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What If an Entire Village Disappeared Underground? Imagine arriving in Vietnam during wartime and discovering that an entire community had seemingly vanished. No houses. No people. No signs of life. Yet beneath your feet, thousands of men, women, and children were living, working, studying, and surviving in a hidden world underground. This is the incredible […]
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Between the mid-sixth and mid-fourth centuries B.C., Buddhism was founded in northeastern India and soon spread throughout the Asian subcontinent, influencing cultural and spiritual practices, art, and architecture. When talking about Vietnamese Buddhism, most people immediately think of Mahayana Buddhism, which has deeply influenced the Vietnamese culture for many centuries. Buddhism may have first come […]
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Nestling in the small, nondescript Mai Thị Lựu Street in District 1 is Phước Hải Tự, known as the Jade Emperor Pagoda. Built between 1892 and 1900 in honor of the supreme Tao God in Chinese style with colorful decorative motifs, the pagoda has brick walls, yin-yang roof tiles and mosaic ceramic idols on its roof […]
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