Chữ Nôm is the writing system Vietnamese people built from Chinese character material to record their own language, still seen on hoành phi and câu đối.
Xuân Phân, the fourth of the 24 solar terms, starts on 20 or 21 March in Vietnam time. Exact dates to 2030, its three pentads and the customs around it.
Explore the meaning of ear features in Eastern physiognomy: shape, position, helix, ear canal... what do they reveal about personality, destiny, and health?
Explore the physiognomic meanings of high, low, full, or bony cheekbones in Eastern face reading, along with a critical perspective from modern science.
The forehead in Chinese physiognomy is the palace of Fortune and Wisdom, reflecting youth, intellect and parents. Its shapes and wrinkles carry meaning.
Explore the meaning of the chin in Eastern physiognomy: typical chin shapes, their links to personality, destiny, and health, plus a scientific perspective.
Explore the characteristics of Earth tone voice in Chinese physiognomy: timbre, personality, destiny, and how to identify it. An in-depth, objective article.
The Vu (Water) voice in Chinese face reading is deep and flowing, linked to intuition, sensitivity and wisdom, and seen as a sign of skilled communication.
Tiger and Snake form a Six Harms pair in the Chinese zodiac, and their clash can bring conflict in marriage or business. Here are the traits behind it.
Spirit chronicles and imperial edicts show how villages and the state shaped the Thành Hoàng, and why Southern communal houses worship other origins too.
Vietnamese folk naming by the Five Elements and parents' ages: the ngũ hành basis, tương sinh tương khắc, and key cautions when choosing a child's name.
Chu Công giải mộng is an anonymous folk dream-interpretation book, not the Duke of Zhou's work. This piece covers its origins, structure, and how to read it.
Where Tet couplets come from, where Vietnamese families pasted them (door, pillars, ancestor altar), and the basic rules of parallelism for writing one.
Explore the origins of Eastern physiognomy, its facial and palm feature systems, and the place of face reading in Vietnamese culture through The Tale of Kieu.
Physiognomy is the traditional Eastern practice of observing facial features, hands, and body to infer personality and destiny, serving as a reference.
The sixty hexagrams that take turns ruling the days under the Gua Qi method, in order from Inner Truth at the winter solstice, with their solar month, their rank (duke, sovereign, marquis, grand master, minister) and when each takes over counted from the solstice. The lookup table for the que-ngay-quai-khi-1900-2100 dataset.