The Hoa (also called Han) ethnic group: residence, language, worship customs, and main festivals
The Hoa (Han) are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups: where they live, their language, ancestor worship customs, and festivals like Tet Nguyen tieu.
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What Is Tiểu Hàn (Minor Cold)? When Does It Begin and What Customs Come With It?
Tiểu Hàn is the 23rd of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 285 degrees. It starts on January 5 or 6, opens the Sửu month and lasts about 14.7 days.
How Are Tieu Han and Nguyet Han Placed, and How Do They Differ from Dai Han and Luu Nien?
Tieu han is placed by the trine group of the birth year branch, nguyet han by birth month and hour, with notes on where Tu Vi schools differ.
Feng Shui for East-Facing Houses: Which Elements Match, What to Note
East-facing houses belong to the Wood element, suited to Wood and Fire and to Chấn or Tốn trigrams. Note the limits on Metal and balance the five elements.
Zhen House (East Group) in Bazhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
Zhen House in Bazhai Feng Shui: its Wood traits, the gua numbers it suits, and its favorable and unfavorable directions for Zhen ming people.
What Is Đại Hàn, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Đại Hàn is the last of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 300 degrees and lasting about 15 days. Here its calculation, customs, and meaning are explained.
Meaning of Number 6 in Eastern Numerology
Explore the meaning of number 6 in Eastern numerology: symbol of harmony, responsibility, love, and its connection to the five elements and yin-yang.
How Did Wang Chong Criticize Day Selection Arts in the Lunheng?
Wang Chong of the Eastern Han refuted day taboos, Tai Sui avoidance and fear of spirit harm in the Lunheng chapters Jiri, Biansui and Nansui, with quotes.
Do Western Astrology and Eastern Tu Vi Share a Common Origin? A Comparative History of the Two Systems
Greek and Indian astrology reached Tang China through Buddhism, yet Tu Vi Dau So and Bat Tu run on the can chi calendar and ngu hanh, not Western star logic.
The Character Minh 明 in Han Characters and the Yin Yang Philosophy of Sun and Moon
Minh 明 is written with Sun and Moon and means brightness. What the Shuowen Jiezi records about it, and how the I Ching links sun, moon and light.
Eyebrow Shapes in Face Reading: Quan Cong, La Han, Tiger Brow, Sword Brow, Willow Leaf and Sparse Eyebrows
A look at eyebrow shapes in Vietnamese face reading: Quan Cong, La Han, tiger brow, sword brow, willow leaf, sparse brows, brow bone and key cautions.
Heavenly Stem Giap: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
Heavenly Stem Giap carries the Yang Wood attribute, symbolizing beginnings and growth. In the I Ching, it links to the Zhen and Qian hexagrams.
Business Losses: What Vietnamese People Traditionally Did (Worshipping the God of Wealth, Rechecking the Opening Date, Rituals to Resolve Bad Luck) and What to Do Before Turning to Spirituality
When business failed, older Vietnamese worshipped the God of Wealth and Earth God, rechecked the opening date, and held rituals to resolve bad luck.
Star Worship and Misfortune Resolution at the Start of the Year: Origins, Cultural Significance, and a Buddhist Perspective
Vietnamese star worship and misfortune resolution (dâng sao giải hạn) at lunar new year: its Taoist origins, cultural meaning, and a Buddhist view.
Hong Loan Star in the Four Peach Blossoms Group of Zi Wei Dou Shu: Meaning, Characteristics and Influence
Hong Loan is one of the Four Peach Blossoms in Zi Wei Dou Shu, a benevolent star governing weddings, marriage and joyful events.
The Trung Sisters (Trung Trac, Trung Nhi): The 40 AD Uprising and Hat Mon Temple
The 40 AD uprising of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, its causes and significance, plus Hat Mon Temple in Hanoi, the sacred site tied to their final days.
What Is Yin and Yang? Origins of the Doctrine and How Divination Arts Use It
What yin and yang mean, where the terms come from, and how Kinh Dịch, Bát Tự, Tử Vi and phong thủy use them, each by its own conventions.
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Why the Solar Calendar Lives Inside the Lunar Almanac, and Why It Ties to Farming
The 24 solar terms are seasonal markers tied to Earth's orbit around the Sun, used as a farming guide in the lunar almanac.
The Hexagram of the Day According to Quái khí: What Are Six Days and Seven Parts and the Four Cardinal Hexagrams?
Quái khí maps the 60 hexagrams onto 365 days by the method of Mạnh Hỷ and Kinh Phòng, each ruling six days and seven parts.
When Does Lập Xuân Begin and What Customs Mark It?
Lập Xuân, the first solar term of the year, falls on 3 or 4 February (4 February in 2026). How it is calculated, why it changes the year, and its customs.
The Tử Star in the Trường Sinh Cycle: Meaning of Each Stage on the Chart
The Tử star in the Trường Sinh cycle marks the final stage, endings and transformation, and this guide covers all 12 stages of the cycle on the Tử Vi chart.
Van Hon Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning and Remedies in Folk Belief
Van Hon in the Nine Luminaries: traits, its inauspicious meaning for men and women, and the 29th day ritual facing East.
Why Prices So Often End in 8: How Sellers Use Lucky Numbers in Pricing
Prices ending in 8, 88 or 168 may attract buyers. Research on superstition and price clustering shows lucky numbers can work as a pricing tool.
What Are the He Tu and Luo Shu? Why Every Li Qi Calculation Comes Back to the Nine Cells of the Luo Shu
The He Tu and Luo Shu are ancient diagrams behind feng shui li qi, explaining the 4-9-2 magic square and the nine palaces of the Later Heaven ba gua.
Bach Ma Temple Guarding the East and the Deity Long Do: Why the Spirit of the Navel of the Land Became the Tutelary God of the Entire Capital
Bach Ma Temple in Hanoi guards the East of Thang Long's Four Guardian Temples and worships Long Do, the city's tutelary god.
Thuy Dieu Star in Nine Luminaries: Meaning in Folk Belief
Explore the meaning of Thuy Dieu star in Nine Luminaries: characteristics, fortune for men and women, ritual practices, and key notes in folk belief.
What Is Khổng Minh Thần Toán, How Do You Look It Up, and Why Is It Named After Gia Cát Lượng Despite No Evidence He Wrote It?
Khổng Minh Thần Toán is a 384-card divination book matching 64 hexagrams with six moving lines, credited to Gia Cát Lượng by legend, not by histories.
What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
Liu Yao reads the six lines of a hexagram with Stem-Branch, Five Elements, Six Relatives and Six Spirits, so it answers who, what, when and how much.
What Is Mang Chủng Solar Term, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Mang Chủng is the 9th of the 24 solar terms, usually starting around June 5 or 6 as Tiểu Mãn ends. Its meaning, calendar role, and customs explained.
What Is Tam Thức: How Thái Ất, Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp and Lục Nhâm Differ, and What Each Is Used to Divine
Tam Thức is Thái Ất, Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp and Lục Nhâm: three old divination arts for affairs of state, of action and of single matters, compared.
Hexagram Hoa Phong Dinh (No. 50, 鼎): The Cauldron That Cooks the New After the Old Is Discarded
Hexagram Hoa Phong Dinh, No. 50 in the I Ching, is the three-legged ritual cauldron that cooks the new after the old is discarded.
What Is Vũ Thủy, the Rain Water Solar Term, When Does It Start, and What Customs Does It Have?
Vũ Thủy, second of the 24 solar terms, marks damp rain and warming soil after winter. This explains its dates, meaning, and folk customs.
Lady Trieu - Trieu Thi Trinh (born 226): National heroine and her temple on Gai Mountain, Thanh Hoa
Lady Trieu, born Trieu Thi Trinh in 226, led the 248 uprising against Wu rule. Her temple on Gai Mountain, Thanh Hoa, keeps national heritage festivals.
Physiognomy: Understanding and Downloading Physiognomy Books
Physiognomy explained: its scientific basis, beginner books, and where to download physiognomy books legally, with a detailed and objective analysis.
Tam Thức and Thái Ất in Vietnam, and the story of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm studying the Thái Ất thần kinh: what is historical record and what is legend?
Tam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
What is Kinh Dịch?
The I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divination system built on 64 hexagrams formed from the eight trigrams, or Bagua.
The Vietnamese Lunar Calendar Is Actually a Lunisolar Calendar: Why the Shortened Name 'Lunar Calendar' Causes Misunderstanding
The Vietnamese lunar calendar is actually a lunisolar calendar combining the moon's phases and Earth's orbit around the Sun.
The Pure Kun Hexagram in the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Origins and Meaning
Explore the Pure Kun hexagram (hexagram 2) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, philosophical meaning, and practical applications in life.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Vietjet Air, Chairwoman of Sovico Group
Nguyễn Đăng Quang
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Masan Group
