Explore Đại Trạch Thổ (Great Estate Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle: origins, Five Elements characteristics, compatible colors, directions and applications.
Wood physiognomy: a tall, lean frame with fine bones and a clear, carrying voice. How three old texts each describe the Wood type, and where they differ.
Thôn Cao incense village in Hưng Yên is Northern Vietnam's largest incense-making craft village, its 18th-century craft tied to ancestress Đào Thị Khương.
Trấn yểm in Vietnamese folklore through the Cao Biền story: legends of suppressing royal graves, burial charms, and the perspective of historical research.
Nguyễn Trãi, world cultural celebrity, was the soul of the resistance against the Ming and spent years at Côn Sơn writing and reflecting on benevolent rule.
The International Day of Older Persons on October 1 was established in 1990 by UN Resolution 45/106. Learn its origin, meaning, and how Vietnam observes it.
The longevity celebration honours grandparents and parents at ages 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100, showing filial piety and respect for old age in Vietnamese culture.
The second peak in numerology marks a more mature, stable life stage. Calculated from your birth day and year, it reveals lessons in cooperation and patience.
Many people know a taboo has no scientific basis yet still follow it. Psychology calls this acquiescence, a mechanism that reconciles intuition and reason.
Explore the physiognomic meanings of high, low, full, or bony cheekbones in Eastern face reading, along with a critical perspective from modern science.
Higher education goes with lower belief in fortune telling, but the correlation is modest and mostly runs through thinking style rather than through degrees.
Giỗ 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.
The 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Đại La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Đại Tuyết, the 21st solar term, begins at solar longitude 255 degrees, usually on 7 December, opening the Tý month. Start times 2025 to 2030, Vietnam time.
Explore 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.
Đại Thử, the 12th solar term and mid-term of the sixth lunar month, begins when the Sun reaches 120 degrees, on 22 or 23 July. Start times 2025 to 2030.
Fu Yin, Fan Yin, He Shi, Lian Zhu San Ban Gua and Qi Xing Da Jie: how each forms on the Xuan Kong Flying Star chart and why it is auspicious or inauspicious.
Tong 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.
The 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.