Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Dinh Cậu Phú Quốc Festival falls on the 15th and 16th of the 10th lunar month, with Nghinh Cậu, Yết Cậu and Chinh Te rituals honouring Chúa Ngọc Nương Nương.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vía Ngọc Hoàng falls on the 9th day of the first lunar month. How people worship at Chùa Ngọc Hoàng in Ho Chi Minh City, and the temple's history.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Ca tru is an ancient Vietnamese chamber singing form with a dao nuong, a kep dan and a quan vien cam chau. This article explains its structure and revival.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Vietnamese mooncakes come as baked bánh nướng and soft bánh dẻo. Where they are said to come from, and what the traditional fillings are.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ) led the Tây Sơn movement and crushed 290,000 Qing troops at Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa in 1789.
Updated 14 Aug 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 › Historical figures Bà Chúa Kho of the Ly Dynasty, her legends, the year-opening custom of borrowing luck and the rituals at her temple in Bắc Ninh.
Updated 4 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cờn Temple festival, Nghệ An, 19th to 21st of the first lunar month, honours the Four Holy Ladies of the Song: the legend, the procession and 2027 dates.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Vía Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam Festival, the Mekong Delta's largest folk festival, honors the goddess protecting the border region.
Updated 2 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Chợ Viềng opens on the night of the 7th into the 8th of the first lunar month (12 Feb 2027). How Chợ Viềng Chùa and Chợ Viềng Phủ differ, and what is sold.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Philip Taylor links the Sam Mountain pilgrimage boom to the Đổi Mới market economy, where traders borrow fortune from Bà Chúa Xứ as sacred capital.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Vía Bà Chúa Xứ festival at Sam Mountain joined UNESCO's heritage list in 2024, blending Kinh, Cham, Khmer and Hoa beliefs.
Updated 19 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Chùa Ông festival on Cù Lao Phố (Thất phủ cổ miếu, Đồng Nai), 9th to 13th of the first lunar month: Quan Công worship, rites, national heritage in 2023.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Huong Pagoda Festival is Northern Vietnam's largest Buddhist festival, tied to the legend of Quan Âm Thị Kính at Hương Tích Cave.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Bái Đính Pagoda's mùng Sáu Tết opening features incense and lục cúng offerings, a palanquin procession to the ancient pagoda and spring festivities.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Four Dharma Deities at Dau Pagoda in Bắc Ninh blend Indian Buddhism with ancient Vietnamese nature worship of Cloud, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Fertility worship in Vietnam, or tín ngưỡng phồn thực, hopes for flourishing life and harvests. It appears in Linga–Yoni symbols and the Trò Trám festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Huyền Trân Princess Temple in Hue honors the Tran dynasty princess who expanded Vietnam's southern frontier. Its festival falls in the first lunar month.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Synastry compares two birth charts through planetary aspects between two people: how it is read, where schools differ, and why science has not confirmed it.
Updated 26 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Friday the 13th stock studies give conflicting results, and any effect is tiny. Vietnamese lunar bad days have not been studied the same way.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Discover the distinctive features of Huong Pagoda Festival: the pilgrimage journey through Yen Stream, the cave pagoda complex and offering rituals.
Updated 28 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs What to bring to a Vietnamese pagoda at New Year: incense, flowers, fruit and other vegetarian offerings, and which altar to pay respects at first.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Vietnamese Buddhism over nearly twenty centuries: the Luy Lâu centre, fusion with local beliefs, the Lý and Trần flourishing.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Among the Pu Péo, a father stays home until his newborn is named, three days for girls and five for boys, to guard against evil spirits.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Numerology Discover Life Path Number 33, the rarest master number in numerology: profound compassion, a healing calling, ideal careers, and the challenges it brings.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Rằm Tháng Giêng, the lunar year's first full moon, brings temple visits and star-releasing rites, with the saying "a year of offerings cannot match this one.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Explore the origin and role of the 12 Bà Mụ in Vietnamese folk belief, female deities believed to shape a newborn's body and bestow blessings.
Updated 24 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practices Drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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 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 › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên honors Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship Giỗ hậu is the custom of people without heirs giving money or land to their clan, village, or pagoda to be offered ancestor rituals after death.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month blends Buddhist and Taoist roots, with offerings for wandering spirits.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Tắc Xình is the Sán Chay (Cao Lan) people's dance for the Harvest Prayer Festival, mimicking the whole swidden farming cycle from clearing fields to harvest.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The New Rice Festival is when the Xơ Đăng people of the Central Highlands thank the gods and spirits for a bountiful harvest.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Tarot can soothe emotions, but it can also become a dependency. Learn five warning signs and how to reclaim your own decision-making power.
Updated 22 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Hidden stems are the heavenly stems concealed inside each earthly branch, layered as main qi, middle qi and residual qi.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Ông Địa and Thần Tài are the household deities most often worshipped together in Vietnam. Their origins, meaning, and altar placement.
Updated 17 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Contagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The 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 2026 Culture and belief
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