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When Does Hạ Chí Begin and What Customs Does It Have?
Hạ Chí begins when the Sun reaches 90 degrees of solar longitude; from 2012 to 2043 it falls on 21 June, Vietnam time. Start times 2025 to 2030, old customs.
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.
Converting Lunar Dates to Solar Dates: What the Calculation Is Based On, and Why It Is Not a Fixed Addition and Subtraction Table
Lunar to solar conversion uses no fixed addition table. It relies on the new moon point, major solar terms and legal time zones, so it differs year by year.
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.
What is Tiết khí?
Solar terms are 24 markers dividing the year by the Sun's position on the ecliptic, used in East Asian calendrics to determine seasons and festivals.
What Is Hà Lạc Numerology and How Are Hexagrams Cast from Can Chi?
Hà Lạc lý số casts a hexagram from the can chi of a birth date: the number tables, the 25 and 30 reductions, and a worked example from Học Năng's book.
Dong Chi and Tet Dong Chi: the shortest day of the year, che troi nuoc, ancestor worship, and why Dong Chi was once the year's starting point
Dong Chi is the 22nd solar term and the shortest day of the year. For the Chinese community it is Tet Dong Chi, a time for che troi nuoc and ancestor worship.
When Does Lập Hạ Begin and What Customs Come With It?
Lập Hạ, the 7th solar term, opens summer when the Sun reaches 45 degrees of longitude, usually on 5 or 6 May. How it is calculated and its customs.
What is Can Chi?
Can Chi pairs the Ten Heavenly Stems with the Twelve Earthly Branches to record years, months, days and hours in the traditional East Asian calendar.
What Is Hàn Lộ Solar Term, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Does It Have?
Hàn Lộ is the 17th of the 24 solar terms, beginning around October 8 when the Sun reaches 195 degrees. Learn its meaning and customs.
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.
Tam nguyên and the 18 Ju of Qimen: How to Derive the Ju Number from Solar Terms According to the Source Texts
Tam nguyên splits each solar term into three five-day spans, each with one Kỳ Môn cục. The 24-term table follows the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
The 15th Day of the Tenth Lunar Month - Tet Ha Nguyen: The Rice Harvest Thanksgiving Festival Few Still Remember
Tet Ha Nguyen on the 15th day of the tenth lunar month is one of Vietnam's four major traditional festivals, a time to thank heaven and earth.
What Is Đại Tuyết, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Đại Tuyết, the 21st solar term, begins at solar longitude 255 degrees, usually on 7 December, opening the Tý month. Start times 2025 to 2030, Vietnam time.
Building the Four Pillars of BaZi from birth date and time: the year pillar changes at Lap Xuan, the month pillar changes at the solar term, the day pillar follows the 60-cycle, and the hour stem is derived from the day stem
BaZi's Four Pillars from birth date and time: the year pillar turns at Lap Xuan, the month at solar terms, the day runs the 60-cycle.
What Is Kinh Trập, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Associated With It?
Kinh Trập, the third of the 24 solar terms at solar longitude 345 degrees, usually begins March 5 or 6. Origin of the name and start times for 2025 to 2030.
What is Địa Chi?
Địa Chi is a system of 12 symbols, from Rat to Pig, used to mark time, direction and relationships in East Asian calendrics and the Stem-Branch cycle.
Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, May 19
Ho Chi Minh's birthday, May 19, 1890, and memorable celebrations over the years, from the first public announcement in 1946 to his Testament in 1965.
The La Chi People: Settlement, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The La Chi people live mainly in Ha Giang, speak a Ka Dai language, keep a separate altar for each man in the house, and hold folk games during Tet.
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Day (March 26)
March 26 marks the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, honoring Vietnamese youth traditions across historical periods.
Couple Age Matching: Can Chi, Nạp Âm or Cung Phi?
Couple age matching has three main methods: earthly branch, nạp âm and cung phi, which often disagree. With a worked example and what old books say.
La Ha People: Residence, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
The La Ha people live in Yen Bai and Son La, with a 2019 population of 10,157. Their housing, marriage and worship customs are covered here.
The Vibrant Brocade Costumes of the Lo Lo People in Ha Giang
The traditional costumes of the Lo Lo people in Ha Giang are a brocade masterpiece, with hand embroidery and vivid colors on pants, shirts, scarves and hats.
How Is the Hà Nhì Rainy Season Festival Dế Khù Chà Celebrated?
Dế Khù Chà, the rainy-season Tết of the Hà Nhì: soul-calling rites, glutinous rice cakes, swings and prayers for rain; each village picks its own day.
Doi Son Tich Dien Festival: Ha Nam's Thousand-Year-Old Plowing Ritual
Ha Nam's Doi Son Tich Dien Festival runs from the 5th to the 7th day of the first lunar month, reenacting King Le Dai Hanh's 987 plowing ritual.
New Rice Festival (Khu Su Cha): The Ha Nhi People's Thanksgiving to Ancestors
Khu Su Cha, the Ha Nhi New Rice Festival in Muong Nhe, Dien Bien, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
The Worship of Ong Hoang Bay - the National Defense General at Bao Ha Temple
Ong Hoang Bay, a Le Dynasty general, is worshipped at Bao Ha Temple in Lao Cai, blending hero veneration with Mother Goddess beliefs.
Khai Ha Festival - The Largest Folk Festival of the Muong People in Hoa Binh
The Khai Ha festival is the largest folk festival of the Muong people in Hoa Binh, held in the first lunar month to pray for good harvests.
The Ha Nhi People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
The Ha Nhi live along Vietnam's Chinese and Lao borders in Lai Chau and Lao Cai, speak a Tibeto-Burman language and worship ancestors by household.
What is Giản Hạ Thủy in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, and its Five Elements meaning
Explore Giản Hạ Thủy, water under the ravine, one of 30 nạp âm of Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, its Five Elements meaning and applications.
Khau Vai Love Market: A Unique Love Market on the Rocky Plateau of Ha Giang
Khau Vai Love Market in Ha Giang meets once a year, rooted in the legend of Ba and Ut and honored as national intangible heritage.
The Hà Nhì custom of reading pig liver to predict fortune at the beginning of the year
The Hà Nhì read pig liver at the start of the year to predict fortune, harvest and health, a spiritual custom tied to farming life.
The San Chay People (Cao Lan, San Chi): Residence, Language, Worship Practices and Main Festivals
The San Chay people include the Cao Lan and San Chi groups of northeast Vietnam. Their languages, stilt houses, altars and festivals are covered here.
What is Sơn Hạ Hỏa (Fire Under the Mountain) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Sơn Hạ Hỏa in the Sexagenary Cycle covers Bính Thân and Đinh Dậu, its Fire element traits, and the colors that support balance.
What Is Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Singing? Liền anh, liền chị and the Custom of Kết Chạ
Quan họ Bắc Ninh is call-and-response folk singing between liền anh and liền chị of twinned villages, inscribed by UNESCO in 2009.
What is the Thiên Hà Thủy (Heavenly River Water) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle and its Five Elements meaning?
Thiên Hà Thủy is the Na Yin for Bính Ngọ and Đinh Mùi years, belonging to the Water element, symbolizing vastness, purity and flexibility.
National Resistance Day, December 19, 1946: President Ho Chi Minh's Call for National Resistance and Its Historical Significance
National Resistance Day, December 19, 1946, marks President Ho Chi Minh's Call for National Resistance against French colonial invasion.
What rituals make up the Khơ Mú new rice celebration in Than Uyên, Lai Châu (Giát Hả Mả Mía)?
The Khơ Mú new rice celebration in Than Uyên, Lai Châu gives thanks to ancestors and the land spirit after harvest, with singing to welcome the new rice.
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