Exploring the Beauty of Vietnamese Folklore

A Precious Cultural Heritage

Vietnamese folklore is a priceless treasure, preserving the spiritual values, morality, and intellect of the nation throughout thousands of years of history. From fairy tales and mysterious legends to folk songs and proverbs imbued with the philosophy of life, all reflect the life, soul, and rich imagination of the Vietnamese people.

Legends and Fairy Tales: Origins and Lessons

Legends: Mysterious Stories

Legends are often associated with history and geography, explaining the origin of objects, natural phenomena, or telling stories about heroic figures and historical events that are fictionalized and exaggerated. For example, the legend of Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh explains the phenomenon of floods and reflects humanity’s desire to conquer nature.

Fairy Tales: Education and Values

Fairy tales, with familiar characters like fairies, demons, good and bad people, often have high educational value, guiding people towards good, fighting against evil. Fairy tales such as Tam Cam and Thach Sanh not only entertain but also convey lessons about morality, justice, and kindness.

Folk Songs and Proverbs: Concise Life Philosophy

Folk songs are folk lyrical poems that express emotions, thoughts, love for the homeland, country, love between couples, family affection… The language of folk songs is close, easy to understand, easy to remember, creating enduring vitality in people’s hearts.

Proverbs are short, concise sayings that summarize life experiences and philosophies of the people on many aspects of life: labor production, society, and people… Proverbs are often highly general, easy to understand, easy to remember, and easy to apply in life.

Traditional Music: The Music of Life

Traditional music is an important part of folk culture, expressed in many rich forms such as Then singing, Quan Ho singing, Ca Tru… Each region has its own unique traditional music melodies, reflecting the cultural characteristics of each locality.

Preserving and Developing Folklore

Preserving and promoting folklore is the responsibility of every Vietnamese citizen. Studying, researching, and teaching folklore to younger generations is extremely necessary to preserve the nation’s cultural identity.