Trưng Sisters Summon the Bách Việt (Baak Jyut) / 徵氏姐妹感召百粤
The rebellion of the sisters Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị (40-43 CE) is revered in modern Vietnamese history as the first of several uprisings and resistance movements during a thousand year period known as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Eras of Northern Domination (111 BCE - 938 CE). During the preceding Triệu dynasty (204-111 BCE), the many Việt tribes of the Pearl River and Red River regions were united by a former Qin military general and governor named Triệu Đà / Zhao Tuo. This multicultural independent state was known as the kingdom of Nam Việt (Nanyue) and its name is the etymological origin of both the modern Việtnamese and Yue/Yuht (Cantonese) languages and peoples. In its fifth generation, Nam Việt was conquered by the imperial expansion of the Han dynasty, renamed as Giao Châu (Jiao province), and its distinctly matrilineal and egalitarian family structures and social customs were heavily suppressed under a Confucian system of patrilineal land ownership and tax administration. In 264 CE, the province of Quảng Châu (present day Guangdong and Guangxi) was created out of the eastern half of Giao, and this division is nearly identical to the modern colonial borders between East and Southeast Asia, as Việt people gained independence from Han Chinese culture, Yuht people were assimilated and/or displaced by it.
This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks.
