INFORMATION ON MASTER’S THESIS

1. Full name : HOÀNG VIỆT HƯƠNG 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: April 26th, 1987 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Admission decision number: Student Recognition D ecision No.: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 14th 2009 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ha Noi. 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Surveying legends and festivals of “Thang Long tu tran” (Thang Long Four Guardian Gods Temples) 8. Major: Folklore 9. Code: 60 22 36 10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Tran Thi An, Head of Scientific Management Department , Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: + The thesis has investigated the formation of of the notion “Thang Long tu tran”, studied the course of building the temples to understand the cultural and geographical contexts where the relics to worship sacred deities have become the geographical- spiritual space of Hanoi people across the time length: Quan Thanh temple (Deity in the North), Kim Lien temple (Deity in the South), Bach Ma temple (Deity in the East) and Voi Phuc temple (Deity in the West). + From the perspective of folklore, the thesis has also focused on analyzing plots of the legends and regular models from legends that people had used to invent legends. Based on the analysis of the plot and model, the thesis has analyzed the overlapping cultural meaning layers in legends and worshipping of 4 deities in Thang Long four regions so that we can further understand the history and cultural history of the land and people in the capital. + The thesis has investigated festivals taking place in the above four relics, analyzing and making clear the meaning of cultural layers in the worshipping of 4 deities that has become so sacred and familiar to Hanoi inhabitants. 12. Practical applicability, if any: is a good source for reference to study and serve for managing relics of Thang Long tu tran. 13. Further research directions, if any: Study more deeply the movement of the worship of Thang Long four deities across the time line, comparing the worship of Thang Long tu tran to the worship of deities in other localities about similarities and disparities in termsoff concepts, cognition, belief and festivals. 14. Thesis-related publications: None