Cultural Changes of Nung People in Cao Bang Province’s Border Area in the Context of Integration and Development

Abstract

Recently, the cultural life of the Nung people in the Vietnam-China border area in Cao Bang province has been changing in many aspects. This is inevitable in the development process of the ethnic group, especially in the context of strong economic, cultural, and social integration and development today. Research results indicate that the cultural life of the Nung people has changed significantly. The Nung people have mostly absorbed cultural values from the Kinh people living adjacent to them in Vietnam and the Zhuang people on the Chinese border, gradually changing their long-standing traditional cultural values. Along with the tendency of development and integration, in the coming time, the culture of the Nung people tends to continue to change more robustly, creating new values and making their culture increasingly rich and diverse.