanding the scope of circulation. However, in recent years, the Provincial Party Committee and People's Committee of Hai Duong province have paid attention and focused on preserving and promoting unique cultural and spiritual values, restoring and reconstructing traditional festivals of the locality, and folk games are encouraged. The province has planned to build, restore and embellish a number of relics of the province, including Chu Van An Temple, Mac Dinh Chi Temple, Nguyen Thi Due Temple, expected to be completed in 2012. Collecting, searching and researching the legends of the four famous people above is a necessary task, contributing to preserving and promoting the traditional cultural identity of Vietnam.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Quyen 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: October 2, 1980 4. Place of birth: Hung Yen province 5. Admission decision number 1528/QD-XHNV-KH & SĐH dated October 14th 2009 of Headmaster of College of Social Sciences and Humanity of Vietnam National University. 6. Changes in academic process: No 7. Official thesis title: Legend of cultural famous men in medieval period in Hai Duong province. 8. Major: Folk literature 9. Code: 60.22.36 10. Supervisor: Prof., Dr. Le Chi Que - College of Social Science and Humanity 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: - This thesis introduces quite completely the legend system of four famous cultural men in Hai Duong province. It shows the points in contents and basic artistic form of legend of famous men, such as the way how to build a hero, variants, model, structure in legend, etc. - Images of four famous cultural men are not only known in legend but also reappeared lively in beliefs and festivals. This thesis also deeply expresses both ceremonial offerings and ceremonies in detail through three main festivals, such as traditional ceremonies of Mao Dien Literature of Temple, Chu Van An temple and Con Son pagoda as well as worship customs of famous men at each locality. - This paper gives the organic relationship between legend and ceremony. Legend and ceremony do not exist separately but they have a close relationship. In existing and developing periods, legend is the base for ceremony, the subject affects the ceremonial activities as well as folk games in festival. On the contrary, ceremony is the environment to develop legend so that it can express lively the cultural famous men through traditional holidays in local. - Four above-mentioned famous men are heroes who are respected, honored, and highly appreciated by history but until now legends about them have not received the concern, not been collected and put in a popular circulation. However, in recent years, Provincial Committee of the Party, Hai Duong province People's Committee have concerned, attached special importance to preserve and bring into play the special spirit cultural values, restore the traditional festivals, and encourage the folk games of that local. Hai Duong province also has some projects to rebuild, restore and embellish some monuments in the province, in which Chu Van An Temple, Mac Dinh Chi Temple and Nguyen Thi Due Temple will be completed in next 2012. The collecting, searching and studying legends about four above-mentioned famous men are necessary for preserving and bringing into play the Vietnamese traditional culture characters.
