Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63) is the only hexagram with all six lines in correct position and paired. It teaches small success and a good start but chaotic end.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThai Phụ and Phong Cáo in Vietnamese Tử Vi: placement by birth hour or from Văn Khúc gives one result, with meanings as each book records them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsThe ông Công ông Táo ceremony on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month sends the three Kitchen Gods to heaven to report on the family's deeds to the Jade Emperor.
Updated 17 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Palace of Fortune and Virtue in Zi Wei Dou Shu reflects ancestral blessings, inner nature, and the capacity to enjoy fortune.
Updated 29 Jun 2026Traditional systems
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 › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsCải lương grew in southern Vietnam from đờn ca tài tử and ca ra bộ; Cao Văn Lầu's 1919 song Dạ cổ hoài lang later became vọng cổ.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe New Rice Festival of the Cao Lan people in Tuyen Quang gives thanks to ancestors and nature after the harvest, with a neu tree and new rice.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe 12th Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival opens on 6 November 2026 in Dong Van, Tuyen Quang, with blooms from October to December.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismCáo tật thị chúng by Chan master Mãn Giác is a famous Lý-era verse: fading spring and a plum branch in the courtyard speak of impermanence.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiTam Nguyen Cuu Van splits 180 years into three nguyên of 60, each holding three 20-year vận, with the vận turning at Lập Xuân.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsThe 100-year-old Phia Thap incense craft of the Nung An people in Cao Bang uses natural materials and a fully handmade process.
Updated 21 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsThon Cao incense village in Hung Yen is Northern Vietnam's largest incense-making craft village, its 18th-century craft tied to ancestress Dao Thi Khuong.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe 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.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefTrấn yểm in Vietnamese folklore through the Cao Biền story: legends of suppressing royal graves, burial charms, and the perspective of historical research.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe Nang Hai Festival of the Tay people in Cao Bang is a national intangible cultural heritage honoring the Moon Mother and her 12 fairy daughters.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe National Mong Ethnic Culture Festival rotates among provinces with large Mong populations. Its 4th edition is in Dien Bien in October 2026.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe San Chay people include the Cao Lan and San Chi groups of northeast Vietnam. Their languages, stilt houses, altars and festivals are covered here.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe Bru-Van Kieu of the Truong Son mountains follow animism, believing all things have a soul. Shamans link humans to the spirit world in rituals.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsVan Thang agarwood carving in Van Ninh, Khanh Hoa is a family trade over 100 years old, with 400 households and 700 workers, now eyed for community tourism.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsVan Trai Thuong incense village in Hung Yen makes handmade incense from natural herbs, creating fragrant, low-smoke sticks.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnamese cultural history appears through village spirit worship, Thành hoàng veneration, the Mother Goddess religion and the Hán Nôm archive.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyMany people know a taboo has no scientific basis yet still follow it. Psychology calls this acquiescence, a mechanism that reconciles intuition and reason.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsVan Phuc silk weaving village in Ha Dong, Hanoi, holds over 1,000 years of history and National Intangible Cultural Heritage status.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiVan Xuong Quy Nhan is found by day stem to yield one branch, but its weight depends on thap than and position, not a promise of exam success.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe giỗ prayer text: its structure, how to address each generation of ancestors, and the tiên thường and chính kỵ versions, with sources.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThree early 20th century recorders found fortune telling, day selection and mediumship widespread in northern Vietnam, each seeing them differently.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLý Bí (Lý Bôn) rose against the Liang, drove out the governor and took the throne in 544, founding Vạn Xuân and opening the Early Lý period.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismVạn Hạnh was a monk of the Lý era, linked to the story of Lý Công Uẩn. His verse Thị đệ tử speaks of impermanence, life and death, rise and decline.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyDiscover the Van Khuc star in Zi Wei Dou Shu: its meaning, characteristics, position in palaces, and influence on wisdom, education, and literary talent.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyVan Hon in the Nine Luminaries: traits, its inauspicious meaning for men and women, and the 29th day ritual facing East.
Updated 19 Jun 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 › Traditional festivalsThe Tria Lua seed planting festival of the Bru-Van Kieu people in Quang Binh thanks the rice god and prays for a bountiful harvest before the planting season.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresChu Van An (1292-1370), the most exemplary teacher in Vietnamese history, and the temple on Phoenix Mountain in Hai Duong that honours him.
Updated 31 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyVan Xuong in Zi Wei Dou Shu: its origin, nature, favorable and unfavorable positions, and meaning for intelligence, exams and career.
Updated 27 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 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 › Historical figuresTrang Trinh Nguyen Binh Khiem was a 16th century cultural celebrity. His temple in Vinh Bao, Hai Phong, is a special national relic.
Updated 4 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Yen Tu Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Tran Nhan Tong, founder of the Truc Lam Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresTran Hung Dao, the general who led Dai Viet against the Mongols three times, became Duc Thanh Tran, a worshipped saint honoured at temples such as Kiep Bac.
Updated 22 Jun 2026Culture and belief
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