Chinese Character Stelae of The Chinese In Hanoi
Date
2021
Authors
Thuân, Đinh Khắc
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Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, The Australian National University
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The H©ng B??m and L©n ©ng Streets in Ho©n Ki?m district of modern Hanoi, now only a corner in Hanoi's
old town centre, were originally a Chinese living and trading quarter. Here existed numerous Chinese guild
halls and temples. Now that these relics are managed and used by the local people in their everyday lives,
many changes have been made to the buildings that create risks of damage. Especially concerning is the
loss of stelae which are important both for the understanding of the history of Chinese communities here
and of Th?ng Long/Hanoi itself. No one has yet paid much serious attention to these stelae, however, nor
have they been studied by scholars. For example, in the most recently published work, A Collection of Han
Nom (Chinese-Vietnamese) scripts, done to celebrate Hanoi©s thousand year history, no stele made by the
Chinese communities in Hanoi was included.
This article outlines the current situation of Chinese stelae in Hanoi, and introduces the inscriptions carved
on them, in the hope of better understanding the history of Chinese communities there, which is an
important part of the history of Hanoi itself.
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Stone stelae, Chinese in Hanoi, Guild hall, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies
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