Cultural symbols in Vietnamese Đông Hồ paintings from landscape semiotics

Đông Hồ folk woodcut painting is a line of Vietnamese folk paintings originating from Đông Hồ village, Nom name is Mái village in Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành district, Bắc Ninh province. The symbol in Đông Hồ folk painting is an image symbol and then turns into a meaningful symbol. The Toad symbol in the painting"Teacher Coc" has three layers of culture stacked on top of each other. The first layer of culture indicates the wet rice civilization. The second cultural class is associated with the matrilineal clan society. The third cultural class is Confucian culture with the image of the Toad teacher and his students. The Buffalo is a symbol of agriculture, with December being the plowing month for agricultural residents. The fertility creed is a belief that prays for the proliferation of people, good crops, and prosperous life. Both pictures of chickens and pigs have the message of a happyreunion, proliferation, and the herd expressing the wish for the prosperity of the Vietnamese people. The painting "Picking up coconuts" symbolizes the reunionand happiness of the family. All the symbolic issues in Đông Hồ's paintings show quite clearly the Vietnamese culture: respect for agriculture, respect for courtesy, respect for knowledge; Wish for a full life, family reunion, and happiness.