Villages – Guilds
The Vietnamese culture has always evolved on the basis of the wet rice civilization. Thus, the lifestyle of the Vietnamese population is closely related to its village and native lands.
In Vietnamese
society, people gather together to form villages in rural areas, and guilds in
urban areas. Villages and guilds have been forming since the dawn of the
nation. These organizations have gradually developed for the population to be
more stable and closer together. Each village and guild has its own regulations
called conventions.
The purpose of
these conventions is the promotion of good customs within populations. All the
conventions are different but they are always in accordance with the state
laws.
Approximately
ten thousands such conventions are kept in the History Museum in Hanoi and in
other museums throughout the country.
