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The Legend Trong Thuy and My Chau (Ancient Love Story Chinese/ Vietnamese)
In the second century BC, Vietnam was a country named Au Lac ruled by King An Duong Vuong whose name prior to coronation was Thuc Phan. He had only one daughter, whose name was My Chau. The State's capital was located at Co Loa where the King built a fortress and ramparts. Yet, whatever was built in the day was subsequently demolished at night by evil spirits. The King held a religious ceremony and begged Heavens for assistance. Thereupon, a golden tortoise came and gave guidance to the King on how to do away with the malfeasance of evil spirits. As a result, the fortress and ramparts could be completed. In bidding farewell, the golden tortoise presented the King with one of its claws. The King turned the claw into the trigger of his crossbow, a single arrow of which could shoot thousands of enemy troops. The crossbow was thus called as the Magic Crossbow or Tortoise Crossbow.
By then, a rebel Chinese General, Trieu Da, established in southern China a kingdom called Nam Viet. He tried to conquer Au Lac State, but his military adventures ended in failure because of the magic Crossbow. Resorting to a different stratagem, Trieu Da sought peace and requested Thuc Phan to give consent to the marriage between Trong Thuy, Trieu Da's son and My Chau, Thuc Phan's daughter. Thuc Phan gave his agreement that Trong Thuy could, as son-in-law, stay in Au Lac Kingdom in keeping with the practice of uxorilocality with bride service.
Taking advantage of his wife's deep feelings of love and credulity, Trong Thuy stole the secrets of the magic crossbow. Thereafter, he sought permission from Thuc Phan to return home for visiting his parents. In departing, Trong Thuy said to his wife, 'In case war breaks out between our countries some time in the future, how can I find you?'. His thoughtless wife replied, 'I've got a coat made of goose feathers. I'll take them out and scatter them wherever I go.'
Thereafter, Trieu Da launched a new war of aggression against Au Lac. Being overconfident in his magic crossbow, Thuc Phan did not make adequate defence preparations. When enemy troops surrounded the Co Loa fortress, Thuc Phan started using his crossbow but found it useless. He had barely time to put his daughter on horseback and ride away at full gallop to the south. When he cam near the sea coast, the golden tortoise appeared. The King asked 'Oh, Golden Tortoise, why have I lost my Kingdom?'. Immediately the Tortoise replied, 'Your enemy is just behind you.' As the truth suddenly dawned on him, the King drew his sword and killed his daughter, and then followed the golden tortoise into the sea. The sea waves brought the corpse of My Chau to Co Loa, and when the villagers brought it ashore it became a big stone which is still kept and worshipped in a small temple near an old banyan tree. Trong Thuy also suffered from the loss of his wife. One day, he came to a well in front of the former palace of King An Duong Vuong. As he saw the face of My Chau on the surface of the water of the well, he plunged into the well and died. The blood which poured from My Chau's body into the sea - as a result of the cut from her father's sword - was swallowed by oysters and shells which subsequently produced pearls. Popular imagination even went so far to assert that if the pearls were washed in the water of the well where Trong Thuy died, they would become much brighter.
Trieu Dynasty of Nam Viet lasted for 97 years (208BC-111BC) and Vietnamese people consider Trieu Da is one of their ancestors.
Who say Chinese and Vietnamese don't fall in love?
Monday, June 17, 2002 at 14:54:23 (PDT)
Many Vietnamese girls are small and thin. Very pretty and petite figures.
But, they got tempers too. Some of them. But, you will love them with all your heart if you are sincere.
There was one Vietnamese girl I went out with and I just played a little bit with her. She pushed me off and asked me: "what do you think I am?"
I didn't do anything really bad (just rubbed her shoulders a bit).
Later, I told her that I was sorry and knew what her family had to go through. I had come to learn more about how Vietnamese families went through all the trauma of the war, the sea pirates attacking them and the refugee camps.
Now we are going strong and expecting a baby soon. I love my wife and I know there is more I have to learn from her. She made me feel more humble of life in general.
Chinese American
Saturday, June 08, 2002 at 19:55:36 (PDT)
It seems so ironic that in poorer cultures thinness is a sign of poverty, and being a little fat is a sign of wealth. This has been true throughout the ages. And now in America, the land of plenty, being overweight is a sign of laziness and ugliness, but being extremely thin is a sign of being wealthy. Very strange.
changing with the times
Tuesday, June 04, 2002 at 08:07:23 (PDT)
True, in vietnam, people want to be average. Too skinny is a sign of being poor, so then your not looked at when you go into stores and people keep a good eye on you all the time. If your too fat, then your looked at as another rich punk who's over feed and is not healthy.
Plus, Anorexic is an eating disorder, not weight! If someone is skinny and is 5"9', fine, they eat, they have the required nutrience and fibers. Lots of vietnamese people are thin because when we eat we work it off or our genes do it for us (me included, i can eat a big mac a day for a month and only gain two pounds max when another person would probably gain twenty). Our muscles are also more compact, making us look more thin. If i compare the muscle of mine needed to reach a certain strength level i would need less muscle mass then a white person might. Look at Bruce Lee he has less muscle mass then a 300 pound guy, but undoubtably he can be stronger.
OHO
Sunday, June 02, 2002 at 15:08:47 (PDT)
To Asians are anorexics too:
That may be true that anorexia is rising in East Asia (Japan and Hong Kong). But I was like, kind of talking about Vietnamese people (in Vietnam particularly, which is not as developed), the reason why was because someone was complaining that Vietnamese are anorexics (because they are all skinny). There are still no anorexics in Vietnam (if there are its only like 2%), and to be chubby/not-thin is always praised in Vietnam.
Moonshineprincess
Friday, May 31, 2002 at 18:53:36 (PDT)
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