Aya Shawn · Living in Singapore, professional investor1
History is changing
When the Han Empire controlled Vietnam 2,000 years ago, there was no doubt that the people on this land also belonged to the Han people.During this period, the “Han people” were not a nation, but “citizens of the Han Empire”
So far, DNA analysis has found that Vietnam’s dominant ethnic group, the Kinh ethnic group, has genes from both the Han people in southern China and the Dai people in Yunnan, which proves history.
Why did the Kinh gradually become an independent nation and Vietnam became an independent country? Because Vietnam’s geographical location is too far from the core of the Chinese Empire.
It is located in the Indochina Peninsula and belongs to the tropical region.
The birthplace of Chinese civilization is in the temperate zone. It is a temperate agricultural civilization. It is difficult for both soldiers and civilians to adapt to the environment in the tropical zone.
In ancient Chinese historical documents, there are a large number of words and poems about the “terrible” in the southern tropical regions. They even created many words to describe the terribleness of these places.
No imperial officials were willing to work in these places unless they were political losers or were punished. Only then will they be sent to these places.
So, when the empire was strong, they had the ability to control these regions, and when the empire declined and fragmented, these regions would break away. In the past 2000 years, Vietnam and the Central Empire have been in a cycle of control and division, without truly completing the integration of civilizations.
The control of Vietnam by the Ming and Qing empires was indirect for the most part.
During this period, Vietnam’s national consciousness has gradually awakened
When facing the emperor of the Central Empire, their rulers called themselves “subordinates” and recognized Vietnam as a vassal state of the Central Empire.
But within their own country, they called themselves “emperors” and ruled the country in the manner of the central empire.
In the 18th century, due to the intervention of colonialists, this land was isolated from China. became a truly independent country after World War II.
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