How related are Vietnamese and Chinese?
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Yes, Vietnamese is quite similar to Chinese in many ways. No, the two are not historically related (so your “grouping” of Vietnamese with Mandarin and Cantonese is not correct). Yes, people tend to find it easier to learn languages that are more similar to their native language.
Why do Vietnamese worship ancestors?
Hanoi (VNA) – Ancestor worship, an ancient Vietnamese tradition, is a ritual practice paying tribute to deceased family members and reminding people of their roots. Accordingly, children are obliged to respect their parents in life and to remember them after they die.
How do Vietnamese people worship their ancestors?
The practice of ancestor worship is relatively straightforward. Nearly every house, office, and business in Vietnam has a small altar which is used to commune with ancestors. After worship, the paper gifts are burnt so that the spirits of the gifts can ascend to heaven for the ancestors to use.
This is the genetic research done by the Vietnamese biomedical company, Vinmac. The answer is NO, Vietnamese aren’t related to Southern Chinese or East Asian more than Thai people. Both Thai and Vietnamese are equally related to East Asian on the similar level.
Do Vietnamese and Chinese people have any ancestry?
Both Vietnamese have some Chinese ancestry and Chinese people have some Vietnamese ancestry. You can’t be neighbours for millennia without immigration and intermarriage. Now I will attempt to answer the question more satisfactorily and in more details.
Is there Chinese blood in Vietnamese blood?
No, there’s no Chinese blood in Vietnamese people, because there’s no such thing as Chinese blood, or Vietnamese blood. They are just simply human blood. Blood donated from Vietnam can be transfused to a Chinese without any problems and vice versa, as long as the blood types and Rh factor are compatible.
Where do the Vietnamese come from?
Vietnamese are originally traced back from Southern China, where the tribes live. One of the tribe, which increasingly contacted to Chinese, were the Nanyue (Southern Vietnamese). Also, in Northern part of Vietnam, there existed a group of people, called the Giao Chi people.