BELIEF OF TUTELARY DEITIES IN VIETNAM THROUGH SINO - NOM DOCUMENTS

Tóm tắt

: The deep root cause of the belief of tutelary deities in Vietnamese has been the worship of Chinese tutelary god. At the same time, the worship of Vietnamese tutelary deities has the same origin as the worship of popular deities in Vietnam because Vietnamese people would like to commemorate people who deserved well of country and they hope these deities will protect and help them. The worship of tutelary deities has left more plentiful treasure-house of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. This article generally presents the worship of tutelary deities in Vietnam as well as Sino-Nom texts of Vietnamese tutelary deities' stories