DI SẢN PHẬT GIÁO Ở THANH HÓA TỪ GÓC NHÌN FOLKLORE

Abstract

Buddhism, one of the major religions introduced to Vietnam at an early stage, rapidly became an official religion and has exerted profound influence on the social life and cultural identity of the Vietnamese people both in the past and the present. Thanh Hóa is among the earliest regions to have embraced Buddhism and currently preserves numerous invaluable heritages in both tangible and intangible forms. By employing fieldwork methods, participant observation, and interdisciplinary historical approaches - through the lens of folklore studies - this article explores the Buddhist heritage of Thanh Hóa as represented in folk literature and traditional festivals. The findings aim to highlight the distinctive value of Buddhist cultural heritage in Thanh Hóa within the broader flow of Vietnamese Buddhism.