Quick answerWhat does the red thread in the story Định Hôn Điếm mean?
In the story, the old man carries red cords (赤繩子) in his bag to tie the feet of those who will marry; he says that even if the families are enemies, far apart in rank or a thousand miles away, once tied there is no escape. Vi Cố had the child pointed out as his wife stabbed, yet fourteen years later he married that very person. The story ends by saying that what Heaven has quietly fixed cannot be changed.
From the article “The legend of Ông Tơ bà Nguyệt and the red thread of matchmaking: origins, meaning, and correct understanding”
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Open dataThe numeric value of each letter in both numerology systems, with the convention for Vietnamese diacritics and the letter D with stroke.
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Open dataEach point where Vietnamese calendrical, feng shui and divination sources disagree, with the reading taken here, the competing reading still in circulation, and what changes when you compare two sources. Every reference table has to pick one; most pick and say nothing.
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Open dataThe start moment of each solar term across 201 years in Vietnam time, with the solar longitude of the mark and a flag for moments falling close to midnight.
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