SOME WAYS OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE'S RESISTANCE TO THE CULTURAL ASSIMILATION OF THE NORTHERN EMPIRE DURING THE NORTHERN COLONIAL PERIOD

Abstract

According
to
historians,
the
Northern
domination
 period
in
our
country
began
in
111
BC,
when
the
 Nam
Viet
state
founded
by
Trieu
Da
was
dominated
 by
the
Han
Dynasty
and
lasted
until
938,
when
Ngo
 Quyen
defeated
the
Nam
Han
invaders,
in
939,
Ngo
 Quyen
proclaimed
himself
king,
opening
the
period
 of
Vietnamese
feudal
autonomy.
This
period
lasted
 1049
years.
During
this
period,
the
Han
Dynasty
 colonized
our
country
consistently
and
thoroughly
 implemented
the
policy
of
assimilating
Vietnamese
 culture
into
Han
culture
with
two
methods꞉
forced
 assimilation
and
natural
assimilation.

Not
willing
to
lose
their
country
and
enslave
their
 people,
the
Vietnamese
people
promoted
the
spirit
of
 patriotism
and
national
pride,
cleverly
finding
ways
 to
desecrate
Han
culture,
destroy
the
cultural
 assimilation
plot
of
the
Northern
regime
empires.
 The
measures
the
Vietnamese
have
used
to
 successfully
fight
assimilation
are꞉
maintaining
the
 national
language;
maintain
village
organization
with
 community,
autonomy,
and
self‑management;
 develop
Buddhism;
maintain
the
Mother
Goddess;
 promote
the
role
of
women
and
the
steadfast
spirit
of
 fighting
for
national
independence.