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 › Vietnam › Festival customsTết Đoan Ngọ falls at noon on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, when folk belief says yang energy peaks. The bug-killing custom and ancestor worship.
Updated 15 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTet Doan Ngo worship tray guide: offerings like fermented rice and tro cakes, step-by-step arrangement following regional customs, plus safety notes.
Updated 27 Jul 2026Culture and belief
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 performing artsXoe Thai is the signature folk dance of the Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest, built on six ancient Xoe dances and inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Wu (Ngọ) direction in feng shui sits due south, spans 172.5 to 187.5 degrees and belongs to the Fire element, symbolizing brightness, fame and wisdom.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 4 of the I Ching, Mountain over Water, comes from Kan and Gen and speaks of innocence, enlightenment, and acting amid immaturity.
Updated 19 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingBạch Hổ, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem and what Tăng san bốc dịch says about reading it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore the in-depth meaning of the De Vuong star in the Longevity Cycle, its favorable positions, and its influence on each life stage in the Zi Wei chart.
Updated 6 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsChicken feet divination at Tet and the new rice ceremony of ethnic minorities aims to predict fate and crops for the new year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 43, Trạch Thiên Quải, means resolve: five yang lines push out one yin line. Its judgments, image, and lessons on acting openly without force.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingCâu Trần, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem, the lookup table, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says of it.
Updated 12 Oct 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › Folk beliefDa Nang's largest Buddhist festival, Quan The Am at Ngu Hanh Son runs each second lunar month and is national intangible cultural heritage.
Updated 20 Jun 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 › Historical figuresTan Vien Son Thanh, or Son Tinh, leads the Four Immortals and symbolizes the conquest of nature and floods, with over 100 relics around Ba Vi mountain.
Updated 31 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThượng sơn hạ thủy in Huyền Không phi tinh: what the pattern is, which sitting and facing directions fall into it by period, and what the old book says.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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 › 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 › 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 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 › 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 › 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 › 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 › Ethnic minority customsThe wedding customs of the Black Thai in Son La include free courtship, a trial groom service, and the Tằng cẩu hair-bunning rite.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Công Đồng Bắc Lệ Temple Festival in Tân Thành Commune, Lạng Sơn runs from the 18th to 20th of the 9th lunar month, with the palanquin bathing rite.
Updated 25 Sept 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 › 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 › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Tử Vi Đẩu Số Toàn Thư circulated in the Ming era, its preface crediting La Hồng Tiên with compiling it from works attributed to Hi Di Trần Đoàn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefHoan Kiem Lake is not one of Thang Long's four guardian temples, yet the returned sword legend sits at the old capital's spiritual center.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyThe five peaks of the face in physiognomy: forehead, chin, nose and the two cheekbones, each named for a mountain in Thần tướng thiết quan đao.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThang Long Tu Tran is four temples guarding the old capital: Bach Ma in the east, Voi Phuc in the west, Kim Lien in the south, Quan Thanh in the north.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Ngái are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, with a very small population living scattered across Quảng Ninh, Hải Phòng, Bắc Giang, Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Bo Y ethnic group includes the Bo Y and Tu Di subgroups in Ha Giang and Lao Cai, with two language families and distinct worship and festival customs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Dậu direction in the 24-direction feng shui system sits due West and belongs to the Metal element. Here is its meaning for house and grave orientation.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiGiap mountain sits in the due East, is a yang Wood stem in the Hai-Mao-Wei trine, and anchors the Wood bureau. Here is its meaning across feng shui schools.
Updated 7 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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