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This is my favorite dish. There is a restaurant where I live that people would line up just to buy this to go or seat in to dine. It has become very popular among other ethnicity, Bánh mì thịt (Vietnamese sandwich) is popular as well.

The fourth one down will do.

Wow. Very impressive observations. Arigatou gozaimasu for the enlighten advices, Nihonjin1050-san.

@Nihonjin1051-san, You have been quietly observing every comments in this forum, what is your current stand on this topic? If you don't mind me asking. I would like hear your opinions. Much advance appreciation on your input(s).

I agree, they do have an distinctive culture to some extent. Especially their views toward marriage as you have stated.

Hi There, I don't know the status of Hmong in Vietnam. But I can tell you about the Hmong where I am at, there are two tribes of Hmong, the White and Green tribes/community. I was told that they do not get along well with one another. Nevertheless, they are very generous people and has an...

The world use to look at China as an ancient, benevolent grandparent country. A melting pot of cultures with respect for its literatures, arts, and enduring history. However, this view is changing. Yes, Qing emperor blessed our country with a great name, our people with continuous trades, which...

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I still don't understand...small role? Are you referring to a play?

With all respect, as I see you as a litterateur, we are all using English to communicate in this forum. That doesn't mean that we are all romanized. When conversing with other ethnicity, I try my best to speak to them in their native language, if possible. When speaking to a Filipino person...

Thank you for your reply. Much appreciation for sharing a piece of your history with us. It would be great to learn more about Zhuang.

I have never seen anything like this before, except in Beijing and in the Bruce Lee movie "The Chinese Connection". I understand this image do not represent the general population of Chinese.

Like I had said, people have their own views and rights to hold their opinions. This is after all a discussion forum. Many culture developed bronze drum of different size and of different style at different phases throughout human history. I have not heard of such claim that all bronze drums...

I respect your opinion. The arguments you put forward are valid in a historical viewpoint. However, I have my own views. Artifact discovered, such as the bronze drum does predate the Qin Dynasty. Medieval Vietnamese do not look at the bronze drum as "barbarian" as you have stated. In fact, a...

Hi there, Bắc Quốc Chi Xuân. So Vietnam is in good development and China is against a dead-end? Is this what you are trying to say? I don't understand your sentence. Can you elaborate more on it?

Your name is [达] Đạt [晖] Huy [郎] Lang if written out in Vietnamese. Sawndip Script looks very complex. Written during the early Tang Dynasty. Was there a reason to move from old Sawndip Script to Alphabetical Zhuang Script? Which script are more in use by Zhuang people?

Thank you for the information, xesy. "Tiếng Thổ" may be translate as "native tongue" in English. I was hoping that @dahuilang942 could share the oral history of the origin of his people. If he doesn't mind doing so.

Hi there dahuilang942, Does your screen name mean Big Grey Wolf from a popular children book about a wolf and a sheep? Zhuang people use Sawndip script which are very similar to Nôm script invented in the 12th Century by Vietnamese and was widely used in the 15th to the 19th Century. Do you...

Again, very interesting. I would love to see the actual family record of the Trần clan.

I agree and disagree at the same time. Ancient origin myths and oral histories and folklores, although do not have concrete evidences to back up the claims, help set the course and is the backbone of history for the particular culture and civilization. Sometime it's content may sound too...