xá-mã
Thường thấy nghi tiết trong cuộc làm chay ở các chùa, các ông thầy nhưn bông, bày ra sớ phướn lầu kho, xá hạt, xá ngựa.v.v…Tất cả đều đem đốt rồi nói rằng: số hạt ngựa bằng giấy đó sẽ mang số phướn về Tây Phương tâu với Phật, còn các vật kia thì để...
Xang canal
During the French colonial period, the canal was dredged from the Tien River branching into the Hau River, above Chau Doc Market, so it was named the New Canal, also called Tan Chau Canal. The folk saying 'Cai Rang, Ba Lang, Vam Xang, Phong Dien' easily makes those who are not from Can Tho think...
ride the Loan carriage
The word 'Loan' can be used as 'Loan xa' or 'Loan giá', meaning: the king's carriage. In the past, the king's carriage often had carvings of the phoenix, pulled by four horses, and bells hung on the horses' necks; when it moved, the bells would ring, symbolizing the phoenix's call. So the term 'riding the...
Xiang Yu
XIANG YU: 項羽 A person from Xia Xiang, belonging to Qi Ji (China) named Xi, with the strength to lift a thousand-pound cauldron. During the Qin and Chu era, no one could defeat him. In the campaign to destroy the Qin dynasty, because of his bloodthirsty nature, he did not gain the support of the...
