Her ordination name means 'true emptiness', but Sister Chan Khong, a close aide to Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, has had a very rich, fulfilling life...
◆Tet 新年 (Vietnam’s new year, usually in Febrary)
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| Tet (New Year) |
Vietnam (cited from BBC):
- Full name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Population: 89 million (UN, 2010)
- Capital: Hanoi
- Largest city: Ho Chi Minh City
- Area: 329,247 sq km (127,123 sq miles)
- Major language: Vietnamese
- Major religion: Buddhism
◆An Dinh (An Định)安定 (South Vietnam 南越) (where Sister CK was born in Vietnam)
◆Ben Tre檳椥市(where Sister's mother lived) (South Vietnam南越)
◆Saigon西貢(= Ho Chi Minh City胡志明市)(at South Vietnam南越)
(Streets of Ho Chi Minh City, after 2006)
It is the largest city in Vietnam today.
Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975.
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| 47 people were killed at Saigon, in 1962 |
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| 1965 bomb explosion |
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| Saigon in recent year |
◆ Mekong River楣公河
It runs through south China, Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
◆Hue順化 (Mid-Vietnam 中越, ~1000km north from Ho Chi Minh City)
The old imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Population is about 340,000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huế
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| Hue |
◆Phuong 鳳 (Sr CK herself)
◆Suong 霜(Sr CK’s big sister) ( - 1948)
◆Yen 燕 (Sr CK’s 2nd elder sister)
◆Thanh 清 (Sr CK’s youngest sister)
◆Tam 心 (Sr CK’s sister)
◆Confucianism儒家思想
◆Vietnam's traditional clothes
◆Bánh ích粽子(cone-shaped sweet cake)
◆Banh chung地糕(cakes symbolizing the Earth)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bánh_chưng
◆Banh tet年糕(New Year’s cake)
◆Bamboo with a banner of yellow cloth (now, the cloth becomes colorful.)
◆P.S Plum Village Tet 2010, for your reference
To be continued, thank you...
