📍 Bình Thủy communal house, Cần Thơ 📅 Days 11–15 of lunar month 4 🏛 Traditional festival 🕰 2027: no official dates yet; by custom it falls on 16 May 2027 to 20 May 2027 Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Kỳ yên at Bình Thủy communal house, Cần Thơ: Thượng điền on the 12th-14th of the fourth lunar month, Hạ điền on the 14th-15th of the twelfth. Rites explained.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Thành Hoàng is the guardian deity believed to protect each Vietnamese village, worshipped at the communal đình. Its origins, deity types and royal decrees.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Village communal houses differ across the Northern Delta, the South, and the Mekong Delta waterways in architecture, deities, and festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Southern Vietnamese culture blends village communal houses, worship of the Lady goddesses and a vivid dialect shaped by frontier settlement.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Kỳ Yên festival at Thoại Ngọc Hầu communal house in An Giang honors the Nguyen dynasty mandarin who dug the Vĩnh Tế Canal.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Spirit chronicles and imperial edicts show how villages and the state shaped the Thành Hoàng, and why Southern communal houses worship other origins too.
Updated 28 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Khai Ha festival is the largest folk festival of the Muong people in Hòa Bình, held in the first lunar month to pray for good harvests.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Red River Delta culture centres on village life, communal houses, pagodas, village gates and worship. A close look at Đường Lâm, Phù Lưu and Phúc Xá.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Hát Xoan Phú Thọ is ritual singing at the communal house gate to worship the Hung Kings, performed in three stages by four original Xoan guilds in Việt Trì.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Feng shui Feng Shui is a traditional body of knowledge about arranging living spaces in harmony with landscape and energy flow, based on yin-yang and the five elements.
Updated 11 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Tang and Song records on Lý Hư Trung and Từ Tử Bình show Tử Bình has layered origins, with source texts like Lý Hư Trung mệnh thư altered over time.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi How the five Tử Bình source texts differ: Uyên Hải Tử Bình, Tam Mệnh Thông Hội, Trích Thiên Tủy, Cùng Thông Bảo Giám and Tử Bình Chân Thuyên compared.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stones Aquarius birthstones for Jan 20 to Feb 18, their meanings, and how to choose stones by the five elements for luck and energy balance.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stones Discover feng shui crystals suitable for Libra, the meaning of each type, and how to choose them based on the five elements to enhance positive energy.
Updated 23 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Bing mountain direction sits in the Li trigram and belongs to the Fire element in the 24 mountain directions of feng shui.
Updated 15 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Thủy khẩu gathers water to hold a site's energy. This explains heaven gate open, earth door closed and how feng shui schools read the water gate.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The rain-praying festival of the Cham people in Bình Thuận is an ancient agricultural ritual held after Cham New Year, seeking blessings for good weather.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Bình Địa Mộc is the Na Am for Mậu Tuất and Kỷ Hợi years, a Wood element. The article covers its traits, feng shui meaning, colors and uses.
Updated 11 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh and Ham are the five brightness levels of a star in Tử Vi, and they explain why the same star reads oppositely in different palaces.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Chúa Thác Bờ in Hòa Bình honours two female generals from the Lê Lợi era who ferried provisions across the Da River for his army.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the meaning of Thủy Diệu star in Nine Luminaries: characteristics, fortune for men and women, ritual practices, and key notes in folk belief.
Updated 29 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Trạng Trình Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm was a 16th century cultural celebrity. His temple in Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng, is a special national relic.
Updated 4 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cổ Lễ Pagoda (Ong) Festival, Ninh Bình: 13th to 16th of the 9th lunar month, main day the 14th. In 2026 that is 22 to 25 October; in 2027, 12 to 15 October.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Psychology Japan's 1966 Bính Ngọ year saw births fall about 15% on a belief that girls born then harmed husbands. Vietnam's 2026 data gap remains.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection The twelve trực, from Kiến and Trừ to Khai and Bế, form a twelve-day cycle for judging each day, rooted in old calendars and the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Tuồng, or hát bội, is Vietnam's classical theatre, known for coded face-painting and for the plays of Đào Tấn in Bình Định, its heartland.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Phục Binh is a yin minor star ruling ambush, scheming, and hidden rivalry. This piece explains its cát hung meanings and how to interpret it.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thiên Hà Thủy is the Na Yin for Bính Ngọ and Đinh Mùi years, belonging to the Water element, symbolizing vastness, purity and flexibility.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The tale of Mỵ Châu and Trọng Thủy as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Việt Nam sử lược, with the comments of the old historians on it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the cultural significance, rituals, and uniqueness of traditional boat racing festivals across Vietnam, from Kiến Giang river to other regions.
Updated 31 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Đại 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore Giản Hạ Thủy, water under the ravine, one of 30 nạp âm of Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, its Five Elements meaning and applications.
Updated 8 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the meaning of Tuyền Trung Thủy (Giáp Thân, Ất Dậu) in the Sexagenary Cycle: Five Elements characteristics, interactions, and practical applications.
Updated 21 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Explore the concept of Long and Long Mach in Loan Đầu Feng Shui and Ngũ Quyết: origins, classifications, identification, and practical applications.
Updated 30 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Đại 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Trường Lưu Thủy is the Na Am of Nhâm Thìn and Quý Tỵ years, a Water element like a long flowing river, shaping flexible and profound traits.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Vietnamese folk taboos for groundbreaking, construction and housewarming cover dates, directions and rituals, rooted in yin-yang and five elements.
Updated 16 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
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