Sinification of Vietnam Vietnamese Identity
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Sinification of Vietnam
Vietnamese Identity
Distinct group of
people
Shared common
heritage
Desire to remain
politically
independent
Chinese Advantages
Initial contact with
Qin
Development of lively
trade
Chinese: silk
Vietnamese: ivory,
pearls, tortoise shell,
peacock feathers
and exotic woods
Vietnamese Culture
Differs from Chinese
Vietnamese
Long skirts for women
Cockfights
Chewed betel nut
Blackened teeth
Buddhism
Nuclear family
Distinctive art and
poetry
Chinese
Black pants
Never adopted
cockfights for
entertainment
Disgusted by betel
nut
Repulsed by
blackened teeth
Extended family
Betel Nut and Blackened
Teeth
Cockfighting
Chinese Conquest
Han rulers
At first happy with Viet
ruler as vassal
Accepted tribute
111BCE wanted total
control
Viet elite
Cooperated with China
Worked into bureaucracy
Chinese schools and
Confucianism
Resistance Movements
Aristocracy
Chinese disdain for local
customs
Considered backward
Peasants
Little interest in Chinese
culture
Trung sisters
Led peasant revolt against
Chinese in 39 CE
Reaction to patriarchal
society
Vietnamese Independence
Strong sense of identity
Fragile bonds to China
Geographic barriers
Few Chinese residents in
region
907: Fall of Tang offered
opportunity/chaos
939: won independence
Ancient Vietnam