The Russian Journal of Vietnamese StudiesThe Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies2618-9453Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS8426010.24411/2618-9453-2018-00006Research ArticleThe propagation of Buddhism and its impact on popular culture in VietnamDaoManh HungPhD, professor, Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studiesdaomhung@gmail.comVietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies1509201823576731102021Copyright © 2018, Dao M.H.2018The article analyzes the history of Vietnamese Buddhism in different periods and its impact on national art, especially theater. The main postulates of Buddhism and their implementation in Vietnamese art are revealed. The author shows how the ideology of Buddhism has deeply influenced almost all realms of Vietnamese people's culture. It’s concluded that the role of Buddhism as the base of popular culture predetermined its so-called "revival" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Vietnam.Buddhismschool of ContemplationThienConfucianismtheatre schools CheoTuongбуддизмшкола СозерцанияТхиенконфуцианствотеатральные школы ТеоТуонг[Крыжицкий Г.К. Экзотический театр. Л.: Academia, 1927.][Народы Юго-Восточной Азии. М.: Наука, 1966.][Никулин Н.И. Вьетнамская литература. М.: Наука, 1971.][Новая история Вьетнама. М: Наука, 1980.][Стратанович Г.Г. Народные верования населения Индокитая. М.: Наука, 1978.][Судзуки Д. Основы дзэн-буддизма. Бишкек, 1993.][Торчинов Е.А. Буддизм и государство средневекового Вьетнама // Буддизм: проблемы истории, культуры, современности. М.: Наука. 1990][Dinh Quang. San khåu [Театр]. Tap chi Van hoa. 1985 So 4. Tr. 230-245.][Nguyen Dinh Nghi. Noi tam vå ngoai hinh [Форма и содержание]. Dien vien tren san khau truyen thong Viet Nam. San khau. 1971. So 4. Tr.12-21.][Thich Minh Tue. Dao Phat о Viet Nam [Буддизм во Вьетнаме]. Hå Noi, 1993.][Thich Duc Nghiep. Phat giåo Viet Nam [Вьетнамский буддизм]. Ho Сhi Minh: Hoi Phat giåo,1995.][Tran Le Sang, Hå Dinh Thanh. Truyen thuyet ve Duc Phat [Легенды о Будде]. Hå Noi: Van hoa vå Thong tin, 1994.][Mazyrin V.M. About the impact of Western culture on Vietnam: Vietnamese culture and arts. M.: Forum Publ., 2017. Рp.36-51.][Chien, Edward T. (1988). The Neo-Confucian Confrontation with Buddhism: A Structural and Historical Analysis. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, v.15, 347-348.]