Top 10 best Vietnamese legends, extremely meaningful

Legend is a genre of folk literature, born after myths. Vietnamese legends often have elements of fantasy, related to history. Let’s discover the top 10 Vietnamese legends with Tnhelearning.edu.vn that you should not miss!

The Lord of MountainsThe Lord of Sea

The Lord of MountainsThe Lord of Sea

Did you know that the rains and floods that always come at all times of the year are believed to originate from the legend of Son Tinh – Thuy Tinh? Legend has it that, in the past, during the 18th Hung King’s reign, the king had an extremely beautiful daughter named My Nuong and wanted her to have a husband, he opened a meeting to pick a son-in-law.

In particular, there are two powerful gods who want to participate in the congress of the bridegroom: Son Tinh – the mountain god of Tan Vien mountain and Thuy Tinh – the water god who rules the sea. The two gods were equally talented, no one yielded to anyone, so the king came up with a marriage proposal.

Surprisingly, the offerings are all on land such as 100 pieces of glutinous rice, 100 pots of banh chung, nine tusks, nine spurts of chicken, and nine red maroon horses. Because the products were all in favor of Son Tinh, he offered them to the king faster than Thuy Tinh.

Thuy Tinh was very angry and unwilling, so he raised water to fight with Son Tinh, but every time the victory belonged to Son Tinh.

Due to dissatisfaction with the above results, each year Thuy Tinh will continue to raise the water very high so that one day it will defeat Son Tinh.

Link mp3: Legend of Son Tinh – Thuy Tinh

First Dragon children

First Dragon children

In all of us, we all want to find out what the origin of human beings is and how. The legend of the Dragon and the Fairy will tell you how we were formed. Legend has it that, during the reign of King Lac Long Quan, who was originally a Dragon, he had feelings for her, U Co, who was the daughter of a fairy.

After that, the two were approved by their families and got married. u Co became pregnant and gave birth to a hundred eggs with boys and girls. Because u Co is a descendant of Tien and Lac Long Quan is a descendant of the Dragon, the two cannot live together to raise their children. Therefore, they decided to take 50 children to the sea with their father and 50 children to go to the mountains with their mother.

Those hundred children became the ancestors of the Bach Viet ethnic group. The eldest son in Phong Chau was honored as the king of Van Lang, took the title of Hung Vuong and passed the throne to maintain 18 kings.

Link mp3: Legend of the Dragon and the Fairy

Saint Giong

Saint Giong

Legend has it that in the 6th Hung King’s reign, in a small village called Giong, there were two kind and kind old men and women, but for a few years, they did not have a single child.

One day, while out visiting the fields, the old woman saw a very large footprint and she tried it, but after only a few months, she became pregnant. Everyone in the village was surprised to hear that she was pregnant, and after a long time of heavy labor, a baby boy was born.

However, at the age of three, the baby still can’t talk, can’t smile, can’t walk, lay there. At that time, there was an enemy who wanted to invade the country, so the king ordered a heroic hero to stand up and defend the country. At that moment, the child suddenly spoke to the messenger that said he needed an iron horse that could breathe fire, a whip and an iron shirt to destroy the enemy.

During the preparation time, the boy ate more and grew faster. As soon as the enemy army reached Buffalo Mountain, he flew out and put on his iron armor, jumped on the back of the iron horse, rushed into the enemy and defeated them. After defeating the enemy, he thanked his parents for their upbringing and rode back to heaven. People were indebted to him and named him Phu Dong Thien Vuong.

Link mp3: Legend of Saint Giong

My Chau – Trong Thuy

Trong Thuy – My Chau

After helping King An Duong Vuong complete Co Loa Thanh, god Kim Quy gave the king a claw to make a magic crossbow. Thanks to the power of the crossbow, the king always won against the attack of Trieu Da’s army and kept the peace for the country. Knowing the secret of the magic crossbow, Trieu Da thought of a plan to propose to My Chau for Trong Thuy and King An Duong Vuong agreed.

After Trong Thuy tricked Mi Chau into letting her see the magic crossbow, he tried to steal it and swapped it with a fake crossbow. Because he had the magic crossbow in hand, Trieu Da brought his troops to fight u Lac. The king thought that he kept the magic crossbow in his hand, so he was not afraid at all. When knowing that the magic crossbow was fake, the country had also returned to the enemy’s hands, the king and My Chau ran to the South.

At this time, the god Kim Quy appeared to accuse My Chau and said that she had spread feathers on her shirt to make a sign for the enemy. When the king heard that he was very angry, he cut his son to death and went into the sea. Trong Thuy came and brought My Chau’s body to be buried in Loa Thanh, her body immediately turned into jade. Because of guilt and strong love for My Chau, Trong Thuy threw herself into a deep well to commit suicide.

Link mp3: Legend of My Chau – Trong Thuy

Banh Chung – Banh Giay

Banh Chung – Banh Giay

The legend of Banh Chung – Banh Giay originates from the 6th Hung Vuong reign, the king was old and wanted to find a worthy son to succeed the throne. The king made a rule that you must follow the rituals on Tien Vuong’s day to be king.

The princes were racing to buy all kinds of gifts to offer to the king. However, the 18th son, Lang Lieu, was very sad because he had to work in the fields every day and his family was poor, so he could not find any solemn offerings to his father. After a dream night, he was told by a god that he should take glutinous rice, green beans and pork to make two kinds of cakes, round and square to offer to his father.

The king found the cake to have a very special taste, symbolizing the earth and heaven bringing blessings to the country. The king named the round cake as banh day and the square cake as banh chung and ordained Lang Lieu.

Link mp3: Legend of Banh Chung – Banh Giay

Mai An Tiem (The origin of watermelon)

Mai An Tiem

In the reign of King Hung, there was a young man named Mai An Tiem, he was a servant but loved by the king and made him a mandarin. Later, due to disobeying the king, he was taken to a deserted island. Here, he and his wife worked hard but did not go well until accidentally picked up seeds brought by birds from the west, he tried to plant this seed in the ground and take care of it.

After a few months, the seeds have budded, flowered, produced fruits with green skin and red flesh with cool sweet taste and lots of water. Because the birds brought this seed from the west, he named this fruit Tay Qua, later called watermelon. Over time, the king heard that Mai An Tiem was famous for his unique fruit, he understood his heart and returned to the palace.

Link mp3: Legend of Mai An Tiem

Legend of Ba Be Lake

Legend of Ba Be Lake

In the past, villagers often had the custom of opening a festival to pray for Buddha at the beginning of the year. Everyone in the village wears beautiful clothes to worship and worship the Buddha. Suddenly one day an old beggar with sore and thin body came to beg for food. But everyone was scared and quickly chased her away.

When the old woman left, she met the other mother and daughter from the market. They saw that she was poor, so they brought her home and brought her food to eat and stay overnight. Late at night, they saw the place where the old woman lay was glowing with the shape of a giant dragon lying curled up and both mother and daughter were terrified and closed their eyes hoping that it would be okay.

In the morning, they only saw the old beggar woman waving her hand and announcing that there was going to be a big flood and gave a package of kitchen ashes to sprinkle around the house. Hearing that, the worried mother asked how to save the rest, she immediately picked up the grain, broke it, and gave two pieces of the husk. Then she disappeared, mother and daughter quickly brought the story to the villagers but no one believed.

That night, while everyone was doing the ceremony, a column of underground water rose and the ground collapsed, causing the water to rise and knock down people’s trees and houses. The house of the mother and daughter is okay because wherever the water rises, the house will rise up there. The mother felt very sorry for the villagers and, remembering the old woman’s words, dropped two pieces of rice husk into the water. They turned into two huge boats and they used the boats to save the villagers from the water.

When the water receded, the collapsed part of the land was named Ba Be lake by the people, and the floor of the mother’s house was called Ba Gao mound.

Link mp3: Legend of Ba Be Lake

Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung

Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung

Once upon a time, there was a father and son, a father named Chu Cu Van and a son named Chu Dong Tu. Because the family was poor, so the father and son only had one loincloth to wear, only those who had to go anywhere wore loincloths. Later, when the father fell ill and died, he told his son to use a loincloth, but Chu Dong Tu did not see his father naked at the time of his death, so he used a loincloth for his father before burying him.

At this time, there was a princess named Tien Dung, whose beauty was leaning towards the city, but she had not yet married to give her parents peace of mind. During a boat trip on the river, she saw the beautiful scenery, so she went down to take a bath. Unexpectedly, she saw Chu Dong Tu hiding in the sand because she was embarrassed, she asked the reason and from then on the two got married.

Because of fear of being scolded by his father, Tien Dung stayed and lived with Dong Tu. After a good time, Tien Dung advised Dong Tu to go to the sea to find strange objects to sell to earn more money. However, on the way, Dong Tu met a monk named Phat Quang and was consecrated by him.

He stayed and studied religion, after finishing he was given a staff and a miraculous hat. Thanks to these divine items, Tien Dung and Dong Tu built a desirable property. When the king heard the news and thought they were rioting, he sent troops to fight, but when they arrived, they flew to the sky. The land they flew on was built a temple right on the beach by people.

Link mp3: Legend of Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung

Legend of the famous general Yet Kieu

Yet Kieu

During the reign of King Tran, there was a heroic general named Yet Kieu. At that time, the Nguyen army was trying to invade our country, they always relied on the treacherous river to bring troops to occupy. However, with strong strength and great will, Yet Kieu met with the king and asked to bring an army to ambush in the reeds along the riverbank.

Then he alone would use a sharp drill to drill through the bottoms of the Yuan army’s boats. After drilling a hole, he covered it with a rag and tied it with a string.

Waiting for the enemy to fall asleep, Yet Kieu tugged at the ends of the rope and the enemy’s fleet sank in the sea. After that, Yet Kieu sent his army forward and defeated the panicking enemy. King Tran gave Yet Kieu the title of “First Department of Marine Marshal”.

Since then, people have always considered the famous General Yet Kieu as a hero who contributed to the glorious victory of the mighty Tran army.

Link mp3: Legend of the famous General Yet Kieu

Legend of Sword Lake

Legend of Sword Lake

During the time when the Ming invaders invaded our country, they plundered wealth and killed good people everywhere, in Lam Son area, a group of heroes stood up to fight them. Due to the thin and weak force, many failures were encountered.

At that time, there was a guy named Le Than who was a fisherman and one night he picked up an iron rod three times. Seeing the coincidence, he brought it back to forge with fire and discovered it was a sword,

Then, Than joined the Lam Son insurgent army. While being chased by the enemy, Le Loi and everyone split up. Suddenly coming to a certain forest, Le Loi saw a light and discovered it was the hilt of a sword.

He remembered Le Than’s glowing sword and brought the hilt back and put it on the blade. The sword raised the solidarity of the soldiers and helped the insurgents regain a quick victory. A year later, while King Le Loi rode a dragon boat around Ta Vong Lake, a god Kim Quy appeared to claim the magic sword and the king did not hesitate to return the sword immediately. From then on, people named the lake as Sword Lake or Hoan Kiem Lake.

Link mp3: Legend of Sword Lake

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