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Classical allusion
“Sinh vi nam tử yếu hi kỳ, khẳng hứa càn khôn tự chuyển di.”
Translation: Born a man, one should wish for something extraordinary, never let heaven and earth simply turn on their own.
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Vietnam articles
Folk divination
Dreaming of fish (du ngư): what does a fish dream mean?
Date selection
Checking Today's Good and Bad Days by the Lunar Calendar: Principles, How to Look It Up, and the Limits of Date Selection
Festival customs
How to Arrange the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month Offering Tray for the Family: What to Offer, How Many Trays, How to Place Them
Buddhism
Who Are Nhật Quang Bodhisattva and Nguyệt Quang Bodhisattva in Buddhism?
Ethnic minority belief
What is the Then practice of the Tày, Nùng and Thái peoples: Then masters, cầu an and giải hạn ceremonies, and the đàn tính lute according to the UNESCO dossier
Festival customs
The Thần Tài prayer: origins, meaning and the full text in Vietnamese folk tradition
Folk belief
Medium Masters and Ban Hoi: How the Hau Dong Community Keeps Its Rules After UNESCO Recognition, from Gia Dong to the Fire Dance Ritual
Folk belief
Shrines in the Middle of Hanoi Streets: Why Are Some Shrines Not Relocated When Roads Are Built?
Folk belief
How Korean Mudang and Vietnamese Spirit Mediumship Differ and Overlap
Folk belief
Tống ôn, tống gió and Covid-19 Era Peace-Praying Ceremonies: Vietnamese Epidemic-Expelling Rituals and the Changes During the Pandemic
Folk belief
How early 20th century Vietnamese consulted fortune tellers, picked auspicious days, and practiced mediumship: rereading Phan Ke Binh, Diguet, and Nguyen Van Huyen
What Are Vietnamese Customs and Traditions? Definition, Origins, and Representative Practices
Folk belief
Imperial Edicts and Spirit Chronicles: How the Court Approved Village Deities, and Why Southern Village Communal Houses Also Worship Deities of Chinese, Cham, and Khmer Origin
Folk belief
Is Mother Goddess Worship a Folk Belief or a Religion? The Debate Among Researchers and the Definition in Vietnam's 2016 Law on Belief and Religion
Life-cycle rites
What Is Trùng Tang, and Why Do Vietnamese Choose the Hour of Coffining and Avoid Certain Burial Days: Funerals Seen from Anthropology
Reading a Couple's Birth Years: Basis, Calculation, and What to Know Before Concluding
Buddhism
Where do the three Quan The Am Bodhisattva festival days on the 19th of the second, sixth and ninth lunar months come from, and how do Vietnamese pagodas celebrate them?
Folk belief
Why some people 'must go to the field': spirit roots (căn đồng) through practitioners' accounts and how anthropologists read them
Folk belief
Star-Offering Rituals for Averting Misfortune: Why Do Hanoians Attend, and What Do They Believe?
Buddhism
Where is the Grand Memorial Ceremony for King and Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong's Parinirvana (1st day of the 11th lunar month) held, what rituals does it include, and why is it tied to Yen Tu and Ngoa Van?
Folk belief
Does modernisation make Vietnamese people less likely to believe in spirits? Why temples, shrines and festivals grew busier after Doi Moi
Traditional festivals
Hien Quan Phet Festival in Phu Tho: Events on the 12th and 13th of the First Lunar Month, and Why the Phet Ball Has Not Been Tossed Since 2019?
Traditional festivals
Sinh Village Wrestling Festival (Lai An Village) in Hue: the 10th day of the first lunar month, wrestling rules, and a history of more than 400 years
Traditional festivals