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Book on village saints in Hanoi published

The National Political Publishing House has just released a new book featuring profound studies on legends of 130 village saints in Thang Long – Hanoi.
Book on village saints in Hanoi published ảnh 1Locals in Trieu Khuc village in today's Thanh Tri district, Hanoi in a palanquin procession dedicated to the village saint - Bo Cai Dai Vuong Phung Hung (761-802 AD), who led the national army to fight against northern invaders to bring peace to people.   File Photo VNA

Hanoi (VNA) - The National Political PublishingHouse has just released a new book featuring profound studies on legends of 130village saints in Thang Long – Hanoi.

Titled Su Tich Cac Thanh Hoang Lang Thang Long - Hanoi(Legends on Village Saints in Thang Long – Hanoi), the book was edited by Prof DoThi Hao, Vice Chairwoman of Hanoi Folk Arts & Literature Association,together with 50 researchers based on archives, collected materials and realfield trips to historical and cultural relic sites in Hanoi.

In 480 pages, various customs concerning village saints, whohave been worshipped at communal houses and temples in villages around theancient Thang Long Citadel, are described. The saints might be heroes fightingagainst invaders, pioneers claiming new lands, and people who taught villagersnew handicrafts to earn a living.

The stories have been written with vivid and familiarexamples, which will provide readers with deep knowledge on Hanoi’s land andpeople throughout its thousand-year-history, according to the book’sintroduction.

The book is published to help preserve and develop culturalheritage, as localities still worship saints but keep few documents on them, Haosaid.

“Locals rarely know their village saint, what they have donefor the people, or how the worship ceremony or village festival is conducted,”she said.

“The book is also useful for researchers on the citadel andVietnam,” she added.

The book is in Vietnamese and priced at 198,000 VND (8.5 USD)at bookstores and online./. 
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