The Chấn line ( vi, chi Chấn; Hán tự: 支震; ''chi'' can also be translated to as ''branch'') was the fourth 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

Vietnam 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 ...

). Starting 2252 B.C., the line refers to the rule of Bửu Lang and his successors, when the seat of government was centered at

Phú Thọ Phú Thọ () is a district-level town in Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam 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 ...

History

Bửu Lang (year of birth unknown) 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 Diệp Vương (雄曄王) upon becoming Hùng king.Biệt Lam Trần Huy Bá. (article title unknown). ''Nguồn Sáng'' magazine ''23'' - 1998. The series of all Hùng kings following Bửu Lang took that same regnal name of Hùng Diệp Vương to rule over Văn Lang until approximately 1913 B.C. The burial customs of this period were that the bodies lay straight. But a sick deceased was usually laid to rest curled in the fetal position. The evidence for early

Vietnamese calendar The Vietnamese calendar ( vi, âm lịch; Hán-Nôm: 陰曆) is a lunisolar calendar that is mostly based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. As Vietnam's official calendar has been the Gregorian calendar since 1954, the Vietnamese calendar is ...

system was recorded on stone tools dating back 2200-2000 BC. Parallel lines were carved on the stone tools as a counting instrument involving the

lunar calendar A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases ( synodic months, lunations), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based only directly on the solar year. The most commonly used calendar, t ...

.Ancient calendar unearthed
. Retrieved 2014-01-03. Sometimes around 2000 B.C., the

Phùng Nguyên culture The Phùng Nguyên culture of Vietnam (c. 2,000 – 1,500 BC) is a name given to a culture of the Bronze Age in Vietnam which takes its name from an archeological site in Phùng Nguyên, east of Việt Trì discovered in 1958. It was during this p ...

arose and lasted about 1000 years.Nguyen Ba Khoach 1978 At the end of its time, it must have overlapped with the cultures of the later period. Also during this time, population from the mountainous areas moved out and began to settle in the open along the rivers to join the agricultural activities. The

slash-and-burn Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed veget ...

method was introduced to create fields. In addition, the population started to raise their own animals. Archaeologists had discovered the remains of domesticated animals.

References

Bibliography

*Nguyen Ba Khoach (1978). "Phung Nguyen". ScholarSpace - University of Hawaii. *Nguyễn Khắc Thuần (2008). ''Thế thứ các triều vua Việt Nam''. Giáo Dục Publisher. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan line Ancient peoples Hồng Bàng dynasty 20th-century BC disestablishments 23rd-century BC establishments