Another war which lasted so many years, I don’t see where either side benefited. I haven’t looked at the photos yet, I am interested in seeing them, but not so much the decapitations, probably not much different to what we are faced with on Netflix!! Once again a very interesting read and very comprehensive.
Can you explain more about his turban and his family's turbans? I'm caught thinking about 19th century Chinese movements like the red turban rebellion.
Prior to about 100 years ago, the way a person dressed in Vietnam often identified a person with their clan or profession. You could often identify where a person came from based upon the color, the amount or type of fabric used or how a person tied their turban. I would imagine the red turbans are the same and were used to signify tribal unity.
For example, in Tonkin and central Annam, Viet men would keep their hair long and tie it in a knot at the back of their heads. They would wrap a black or dark violet turban around their heads to cover their hair and foreheads.
In central and southern Vietnam, they would use a black, bright red or green square handkerchief to cover their hair.
Government administrators would often have a different type of hat and so would soldiers in the military, depending on their position and the tasks they were assigned.
This information is described in much more detail in "The Civilizations of Vietnam" by Nguyen Van Huyen.
Another war which lasted so many years, I don’t see where either side benefited. I haven’t looked at the photos yet, I am interested in seeing them, but not so much the decapitations, probably not much different to what we are faced with on Netflix!! Once again a very interesting read and very comprehensive.
I wouldn't recommend looking. Once you see, you can't unsee.
I did look then forgot until I just opened your message. I’ll make it disappear again 😌
Can you explain more about his turban and his family's turbans? I'm caught thinking about 19th century Chinese movements like the red turban rebellion.
Prior to about 100 years ago, the way a person dressed in Vietnam often identified a person with their clan or profession. You could often identify where a person came from based upon the color, the amount or type of fabric used or how a person tied their turban. I would imagine the red turbans are the same and were used to signify tribal unity.
For example, in Tonkin and central Annam, Viet men would keep their hair long and tie it in a knot at the back of their heads. They would wrap a black or dark violet turban around their heads to cover their hair and foreheads.
In central and southern Vietnam, they would use a black, bright red or green square handkerchief to cover their hair.
Government administrators would often have a different type of hat and so would soldiers in the military, depending on their position and the tasks they were assigned.
This information is described in much more detail in "The Civilizations of Vietnam" by Nguyen Van Huyen.
Thanks so much!