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Hoa Hao Movement Hoa Hao is a religious syncretic tradition that combined Buddhism and local beliefs. It was founded in 1939 by Huynh Phu So. It spread the fertile Mekong delta area. It claimed approximately 2 million followers throughout Vietnam. According to this religion, aid to poor was favoured over building Pagodas. According to Hoa Hao traditions, religious and social ceremonies must be simple and modest and were not to include offerings. Elaborate wedding or funeral customs were viewed as waste of money, which would be better spent helping the needy. Its followers were expected to attend communal services on first and fifth of each lunar month and on other Buddhist holidays. Huynh Phu So opposed the sale of child brides, gambling and use of alcohol and opium.^_^...........okay.....
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opposition to French colonial rule. It took inspiration from the religious ideas
popular during the 19th century anti French uprisings. The aim of the
movement was to oppose useless public expenditure by the French colonial
regime, opposition to the sale of child brides, gambling and the use of opium and alcohol.
Hoa Hao is a religious syncretic tradition that combined Buddhism
and local beliefs. It was founded in 1939 by Huynh Phu So. It spread
the fertile Mekong delta area. It claimed approximately 2 million
followers throughout Vietnam. According to this religion, aid to poor
was favoured over building Pagodas.
According to Hoa Hao traditions, religious and social ceremonies
must be simple and modest and were not to include offerings.
Elaborate wedding or funeral customs were viewed as waste of money,
which would be better spent helping the needy. Its followers were
expected to attend communal services on first and fifth of each lunar
month and on other Buddhist holidays. Huynh Phu So opposed the
sale of child brides, gambling and use of alcohol and opium.^_^...........okay.....