House-building year check
Check a building year for Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc and Tam Tai, and find a year clear of all three.
Results for "Ha Nhi New Year"
When do the Ha Nhi celebrate the new year festival?
The Ha Nhi celebrate the new year festival at the beginning of the tenth lunar month. During the year there are also the New Rice Festival, the festival of the fifth day of the fifth month, and the full moon of the seventh month.
From the article “The Ha Nhi People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals”
Traditional systems
StartNew Year first-footer check
Rank all 60 ages to choose a New Year first visitor, with actual birth years and reasons.
Yearly star (Nine Luminaries) & Tam Tai
Look up this year's guardian star and your Tam Tai years by birth year and sex.
The 64 hexagrams
Look up the 64 I Ching hexagrams on an 8x8 grid, with figures, meanings and their six lines.
What energy do you carry
See which element you carry by birth day, by birth year and by numerology, with the working.
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.
Comparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chol Chnam Thmay of the Khmer, and Ethnic Groups Celebrating New Year by Their Own Calendars
Comparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chol Chnam Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
Which ethnic groups in Vietnam celebrate their own New Year separately from Tet Nguyen Dan?
Which peoples in Vietnam keep their own New Year apart from Tết Nguyên Đán? The Mông, Hà Nhì, Khmer, Chăm and others, as reported in the press.
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 custom of asking for divination sticks, drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the beginning of the year: A guide to the ritual and its cultural significance
Drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New Year Tarot Spreads: Layouts and Position Meanings
New Year Tarot spreads include 12-month layouts and themed spreads, with meanings for each position and a reflective, non-superstitious approach.
Choosing Year-End Dates: Year-End Gathering, Altar Cleaning, Debt Repayment, and New Year Opening
Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Chol Chnam Thmay: Three Days of the Khmer Traditional New Year
Chol Chnam Thmay is the Khmer New Year, held in mid-April over three days with rituals like the Maha Sangkran procession and bathing the Buddha.
Comparing Lunar New Year Customs Across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam
Tet customs in Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam share roots but differ in dishes and rituals, from banh chung to bitter melon soup.
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.
Hue Tet Feast: Echoes of Royal Cuisine in the Lunar New Year Meal
The Hue Tet feast blends royal essence with folk culture, shaped by a philosophy of frugality, elegance, harmony and transformation.
Rija Nagar of the Cham: the New Year festival by the Cham calendar
Rija Nagar is the main new year rite of the Brahmanist Chăm: a prayer for good rain and harvest and a sending off of the misfortunes of the old year.
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.
Foods to Avoid at the Beginning of the New Year According to Folk Beliefs
Duck, squid, banana, shrimp, snail and fertilized duck eggs are avoided at new year in Vietnamese folk belief, which links them to bad luck.
Bunpimay New Year of the Lao in Vietnam: April Water Pouring and Its Rituals
Bunpimay, the Lao New Year in Vietnam, also called Bun Huột Nặm: offerings to the spirits, wrist-thread tying and water splashing in mid April.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Xip Xi Festival - the Children's Tet of the White Thai People
The Xip Xi Tet of the White Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest is a festival for children, with rituals to worship spirits and ward off disease.
Kieu Fortune Telling at Tet: When the Tale of Kieu Becomes a Message of New Year Luck
Kieu fortune telling at Tet uses verses from Nguyen Du's Tale of Kieu to predict outcomes. A randomly opened verse is read as an omen for the year.
International Children's Day June 1: Origin and Meaning
International Children's Day on June 1 began in 1949 to honor children killed by Nazi Germany in Lidice and Oradour, and Vietnam has marked it since 1950.
How to Prepare the New Year's Eve Offering Tray (Tet) According to Customs
A guide to preparing New Year's Eve offerings, arranging the outdoor and indoor trays by Vietnamese custom, with safety notes and regional differences.
Calligraphy for the New Year at the Temple of Literature: the beautiful cultural tradition of the calligrapher during Tet
Asking for calligraphy at the Temple of Literature is a beautiful Vietnamese Tet custom, showing respect for knowledge and sending new year wishes.
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.
The Second Black Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings
The Second Black Star (Ju Men) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs illness, disputes and misfortune, yet can turn to wealth under favorable configurations.
The First Three Lines of a Tử Vi Chart: What Yin Male or Yang Female, Thủy nhị cục or Hỏa lục cục, and Bản mệnh nạp âm Mean and How They Are Calculated
The first three lines of a Tử Vi chart give yin yang male female, ngũ hành cục, and bản mệnh nạp âm, and fix the Tử Vi star.
First-Footer & New Year Card 2027
Who should first-foot your home this Tết, plus a New Year card.
Đông Nhi
A veteran pop singer with more than 15 years of career
Hà Anh Tuấn
Singer with the Fragile liveshow series and music projects
Hồ Thị Ngọc Hà
Singer, model, businesswoman
