religion viet nam

Ly-Tran dynasty, Buddhism heyday but still receive the Confucianism, Taoism, creating a cultural nature "Three Religions" (all three religions coexist). After many ups and downs, Buddhism became intimate with Vietnam, said statistics in 1993 remained faithful to 3 million home and around 10 million people regularly courted Buddha temple.

Northern domination, Confucianism no social foothold in Vietnam, Ly Thai To in 1070 to establish Public-Chu Van Shrine of Confucius can be considered an official reception. 15th century, due to the need to build the country's unification, centralized administration, social order, Confucianism replaced Buddhism leg became the state religion of the Le dynasty.
Confucianism, mainly Confucianism and adhesive mechanisms on political-social, scientific study into election mode, in-class scholars, gradually dominate the spiritual life of society. But Confucianism also only acquire in Vietnam each individual factors - especially the political-moral, rather than the whole system is applied mechanically.
Taoism Vietnam infiltrated the late century 2. Do bring ideological doctrine of protest we dominate, it is the people used as a weapon against Northern feudal. It has many elements fairy, mystical, so matching the human subconscious and primitive beliefs. Many old grape preferred grave tendency calm, leisurely touch of Taoism. But long Taoism as a religion does not exist anymore, only to leave heritage in folk beliefs.
Christianity came to Vietnam in the 17th century as a broker intermediary stages of Western culture and of colonialism. It enlisted the favorable opportunity: feudalism crisis, decline of Buddhism, Confucianism deadlock, to become spiritual solace place for a segment of the population but in a long time not to be sociable Vietnam culture. In contrast, it forced to lay up altars in the house. Only the gospel of ethnic harmony, it stood was in Vietnam. In 1993 about 5 million Catholics and nearly half a million Protestants.
The outer religion was introduced into Vietnam as not to lose the indigenous folk religion which swirled together makes both sides have certain metamorphosis. For example no lower Confucian roles women, the Holy Mother in Vietnam are prevailing. Count polytheism, democracy and community are reflected in the collective worship ancestors, worship many gods pair, to see not only a temple to worship Buddha worship of many others, that the true spirit have also . And perhaps the only new thing in Vietnam toad he sued God, as well as who took the first motif in the fairy tales. These are distinctions of creed Vietnam.

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