Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingTong Ren (Union of Men), Hexagram 13 of the I Ching, joins Heaven and Fire. Its structure speaks of harmony, openness and shared purpose in cooperation.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipIf someone dies in a leap month, in which month is the giỗ held? How tiểu tường, đại tường and the yearly anniversary are counted, per Giác Ngộ.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Thủy Trạch Tiết (No. 60) in Kinh Dịch pairs Khảm above with Đoài below. Its Quái từ favors moderate restraint, since harsh restraint cannot last.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 11, Earth over Heaven Tai, has inner Qian and outer Kun, heaven and earth in harmony. It covers the judgment, image, six line texts and commentaries.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ hết đại tường marks the end of two years of mourning. It covers the offering tray, how to arrange it, and the sequence for xả tang in Vietnamese custom.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingA Kinh Dịch hexagram stacks several layers of text: name, hexagram text, six line texts, then the Thoán, Great Image, Small Image, and Văn Ngôn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcLuc Nham is an ancient divination method in the Tam Thuc group. Learn how Dai Luc Nham builds a chart: Thien Ban, Tu Khoa, Tam Truyen, and Thien Tuong.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dressThe Vietnamese ao dai evolved from the 17th century xiem canh sen garment through reforms under Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat and King Minh Mang.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiHow the four Earthly Branches in a Ba Tu chart combine, clash, punish, or harm one another, read by palace position and links to Dai Van and Luu Nien.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyĐại Khê Thủy is the nạp âm for Giáp Dần and Ất Mão in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp. It covers its five elements nature and meaning in Tử vi and phong thủy.
Updated 9 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcDa Liu Ren builds the heaven plate from twelve Monthly Generals that shift with mid-qi, then places twelve Heavenly Generals from the Nobleman.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCau Ngu festival at Cua Dai lets fishermen honor the Nam Hai whale god and pray for good weather and a bountiful season, with rituals and folk performances.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCao Dai Founding Day marks the 1926 Hoang khai Dai dao Tam Ky Pho Do, held around the tenth lunar month full moon at Tay Ninh Holy See.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyĐại Hao in Tử Vi is not merely a malefic star. This analysis explains its dissipating nature, how it acts by palace, and when it forms a good configuration.
Updated 1 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsDai Bai village in Bac Ninh is the cradle of bronze casting in Northern Vietnam, with about 1000 years of history and refined engraving art.
Updated 28 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresĐinh Bộ Lĩnh put down the twelve warlords, reunified the country and founded Đại Cồ Việt in 968, after more than twenty years of division.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyĐại Hải Thủy is the nạp âm for Nhâm Tuất and Quý Hợi years, tied to the Water element and the vast ocean, with its traits and Five Elements meaning.
Updated 31 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore Dai Trach Tho (Great Estate Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle: origins, Five Elements characteristics, compatible colors, directions and applications.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyĐại Lâm Mộc is the nạp âm for Mậu Thìn and Kỷ Tỵ years, tied to the Wood element. See its traits and Five Elements meaning in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp.
Updated 22 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsBronze casting for worship in Long Thuong, Y Yen and Dai Bai: how three villages keep a centuries-old craft alive against industrial pressure.
Updated 27 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 34, Lei Tian Da Zhuang, covers great strength and its limits, with its structure, Judgment, six line texts and lessons on conduct.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư opens with the Hồng Bàng era: Kinh Dương Vương, named Lộc Tục, and the realm of Xích Quỷ. The Hán text set beside later histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyYin Male, Yang Male, Yin Female, Yang Female: the Yin Yang of the birth year sets whether Đại Hạn runs forward or backward in a Tử Vi chart.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingExplore Hexagram 26 (Shan Tian Da Xu) in the I Ching: its symbolism, judgment, the meaning of inner accumulation, and practical applications in work and life.
Updated 21 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe Grand Memorial for Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong's Parinirvana is held at Cung Truc Lam, Yen Tu and Ngoa Van Pagoda each year.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Dai La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyExplore the meaning of ear features in Eastern physiognomy: shape, position, helix, ear canal... what do they reveal about personality, destiny, and health?
Updated 9 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyMoles on the earlobe in folk physiognomy: what a mole on the lobe, ear rim, or inside the ear canal is said to reveal about personality and fortune.
Updated 29 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Quan Dai star in the Trường Sinh cycle marks maturity, fame and authority, with its meaning at each stage of a Tử Vi chart.
Updated 30 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 28 Da Quo in the I Ching: its structure, meaning, and guidance for handling extraordinary pressure when a heavy burden overwhelms a weak foundation.
Updated 21 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsVillage communal houses differ across the Northern Delta, the South, and the Mekong Delta waterways in architecture, deities, and festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Lam Chay Festival in Tam Vu, Tay Ninh runs on the 15th and 16th of the first lunar month, with rituals welcoming Ong Tieu and more.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyExplore the physiognomic meanings of high, low, full, or bony cheekbones in Eastern face reading, along with a critical perspective from modern science.
Updated 24 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyExplore the meaning of eyebrows in Eastern physiognomy: shape, length, color, and position reflect personality, destiny, and health.
Updated 5 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyHow does science view face reading? From 19th-century criminal anthropology to modern psychology, plus the misconceptions to avoid.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the main rites of a traditional Vietnamese funeral, from encoffining and mourning attire to burial and the 49-day rites, and their cultural meaning.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Tay Thien Festival runs from the 15th to the 17th of the second lunar month in Dai Dinh Commune, Phu Tho Province, honoring National Mother Lang Thi Tieu.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotExplore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of the 7 of Pentacles in Tarot: patience, reassessment of efforts, and lessons on long-term investment.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe Ede longhouse reflects matriarchy in its structure and carvings, and stands as a cultural symbol of the Central Highlands.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyClassical Tử Vi uses 12 palaces and 14 main stars to read destiny, while modern Tử Vi is a folk term for everyday chart lookup.
Updated 4 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ đầu (tiểu tường) is the first death anniversary, with a tray of cơm úp, boiled egg, chicken, xôi and vàng mã, more solemn than an ordinary giỗ.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
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Open dataThe twelve earthly branches with their zodiac animal, five-element attribution and two-hour window.
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Open dataThe solar date each of the 24 terms begins, for every year from 2020 to 2035, computed from solar longitude in Vietnam time.
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Open dataAll 60 stem-branch pairs with their Na Yin five-element attribution and the lunar years they cover between 1924 and 2043.
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Open dataAll 64 hexagrams in King Wen order, with Vietnamese and Han names, upper and lower trigrams, and the image.
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Open dataThe nine stars with their classification, reading, and the lunar ages they fall on, listed separately for men and women.
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