--- title: Vietnam Five Thousand Years of Culture poster (Vietnamese, distributed in Saigon) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vietnam-five-thousand-years-of-culture-banyan-poster-vietnamese-1957/ description: A Vietnamese-language colour chart titled 'Vietnam, five thousand years of culture'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Vietnam Five Thousand Years of Culture poster [![Vietnam Five Thousand Years of Culture poster, 1957 US poster: A Vietnamese-language colour chart titled 'Vietnam, five](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/vietnam-five-thousand-years-of-culture-banyan-poster-vietnamese-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/vietnam-five-thousand-years-of-culture-banyan-poster-vietnamese-1957.jpg) # Vietnam Five Thousand Years of Culture poster (Vietnamese, distributed in Saigon) A Vietnamese-language colour chart titled 'Vietnam, five thousand years of culture'. A banyan tree stands for the country's culture: roots below carry numbered entries on language and folk traditions, the trunk and branches are labelled by dynasty and period, and the leaves carry names of writers, scholars and artists. The tell is glittering-generalities: a single flattering image of continuous national heritage, with era labels running from before the common era to 1954. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` VIỆT-NAM NĂM NGÀN NĂM VĂN-HIẾN LÊ-VĂN-SIÊU trình-bày với sự cộng-tác của Họa-sĩ TỪ-DUYÊN HƯƠNG-DƯƠNG XUẤT-BẢN NGUYỄN-NHƯ-CẢNH PHÁT-HÀNH 3000 trước Tây-lịch BẮC-THUỘC (III tr. T.L. 938) THỜI LÝ (1010-1225) THỜI TRẦN THỜI LÊ (1428-1788) GIẶC MINH (1413-1427) ĐỜI HỒ (1400-1407) THỜI NGUYỄN (1802-1954) PHÁP THUỘC (1885-1954) TƯƠNG-LAI (1954) VĂN-HÓA VĂN-NGHỆ TÌNH-THẦN TAM-GIÁO ĐỒNG-NGUYÊN Tác giả giữ bản quyền [numbered labels, leaf names and root notes: illegible at this resolution] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` VIETNAM FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF CULTURE Presented by Le Van Sieu with the collaboration of the painter Tu Duyen Published by Huong Duong Distributed by Nguyen Nhu Canh 3000 before the Western calendar Northern domination (3rd c. BCE to 938) Ly period (1010-1225) Tran period Le period (1428-1788) Ming invaders (1413-1427) Ho era (1400-1407) Nguyen period (1802-1954); French domination (1885-1954) Future (1954) Culture; arts and letters Spirit of the three religions with a common origin Author reserves copyright [numbered labels illegible] ``` Only the title, imprint and larger period and section labels were read. Some period dates and the spelling of the 'three religions' heading are uncertain. 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