Question

explain Hoa Hao movement

In points

Answer 1

1.Vietnamese Buddhist religious movement that was formed in 1939 by the Buddhist reformer Huynh Phu So.

2.The Hoa Hao, along with the syncretic religious group Cao Dai, was one of the first groups to initiate armed hostilities against the French and later the Japanese colonialists.

3.Based in the prosperous Mekong River delta area of southern Vietnam, where its adherents were mostly peasants, tenants, and rural workers, the Hoa Hao grew rapidly during the Japanese occupation in World War II.