Chợ Củi Temple worships the "Three palatial Holy seats, Mother of ten thousand generations", belonging to the system of Mother Goddess worship of the Three Palaces (Tam phủ), including the Palace of the Heavenly Mother (Mẫu Thượng Thiên), the Mountain Mother (Mẫu Thượng Ngàn), the Water Mother (Mẫu Thoải), the system of the Five Great Mandarins (Ngũ vị Tôn quan) and the ranks of the Lords (Ông Hoàng) from the First to the Tenth. The temple honours the general Hoàng Mười, a man who had the merit of fighting the Ming invaders from the north to protect the territory in the Le dynasty.
The Chợ Củi Temple Festival in Nghi Xuân, Hà Tĩnh honours Saint Hoàng Mười and the Three Holy Mothers, and differs from Nghệ An's Ông Hoàng Mười Temple.
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.
The Sayangva Festival of the Chơ Ro people in Đồng Nai honors the rice spirit after harvest, giving thanks to nature and strengthening community bonds.
The Chơ Ro live in Đồng Nai's low mountains, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and hold a yearly rice spirit rite plus a forest spirit rite every three years.
Two calendars can give different lunar dates for the same solar day because they use different legal time zones, such as Vietnam at UTC+7 and China at UTC+8.
A step-by-step guide to teaching yourself Tarot from scratch: choosing a deck, learning the 78 cards, simple spreads, and building intuition as a beginner.
Tuế Phá is a minor star in the Thái Tuế circle, governing opposition and ruin. This analyses its meaning, combinations, and reading when it enters a period.
Lunar calendar 2027: year of Đinh Mùi, Tết on Saturday 6 February 2027, no leap month. Key dates, solar terms, and how to look up dates and convert Can Chi.
Không vong in Bát Tự marks the two earthly branches missing from each ten-day can chi cycle. How to look it up, and where the old books disagree on it.
By folk custom, the cô hồn tray is set in the yard or before the gate, not indoors, and many homes turn it outward. Timing, regional trays, and taboos.
Giỗ thường (cát kỵ) yearly rites need no full feast like giỗ đầu or giỗ hết. Core offerings: hương đèn, trầu cau, rượu trà, a bowl of upside-down rice.
How to set out Ram thang Gieng (first full moon) offering trays at home: how many trays, vegetarian or savory dishes, order of offering, layout and taboos.
Việt Bắc and Northeast Vietnam are two names with different scopes. This article analyses Then singing, market fairs, village life and local variations.
Seven common palm-reading misconceptions, where Eastern and Western folk books contradict each other, and why science calls palm lines just skin folds.
Tử Vi đẩu số tân biên and Trung Châu phái read the Cự Cơ Mão Dậu configuration differently: Mão or Dậu, which birth years fit, and what hostile stars bring.
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.