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From the urgent requirement of promoting cultural value in development Vietnamese cultureimbued with national identity in the context of international integration, from situation of cult

1 The purpose of the study

Thousands of years have passed, the history of national development and protection ofthe nation is also the history in which our father preserves and transmits cultural values Passingthrough “long time, immense space” through all social regimes with so many ups and downs,warm and poetic in the fire and smoke of the war, accreted layers of cultural sediment havecreated a culture with its own beauty, “the culture of Vietnamese identity” as well as become asource of intense vitality, a strong rope that binds the community in the past, present and future

The core of Vietnamese culture is formed by many factors, including the synthesis of thevalues distilled from many spaces and time of culture, crystallization and the characteristics ofunity in many form or quietly imbued with social life Part of those cultural values is vividlyexpressed in folk customs and beliefs, including Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

In 2013, " Nghi lễ Chầu văn của người Việt " (in Nam Dinh province and Ha Namprovince), " Lễ hội phủ Dầy" (Nam Dinh province) was recognized as an intangible culturalheritage at the national level On December 12, 2016, “Practicing Vietnamese spiritual belief ofThree Realms” which was adopted by UNESCO, has listed in the Representative List of theIntangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The recognition from national to world levels to the elements of Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses not only affirms cultural values of beliefs, but also shows the role of the propaganda

of cultural value is extremely important in the past few years

Through the content, methods, forms, means, propaganda activities have conveyed thehuman values of beliefs to a great number of people in the country contributing to awarenesschange in many classes as well as to promote such excellent transportation with friends in theworld However, the situation of the propaganda activities of the media of the commercialsector over the past time (especially after December 2016) also shows that there are manynegative manifestations and requirements, requiring total solutions and fiercely aboutpropaganda to convey the values of self-belief; rectify limitations and manifest standarddeviations in religious practice; disseminate and raise awareness about freedom of belief,religion, human rights

From the urgent requirement of promoting cultural value in development Vietnamese cultureimbued with national identity in the context of international integration, from situation of culturalvalue to be preserved and limitations in the practice of propaganda of the religion of beliefs in theNorthern Delta area, PhD candidate choose the topic “Propaganda of cultural value of Beliefs in theMother Goddesses in the Northern Vietnam nowadays” as my doctoral thesis

2 Aim and objective of the study

Aim of the study

Clarify the theoretical foundation and examination the situation of cultural propagandaactivities of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Vietnam, thereby proposingdirections and solutions to enhance the promotion of cultural value of beliefs in the NorthernVietnam today

Objective of the study

+ Systematizing and clarifying some theoretical issues about propaganda, cultural values and promoting cultural values of Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses;

+ Surveying, analyzing and evaluating the status of cultural values promotion of theBeliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Vietnam and the current issues;

+ Proposing direction and solutions to enhance the promotion of cultural values of Beliefs

in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Vietnam in the period of integration and development

3 Aim, Research objective và range of the study

- The research object of the thesis is the promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in theMother Goddesses using propaganda technique in the Northern Vietnam

- Range of objective

In terms of range of the study, the thesis focuses on survey in provinces and cities of in theNorthern Vietnam of Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Thai Binh and Hai Phong, particularly threeprovinces of Hanoi, Ha Nam and Nam Dinh

- Range of time:

The range of examination of the thesis is from 2012, when the ceremony of adoration ofVietnamese people was formally documented and recognized as national intangible culturalheritage, to date

4 Rationale and methodology of the study

4.1 Rationale of the study

The doctoral thesis is based on the theory of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thought,the views of the Communist Party of Vietnam on politial work, culture, religious, beliefs

4.2 Research Methods

The methodology of study is dialectical and historical materialism

The thesis uses the interdisciplinary approach of the following sciences including Politics,cultural science

Specific methods of study include practical fieldwork methods, sociological methods,methods of analyzing, synthesizing, literature reviews, inheriting relevant research results; logicalmethod - history, method of combining theory with practice; comparison method

5 New contributions of the thesis

The thesis systematically researches the propaganda of the media of Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses in the Northern Vietnam, thereby proposing direction and solutions to enhance thepromotion of cultural values of this belief This is a research area that is new and not duplicated

6 Meaning of theory and practice of the thesis

The thesis contributes to clarifying theoretical issues about promotion of cultural values;clarifying the current situation of propaganda activities of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses inthe Northern Vietnam in recent years (from 2012 to present)

The results of the project will contribute to providing scientific and practical arguments onthe propaganda activities of cultural values in Vietnam in general, of cultural values of the Beliefs

in the Mother Goddesses in particular These arguments will be the basis for promoting and

adjusting the propaganda activities of Vietnam in the coming time; contribute to preserving theBeliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Vietnam and raising people's awareness of thisparticular type of folklore.

7 Structure of thesis

In addition to the Introduction, Conclusion, List of References, the content of doctoralthesis includes 3 chapters, 9 periods

LITERATURE REVIEW ON PROMOTION OF CULTURAL VALUE OF THE BELIEFS

IN THE MOTHER GODDESSES BY USING PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUE

IN THE NORTHERN VIETNAM NOWADAYS

1 Studies related to propaganda and promotion of cultural values

1.1 Studies related to Propaganda

- Foreign research documents related to propaganda from the topic of the thesis, mainly

works on propaganda - one of 3 parts of the ideological work of the communist party In thoseresearchs, the authors went on analyzing and clarifying the concept of propaganda and affirmingthe role and importance and pointing out the tasks and requirements of this work The elementsthat constitute the propaganda work are also studied in a systematic way by many authors,especially in political propaganda, many contents are valuable reference for the thesis topic, such

as 7 principles, 7 requirements in media communication; 6 methods and methods of political andideological work (organizing education, guiding public opinion, organizing activities, settingexamples, educating through cultural products and activities, standardizing management)

- Many research in Vietnam on Party's propaganda and ideological work have systemarize

the most basic issues of the apperance of the concept, systematic development of propagandaactivities in human history and in the history of our country In addition, authors also clarify someprinciples of propaganda analyze element of progapanda including actors, contents, methods,means, audience

1.2 Studies related to promotion of cultural values of beliefs

In international studies, the research titled Values of Life and Cultural Values by Ec Hac

Don from the Democratic Republic of Germany is a remarkable research in which the authorapplied the views of Marxism to analyze and clarify the characteristics, nature and socialfunctions of the cultural values, affirming the importance of organization of cultural andideological activities in the "social orientation towards value" Many documented sociologicalsurvey results also show the awareness of the mission and the goal of propaganda, especially inthe value orientation for the strata of the people in the socialist regime

In Vietnamese researches, although there has not been any specific studies on the issue of

"propaganda of cultural values ", however, many contents related to this issue have been presented

in cultural and ideological studies, on cultural values and the transformation of the cultural values.The contents of propaganda mentioned from these point of view are the basis for inheriting andapplying in the study of propaganda of cultural values from the perspective of the thesis topic

2 The research related to the propaganda of cultural value of the Beliefs

Up to now, there has not been any scientific research systematically directly researching

on the propagation of biotechnology of beliefs in general, propaganda of biotechnology inparticular The research works related to this issue mainly belong to groups of documentsreferring to the content of state management propaganda on beliefs; or related to propagatingcultural values of beliefs, such as identifying cultural values of beliefs in general, identifyingcultural values of beliefs in some ethnic minorities, especially forms of belief culture of the Tayand Thai people that are shamanic rituals has many similarities with life cycle rituals in theBeliefs in the Mother Goddesses However, this is still an important reference source for thethesis, especially in determining the content of biotechnology of the belief

2.1 Achievements and research issues to be studied

2.1.1 Achievements

Research works in the country and abroad on propaganda and propaganda ofbiotechnology; propaganda of biotechnology of beliefs and propaganda of biotechnology of thesouthern central region from many angles, providing background and practical knowledge for theresearch of the dissertation topic “Propaganda of cultural value of Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses in the Northern Vietnam nowadays”

- First, on propaganda and cultural values promotion

The researches on propaganda based on Marxism - Leninism have clarified the history andthe content of “propaganda” in the declaration, transmission - one of the 3 parts of thecommunist party's ideological work In particular, many researchs go into analysis, clarifying theelements that constitute the propaganda and the characteristics and dialectical relationships ofthose elements, such as identifying subjects, objects and content, methods, means, propagandaresults; pointed out the dialectical relationship, interaction between propaganda purposes -propaganda audience - propaganda content - methods, forms and means of propaganda Someresearch projects also mentioned propaganda issues as a special form of social activity

The issue of cultural propaganda has not been studied systematically and comprehensively

by any author, but the content related to this issue has been initially mentioned, or integrated inresearch works saving propaganda from the perspective of culture - ideology, about the culturalvalues of beliefs and changes of cultural values in contemporary context Thereby, contributing toclarifying the relationship between propaganda and culture, the importance of culturalpropaganda activities; at the same time, provide materials for reference in determining thecontents of cultural values propaganda

- Secondly, about propaganda cultural values of the beliefs:

Until now, there has not been any specific research on the propagation of cultural values ofbeliefs, however, each face and each element of the problem This topic has also been mentioned

by some authors, mainly from the perspective of state management of beliefs, or in researchworks on beliefs in Vietnam today

Accordingly, the research works on state management for religious and religious activitiesare both the basis for implementing propaganda activities, as well as an important content in the

propaganda of the cultural value of credit threshold; studies on beliefs, especially those on ethnicbeliefs of ethnic minorities, with many similarities in practice with the Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses, have contributed to clarifying the position and role of credit threshold in the life ofthe community, is a reference source in identifying cultural values of beliefs and changes of thesevalues in the present context Besides pointing out the human values, moral values, artisticvalues, values reflecting social history in beliefs, many authors also identify and explain somenegative phenomena in religious activities in our country; give a forecast on the movement trend

of religious forms in the coming time These contents are of reference in researching andproposing solutions to promote the role of propaganda activities in preserving and promoting thecultural value of beliefs

2.1.2 Research issues to be studied

It can be said that, related to the dissertation topic, in addition to the research works onpropaganda, it is quite systematically presented from the perspective of politics - ideologicalwork, studies on the Beliefs in the Mother and the teaching of the Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses in the northern Vietnam are approached from many different angles, such as religion,culture, state management so the content is still quite sporadic, lack of system This makesshaping the theoretical framework, identifying the constituent elements and the basis forimplementing analysis and evaluation of the practice of propaganda and communication of theBeliefs in the northern Vietnam with many difficulties and limitations

The process of summarizing the research works related to the issues of propaganda of theBeliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the the northern Vietnam also suggests many issues that need

to be further clarified when studying the thesis topic "Propaganda of cultural values of the Beliefs

in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Delta of Vietnam today ”as follows:

- Firstly, on the basis of applying the common concepts of propaganda, transport, and tradefinance, it is necessary to supplement and clarify the connotations of the concept of propaganda

on transportation of the Beliefs and propaganda of the lecturers of the the Beliefs in the southernregion At the same time, building a theoretical framework for the propaganda of biotechnologypropaganda of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

- Secondly, it is necessary to identify and clarify the factors that constitute thepropaganda activities of biotechnology of the belief, including purposes, subjects, subjects,content, methods, forms, means of propagation, weak factors subjective and objective factorsaffecting the propaganda of transportation of the belief At the same time, clarifying a number

of issues that are indispensable and objective of the propaganda of transportation of the belief inour country today

- Thirdly, using the established theoretical framework, it is necessary to conduct asynthesis of documents and surveys, analysis, evaluation of the status of propaganda activities ofthe promotion the Beliefs in the Northern Delta of Vietnam and point out the cause

- Fourthly, initially, it is necessary to propose a number of views and solutions to enhancethe propaganda of transportation's biotechnology, contributing to the preservation and promotion

of the representative intangible cultural heritage of mankind "Practicing the Beliefs in the Mother

Goddesses of Tam Phu of Vietnamese" and promoting the value of the Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses in the development of an advanced Vietnamese culture, imbued with the nationalidentity in our country today.

Chapter 1 CULTURAL VALUE PROMOTION OF THE BELIEFS IN THE MOTHER GODDESSES - SOME THEORETICAL ISSUES 1.1 Propaganda and propaganda work

In the most general sense, it is possible to understand propaganda as a special form ofsocial activity in which actors disseminate opinions and ideas that change perception and promotethe change of behavior of a person, or a certain group of audience according to their wishes.Propaganda activities are organized into a process with the aim of continuously improving theeffectiveness of propaganda, called propaganda work In some capitalist countries, the concept ofpropaganda is now associated with the concept of communication in terms of emphasizing thetechnique of the activity, or with negative meaning as one-way information

From the research perspective of the thesis, Propaganda can be understood as an activitywith intend purpose in which actors using methods, and means to convey propaganda contents inorder to change the awareness, attitudes, develop, strengthen beliefs and encourage audience topromote positive actions for the purpose of propaganda

1.2 Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses and cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

1.2.1 Definition

Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses is a spiritual and cultural component of Vietnamese,including the worship and ritual system centered at the symbolic worship of symbolic spiritualMother, representing the power of nature, which is the convergence of human beauty and the soul ofVietnamese women, encourage people to real life with values of Truth - Goodwill - Beauty values

1.2.2 Constituent elements

- System of gods, gods, divine powers

Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses is a worship system that is centered on Goddesses Withthree religious classes including worshiping goddess, mother and mother from three realms, fourrealms, and other forms of worship in each region, locality, there are differences

Accordingly, the layout of the temple, the spiritual system and the relics of the samplesworshiped in the religion are also different In particular, the Mother Goddesses class of Tam Phuand Tu Phu during the development process has shaped a kind of electric god with a relativelytight layout in the model of "Tam tam, Tu Phu" Among those, the "Three Court" is the ThreeHoly of Mother Goodness, "Four Government" is the Four Government Council with the worshipsystem includes many saints in 4 regions of heaven, earth, water, forest

- Church worship facilities, practice teams and rituals, religious festivals

Worship facilities of Mother Goddesses are temples, shrines, the government of the church

or worshiping, worshiping the Mother and saints in the faith, including some private temples and

shrines In addition, there are Mother Mausoleums and temples worshiping Mother according tothe model "pre-Buddhist, post-Mother", or temples, pagodas and shrines worshiping MotherGodness “Thien Ya Na”.

Team of religious practice in North and area North Central areas, Mother Goddesses, has

“thanh dong” (people practicing rituals), “cung van” (singer and artist who play musicalinstruments in “chau singing”) and shamans (person who perform offerings in the ritual), “haudang” (who put on scarves and help “thanh dong” in the ritual) In the “thanh dong” staff, there is adistinction among “dong dien”, “dong dien”, “thu nhang, “dong thay”, “tan dong” In the South andthe South Central Coast, in addition to the owners of the ritual, there is a “ba bong” performing theritual of bong dancing and also singing a “bong roi” Participating in the activities of the MotherGoddesses, there are also people in the localities through the ceremony at the worshiping facilities

Regarding rituals and festivals, in the practice of Mother Goddess is the North and theNorth of the Central region, the types of rituals clearly reflect the central position of person,established according to the life cycle and meet the essential demand Methods of ritual practice

in regions and regions may varied from differences areas but the most common and special is theritual on “hau dong”/ “len dong”, “hau bong”

In South Central Vietnam, on important occasions or festivals, ceremonies are usuallyperformed, such as sacrifices, ceremonies, processions, etc In the South, there is also a form of

“ba bong” (person performs the ritual) Traditional festivals are: August Father's Day, MarchMother's Day; feasts of the saints in the Mother Goddess (such as the day of birth, the day ofdeath or Day related to the achievement of the saints)

1.2.3 Cultural values of Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

1.2.3.1 Definition

The cultural value of mother worship is the creative cultural crystallization in the process

of existence and development of beliefs, aiming to lead people to good things, to the value oftruth - goodness - America The cultural value of the Mother worship is preserved andtransmitted by the community from generation to generation and is manifested through thepractice of belief in social life

1.2.3.2 Cultural values of Mother worship

Many of the current opinions said that Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses as a livingmuseum holding many traditional cultural values of the nation From the research perspective ofthe dissertation, the generalization of cultural values of belief is based on the reference system ofthe concept of cultural value of Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses and mainly based on theelements of the class of worship from three realms, from four realms, the goddess is the MotherLieu Lieu Hanh - the most popular worship class in the Northern Delta region as a basis forstudying in the following sections

Accordingly, the cultural values of the Mother Goddesses worship beliefs include

traditional moral values, such as "drinking water, remember the source"; respect for women, aspirations for gender equality; beauty values, such as beauty in art performance and beauty in visual art and value in unique literary

1.3 Promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses and its elements

1.3.1 The definition of propaganda of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

Propaganda of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses the activity that theactors using methods to spread cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses, to helpaudience have accurate perception about its culture value and at the same time, encourage them toself-consciously and actively participate in preserving, and promoting these cultural values andfighting against superstitious phenomena as well as manifesting the abuse of beliefs to takeadvantage, negatively affecting community life

1.3.2 Factors that constitute the promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

1.3.2.1 Actor of propaganda

- Management actors:

include the committees, the authorities at all levels from the central to local levels(especially localities with worshiping facilities) of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses); thepropaganda committee at all levels from the central to local levels; the branches of statemanagement of culture, beliefs and religions (the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, theGovernment Commission for Religious Affairs and vertical branches to localities)

- Actors directly responsible for promoting cultural value: are officials of cultural branches

at all levels With the vertical branch system coming to the facility, the cultural staff is also thecore force in coordinating the propaganda activities There is also a religious staff of the interiorindustry

- Semi-specialized actors responsible for promoting of cultural values of Mother worship

beliefs include the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at all levels, especially inlocalities where there are the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses In addition, there are managementboards, representatives of religious worship facilities, scientists, researchers, knowledgeablepeople, who appreciate the Cultural Values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses, socialorganizations and congregations - an organization of religious practitioners, and some prestigiouspeople in the religious practice team

1.3.2.2 Audience of propaganda

- Practitioners of Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses: Religious practitioners, especially monks

- All people in the country, overseas Vietnamese and international friends interested in Vietnamese culture.

1.3.2.3 Aim of propaganda

The purpose of promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses is to makethe cultural values feel the propaganda audience and social communities, so that they can have right,objective and full awareness on cultural values of beliefs, identify negative manifestations, acts ofmisuse of beliefs There will be an attitude of respect, preservation and promotion of cultural values

of beliefs and elimination of negative manifestations, acts of abusing beliefs, especially active

participation in conservation and promotion of Values the culture of the Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses, eliminating abusive behaviors that lose the cultural value of beliefs.

1.3.2.4 Promotional content

- First, the cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses, such as traditionalmoral values (morality "drinking water, remember the source", respect for women, aspirationsfor gender equality), but beauty value (beauty in art performance, beauty in visual art) andvalue of unique literary

- Secondly, identifying and criticizing and eliminating negative phenomena, manifestationsand acts of abusing beliefs to profit, distorting and deforming the cultural values of the Beliefs inthe Mother Goddesses, causing disunity, affecting community life

- Third, summarize, review, praise and reward positive examples and draw experience inthe process of promoting cultural values of the beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

- Fourthly, the Party's views and policies, the State's policies and laws relate to preservingand promoting the cultural values of the beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

1.3.2.5 Propaganda method

- The method of using direct words: the use of words to convey the contents of the Beliefs

in the Mother Goddesses propaganda in a convincing manner

- Visual method: is to use printing and visual means to propagate the teaching

communication of the ritual, such as publishing books, photo books, exhibition, display ofembroidery art of religious costumes

- Practical method: to organize practical activities to propagate the biotechnology of the

Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

1.3.2.6 Promotional form

- Organizing festival activities related to the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses such asperforming on “len dong”/ “hau dong”/ “hau bong”, “chau van singing”

- Organizing forms of theater and through art activities

- Organizing scientific talks, seminars and talks on culture values of the Beliefs in theMother Goddesses

- Restoring some rituals in religious practice with unique cultural values

- Organizing religious festivals to ensure safety and health

- Organizing activities to introduce and promote the culture values of the the Beliefs in theMother Goddesses in foreign countries

1.3.2.7 Promotional means

- Using cultural institutions, such as museums, theaters, temples, temples, temples, etc

- Using mass media, such as printed newspapers, radio, television, electronic newspapers

- Use the practice of beliefs of the audience of the religious practice

1.3.2.8 Propaganda results

- Awareness of the object of propaganda about the cultural values of the Beliefs in theMother Goddesses and the specific expression of these cultural values in the components ofbeliefs; on negative behaviors, taking advantage of belief activities; Party policy, policies andlaws of the State relating to belief

- The attitude of the propaganda audience on issues, such as the necessity to preserve andpromote the cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses; eliminating negativebehaviors, phenomena abusing beliefs to profit.

- Behavior of the propaganda objects in the observance of policies and laws inparticipating in activities of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses; participation in propagandaactivities of cultural values of beliefs and struggle with negative behaviors, abuse of beliefs orillegal belief activities

1.4 The concept of promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Delta of Vietnam

1.4.1 Definition of promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses

in the Northern Delta of Vietnam

Promotion of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Delta

of Vietnam are the activities that the propaganda actors in the Northern Delta use methods andmeans to convey the content of information to help people grasp and understand cultural values

of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses, from there to encourage and encourage them to activelytake part in preserving, preserving and promoting the cultural value of the Beliefs in the MotherGoddesses and fighting against negative superstitions as acts of taking advantage of beliefactivities to profit, negatively affecting social life in the Northern Delta

1.4.2 The need to promote cultural value of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in the Northern Delta of Vietnam

1.4.2.1 Derived from the cultural values of the Mother God worship and its transformation in the Northern Delta

Experiencing a long history of development and many ups and downs, the Beliefs in theMother Goddesses has crystallized many cultural values need to be preserved, transmitted andpromoted In the present context, along with the process of national renewal and internationalintegration, the cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses step by step are recognizedand evaluated more objectively However, in some respects these values are being impacted,affected by the reverse of the market economy, or the introduction of many foreign cultural andcultural factors, causing some negative phenomena, which needs to be timely rectified Therefore,along with the cultural values of beliefs, the change of these cultural values also makes thepropaganda problem more necessary and urgent

1.4.2.2 Stemming from the views and policies of the Party and the State on building an advanced Vietnamese culture, deeply imbued with national identity in the context of integration and building new life at the grassroots level.

The Resolution of the 12th Party Congress determines the goal of building Vietnameseculture and people to develop comprehensively, towards the righteousness - good - America,imbued with the spirit of nationalism, humanity, democracy and science, also affirmed to promotethe values and positive factors in the culture of religion and belief From the requirement ofbuilding Vietnamese culture in the new situation, along with the requirement of implementinginternational commitments to protect intangible cultural heritages, promoting the cultural value of

the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses is an objective requirement The propagation of the culturalvalue of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses also contributed positively to building cultural life

at the grassroots level

1.4.2.3 Derived from the need to remedy incomplete and unrecognized perceptions of the cultural values of the Mother God worship and the negative behaviors and manifestations of religious activities

In a time of renovation, the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses was once consideredsuperstitious, even banned from practice, thus forming a thought, a negative, negative or skepticalway of evaluating Cultural values of beliefs in a social section This is not easy to remove in ashort time On the other hand, in the past few years, the step by step religious practices have beenrecognized at the national level and at the international level because the unique cultural values need to be preserved and promoted, leading to the outbreak lack of control of belief activities,even create conditions for acts of abusing beliefs to profit affecting the life of the community,violating the law If these issues are to be prolonged, they will harm, erode, even distort, lose thecultural values of beliefs, so it is necessary to well organize propaganda activities in conservationand promote cultural values of this belief

1.4.2.4 Stemming from the requirement of ensuring people's freedom of belief and fighting against the conspiracy to cause unity of religion and belief in our country today

In a period of time before the renewal, the model cruelty was considered superstitious,even banned from practice, thus forming a negative thought, judgment, denial or skeptic aboutcultural values of religion in a part of society This is not easy to erase in a short time Over thepast few years, the practice of religious practices has been recognized nationally andinternationally, which has led to an outbreak of uncontrolled religious activities, and evenfacilitated behavior abusing beliefs for self-seeking affecting the life of the community,violating the law These issues, if sustained, will harm, disappear, or even distort, lose thecultural values of beliefs, therefore, it is necessary to organize propaganda activities inconservation and upholding the cultural values of this tradition

1.4.2.5 Stemming from the request to ensure the freedom of belief of the people and to fight against the conspiracy to cause disorganization of religion and belief in our country today.

The 2016 Law on Beliefs and Religions raises the right to freedom of belief and religion tobecome the right of everyone; at the same time concretize many contents on beliefs, managereligious activities to ensure the exercise of people's freedom of belief Accordingly, thepropaganda of cultural values of the Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses, on the one hand, is therealization of the Party's views, guidelines, policies and laws of the State on ensuring thefreedom of belief of all people; on the other hand, contribute to raising the people's awareness

of their rights and responsibilities in preserving and promoting the cultural values of beliefs;strictly obey the law when participating in religious activities, without affecting the legitimaterights and interests of others At the same time, contributing to the prevention, struggle, andcounter-argument of hostile forces taking advantage of religion and belief to implement the plot

of "peaceful evolution" in our country

Chapter 2 PROPAGANDA OF CULTURAL VALUE OF THE BELIEFS IN THE

MOTHER GODDESSES IN THE NORTHERN VIETNAM NOWADAY -

CURRENT SITUATION AND THEIR ISSUES 2.1 Factors affecting the promotion of cultural values of the beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta of Vietnam

2.1.1 Natural, economic and social characteristics of the Northern Delta region

The Northern Delta is one of the two largest deltas of our country, which is accreted byalluvial deposits of the Red River and Thai Binh River With natural, economic, social andcultural conditions, the Northern Delta is the cradle of the beliefs in the mother goddessesformation and preserving and transmitting cultural values of beliefs through events and ups anddowns of history Along with the process of change in all aspects of localities in the region, thebeliefs in the mother goddesses also has many changes, development and differentiation from thecommercial market in other regions, regions and localities

2.1.2 Characteristics of the beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta

2.1.2.1 The beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta is a kind of indigenous belief that is quite popular and popular in the region in the region

In the structure of the beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta, Lieu Hanh isthe Holy Mother of the goddess, although appearing quite late in the spirit of belief, it is said thataround the fifteenth century associated with the legend of "three world births", in first Christmas

in Phu Non, Y Yen district and the second one in Phu Thuc, Vu Ban district, are all in Nam Dinhprovince today Currently, the localities in the Northern Delta are places where many places ofworship are located and there are quite a number of people who practice religion

2.1.2.2 The beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta has a quite unified but still open and unstable power

One of the differences of the beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Deltacompared to other classes is that in the system of electric gods with quite unified layout with theworshiping goods are: Chư Phật - Vua Cha - Thánh Mẫu - Quan Lớn - Chầu Bà - Ông Hoàng -Thánh Cô - Thánh Cậu - Hạ ban The committee always has the Ngũ Hổ (the year of the Tiger)and the upper body has two Ông Lốt (two Snakes) However, with the characteristic of folkbeliefs, the beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta shows very bold openness,shown in many factors, focusing on the change in the electric god, with the change in the number

of saints are worshiped, their models of worship and divine relics in the localities

2.1.2.3 The forms of practicing the beliefs in the mother goddesses in the Northern Delta are quite plentiful, in which the most special is the rituals on bronze / almost bronze / shadow; however, due to the "blurring" of religious practice, there is a phenomenon of being exploited by some individuals to profit

With a large number of worshiping facilities in the area, including the centers of religiouspractice, the Northern Delta is a place that regularly takes place and preserves many forms ofthis practice of religion In the forms of practice of commercial practice in the Northern Delta,