The Ất line ( vi, chi Ất;
Hán tự: 支乙; ''chi'' can also be translated to as ''branch'') was the tenth dynasty of
Hùng king
Hùng king (c. 2524 BC – ?; Chữ Hán: 雄王; vi, Hùng Vương (雄王) or ''vua Hùng'' (𤤰雄); ''Vương'' means "king" and ''vua'' means "monarch; could mean emperor or king") is the title given to the ancient Vietnamese rulers of the ...
s of the
Hồng Bàng period of
Văn Lang (now
Viet Nam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...
). Starting approximately 1251 B.C., the line refers to the rule of Hùng Hải Lang and his successors, when the seat of government was centered at
Việt Trì
Việt Trì (越池) is the capital city of Phú Thọ Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. In 2010, the city had a population of 260,288. The city covers an area of . Việt Trì is also the economic centre of the province and contains ...
.
History
Hùng Hải Lang was born approximately 1287 B.C., and took the
regnal name
A regnal name, or regnant name or reign name, is the name used by monarchs and popes during their reigns and, subsequently, historically. Since ancient times, some monarchs have chosen to use a different name from their original name when they ...
of Hùng Uy Vương upon becoming Hùng king.
[Biệt Lam Trần Huy Bá. (article title unknown). ''Nguồn Sáng'' magazine ''23'' - 1998.] The series of all Hùng kings following Hùng Hải Lang took that same regnal name of Hùng Uy Vương to rule over Văn Lang until approximately 1162 B.C.
By about 1200 B.C., a new phase of development of wet-rice cultivation and bronze casting occurred in the
Ma River and
Red River plains. These developments later contributed to the rise of the
Đông Sơn culture
The Dong Son culture or the Lạc Việt culture (named for modern village Đông Sơn, a village in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam) was a Bronze Age culture in ancient Vietnam centred at the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam from 1000 BC until the ...
, notable for its elaborate bronze drums.
Early history
Retrieved 2014-01-04.
References
Bibliography
*Nguyễn Khắc Thuần (2008). ''Thế thứ các triều vua Việt Nam''. Giáo Dục Publisher.
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Ancient peoples
Hồng Bàng dynasty
12th-century BC disestablishments
13th-century BC establishments