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Thai Vi temple festival in Ninh Binh

(1500 – 2000mm). Average             Chinese colonization
temperature varies from 21oC         During 1000 years, Vietnamese
to 27oC and gradually ascends        made constant uprisings to regain
from the north to the south. The     independence as initiated by the
north (from Hai Van pass up) has     resistance of the Two Trung Sisters
the tropical monsoon climate         (Hai Ba Trung) (40 - 43) and followed
with 4 separate seasons. The         by Lady Trieu (248). In the mid-6th
Northern winter is quite harsh       century, Ly Bi led troops to Giao
as temperature in the Northern       Chau defeat Tieu Tu and took over
mountainous regions may drop         Long Bien Fortress. This set up
below 0oC, and occasionally snow.    the first independent kingdom
                                     which was pitifully ill-fated. Many
The Southern territory from Hai      successive revolts of Mai Thuc Loan
Van pass down is characterized by    (722), Phung Hung (766 – 791)
the sub-equatorial climate which     and Ngo Quyen, who defeated
is consistently hot and divided      the South Han navy on Bach Dang
into two seasons: rainy (May to      River in 938m marked the end of
November) and dry.                   the poignant 1000-year Chinese
                                     colonization. In 939, Ngo Quyen
History briefing                     seized the throne and established
                                     the capital in Co Loa.
An Duong Vuong who later renamed
the country Au Lac built the Co Loa  Vietnamese feudal states
citadel (Dong Anh, Ha Noi). By 208   In the dynasties of Ngo (938 – 965),
BC Au Lac was replaced by Nam Viet   Dinh (969 – 979) and Pre-Le
nation of Zhao Tuo. In 111 BC, Nam   (980 – 1009), feudalism took root.
Viet was annexed by the Chinese      Vietnam entered a prolonged age
Han dynasty.

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