Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Táng thư names five kinds of mountain unfit for burial: đồng, đoạn, thạch, quá, độc. What the main text says and what its commentary adds.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiDiscover how to apply the Five Elements theory to choose interior colors and clothing that match your destiny, balancing energy and supporting life.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiApplying the Five Elements to house direction, paint colors and interior layout can support harmony and balanced energy in your living space.
Updated 7 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiChoose car color and direction by the Five Elements and your destiny, balancing energy through mutual generation and control to support luck while driving.
Updated 25 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsExplore the custom of black teeth staining, once a beauty standard of the Lu people in Lai Chau, along with other unique cultural values being preserved.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsLang Son's Ky Cung and Ta Phu Temple Festivals run from the 22nd to the 27th of the first lunar month, when the Quan Lon Tuan Tranh palanquin returns.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiIn 968 Đinh Bộ Lĩnh made Hoa Lư the capital of Đại Cồ Việt: limestone peaks formed a natural wall and the Hoàng Long River a water route.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Bru - Van Kieu people number 94,598 and live along the Truong Son range in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien Hue.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe Quan Lang singing ritual in Tay weddings has three stages, Don, Nop and Dua, and is recognized as a national heritage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe Giẻ Triêng in Kon Tum have a custom where girls prepare 100 to 300 bundles of courtship firewood as dowry, a measure of character and skill.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 56 Hỏa Sơn Lữ concerns the way of the wanderer in a strange land: small success, staying upright, humility brings peace, arrogance invites disaster.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcA cast Qi Men chart reads fortune and misfortune through four pattern groups, including Ten Stems mutual clash and Tam Tra with Cuu Don.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingFrom one I Ching hexagram come the changing, nuclear, opposite and reversed hexagrams. Each is built differently, and moving lines guide the reading.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsKhau Vai Love Market in Ha Giang meets once a year, rooted in the legend of Ba and Ut and honored as national intangible heritage.
Updated 3 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyA practical guide to reading the Five Features in Eastern physiognomy: how to observe each feature, pair them in correlation, and avoid one-sided conclusions.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTử Vi Đẩu Số has many branches, including Tam Hợp, Tứ Hóa, Trung Châu and Tân Biên. Each reads one chart differently through star sets and Tứ Hóa placement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Feng shui24 Sơn Hướng is a system of 24 positions on the feng shui compass, each spanning 15 degrees, used to determine the orientation of houses and graves.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsNghinh Ong Lai Son Festival falls on the 15th and 16th days of the 10th lunar month at Lang Ong Nam Hai, Hon Son Island, Kien Hai, An Giang.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresNguyen Trai, world cultural celebrity, was the soul of the resistance against the Ming and spent years at Con Son writing and reflecting on benevolent rule.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDo Son buffalo fighting festival in Hai Phong: its origins, rituals and the modern controversies over commercialization, betting and accidents.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsHa Nam's Doi Son Tich Dien Festival runs from the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month, reenacting King Le Dai Hanh's 987 plowing ritual.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Khao Le The Linh Hoang Sa ceremony on Ly Son, Quang Ngai honours Hoang Sa soldiers with orations and model boats set adrift before Tu Linh boat races.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 39 Thủy Sơn Kiển describes a time when the road ahead is blocked, covering the Judgment, the six lines, and the lessons of hardship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsDong Son bronze drums: their dating, casting techniques, star motifs, Lac birds and frog figures, and what these reveal about ancient Vietnamese beliefs.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 31, Trạch Sơn Hàm, opens the I Ching's Lower Canon and traces mutual attraction through six lines, from the big toe to the tongue.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 33, Thiên Sơn Độn, covers timely retreat: the Qian and Gen trigrams, the Judgment, the six line texts, and lessons on preserving oneself.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLe Loi led the Lam Son uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau centers on Ly Thi Thien Huong, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Ba Den Mountain.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Phong Son Tiem No. 53 in the I Ching speaks of gradual advance in proper order, shown through the wild goose passing six stages.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiVượng sơn vượng hướng in Huyền Không phi tinh: why it ranks as the best pattern, and why no main facing direction achieves it in Period 9.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyWhat Sơn Đầu Hỏa means in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp: its Fire element traits, and how Giáp Tuất and Ất Hợi natives can balance a strong, decisive nature.
Updated 7 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Con Son - Kiep Bac Festival honors Tran Hung Dao and Nguyen Trai, two figures tied to this land, at a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Updated 25 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresEmperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) led the Tay Son movement and crushed 290,000 Qing troops at Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da in 1789.
Updated 14 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiTam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Dong Bang Temple Festival runs from the 20th to 26th of the eighth lunar month in Hung Yen, honoring King Father Bat Hai Dong Dinh.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsMekong Delta culture grew from reclaiming southern lands and life along its rivers and canals, with floating markets and over 1,230 festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsAn overview of traditional Vietnamese festivals: agricultural, religious, commemorative, and ethnic festivals. Classification, meaning, and cultural value.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiGui Mountain in the 24 feng shui directions sits in the Gen palace, linked to the Water element and spanning 15 to 30 degrees.
Updated 22 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiSi Mountain sits in the Xun trigram, belongs to Fire, and spans 112.5 to 127.5 degrees. See how it guides house orientation and five-element interactions.
Updated 31 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiGeng mountain in the 24 mountain directions: its Metal element, western position, compass degrees, and meaning for house and tomb feng shui.
Updated 31 Jul 2026Traditional systems
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