Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe Trúc Lâm Yên Tử school founded by Trần Nhân Tông: its three patriarchs and the idea of cư trần lạc đạo, living in the world yet glad in the Way.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Quan and Thien Phuc are Earth auxiliary stars placed by the birth year's heavenly stem, not the branch or hour, with tables and points of disagreement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư opens with the Hồng Bàng era: Kinh Dương Vương, named Lộc Tục, and the realm of Xích Quỷ. The Hán text set beside later histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe First White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs wealth, fame and intelligence in good positions, but disputes and illness in bad ones.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismNhật Quang and Nguyệt Quang Bodhisattvas are the two attendants flanking Medicine Buddha, symbolizing the light of the Sun and Moon shining on all beings.
Updated 1 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefExplore the sacred forest beliefs of the Pu Péo, an ethnic minority in Hà Giang, to understand their culture, customs, and unique relationship with nature.
Updated 7 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresNang Han, the White Thai heroine who disguised herself as a man to lead 16 Thai regions against invaders, is honored in a festival each lunar year.
Updated 14 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Five Yellow Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: its origins, flying star mechanics, meanings, effects on each palace, and remedies.
Updated 1 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresOld histories tell how Triệu Quang Phục withdrew to the Dạ Trạch marsh, raided the Liang army by night and later took the title Triệu Việt Vương.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Khao Le The Linh Hoang Sa ceremony on Ly Son, Quang Ngai honours Hoang Sa soldiers with orations and model boats set adrift before Tu Linh boat races.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresEmperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) led the Tay Son movement and crushed 290,000 Qing troops at Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da in 1789.
Updated 14 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Tien Cong Festival on Ha Nam Island, Quang Ninh runs to the 7th day of the first lunar month, with rites of carrying the elderly.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsHow is a death anniversary kept in Central Vietnam? The tiên thường and chính kỵ rites, the joint 7th-month giỗ in Quảng Nam, and Hue dishes on the tray.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTrung Cuu Festival on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month features chrysanthemums, the custom of climbing high, and longevity wishes.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcDa Liu Ren builds the heaven plate from twelve Monthly Generals that shift with mid-qi, then places twelve Heavenly Generals from the Nobleman.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresHow old histories record the eighteen Hùng kings and the state of Văn Lang, and which parts are legend: the sources, the fifteen bộ and the Hùng cult.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hung Yen honors Zen Master Duong Khong Lo with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe nine palaces are the nine cells of the Luo Shu, a 3x3 square whose every line totals 15, and the grid used by Huyền Không and Kỳ Môn.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › GlossaryMinh 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.
Updated 1 Oct 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsWhale worship and the Cau Ngu festival form the spiritual core of South Central Coast fishing villages, tied to the sea and fishermen's beliefs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiTam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipNorthern and Southern Vietnamese family altars differ in structure, arrangement, generations honored and five-fruit tray choices.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsRija 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.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsNorthwest Vietnam culture covers ethnic communities, harvest rituals, seasonal festivals and crafts like weaving, embroidery, forging and silver carving.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsExplore the cultural significance, rituals, and uniqueness of traditional boat racing festivals across Vietnam, from Kien Giang river to other regions.
Updated 31 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsKhau Vai Love Market in Ha Giang meets once a year, rooted in the legend of Ba and Ut and honored as national intangible heritage.
Updated 3 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date and hour selectionYear-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Updated 16 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefBach Ma Temple in Hanoi guards the East of Thang Long's Four Guardian Temples and worships Long Do, the city's tutelary god.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsDiscover Vietnam's century-old incense villages, where the spiritual culture is preserved through each handmade stick, from Quang Phu Cau to Thuy Xuan.
Updated 7 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Chut people of Vietnam include the May, Ruc, Sach, Arem and Ma Lieng subgroups, living mainly in the mountains of Quang Binh.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Giẻ Triêng live around the Ngọc Linh massif, speak a Môn Khơ Me language, worship many spirits and keep farming rites tied to the swidden cycle.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Hre live in western Quang Ngai and An Lao in Binh Dinh, speak a Mon-Khmer language and hold the buffalo sacrifice as their largest rite.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Phu Day Festival in Nam Dinh, held in the third lunar month, honors Saint Mother Lieu Hanh with Chau Van singing and Hau Dong mediumship.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsViet Bac and Northeast Vietnam are two names with different scopes. This article analyses Then singing, market fairs, village life and local variations.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsHien Quan Phet Festival in Phu Tho runs on the 12th and 13th of the first lunar month with palanquin procession, worship, troop march, and phet grabbing.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresAn Dương Vương, the state of Âu Lạc and Cổ Loa citadel in the old histories and the legend of the magic crossbow: the Thục house, dates and site.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Le Chan Female General Festival in Hai Phong honors the founder of An Bien village with rituals each second lunar month.
Updated 11 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsBunpimay, the Lao New Year in Vietnam, also called Bun Huột Nặm: offerings to the spirits, wrist-thread tying and water splashing in mid April.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresNguyen Trai, world cultural celebrity, was the soul of the resistance against the Ming and spent years at Con Son writing and reflecting on benevolent rule.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › GlossaryNhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Updated 16 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Yen Tu Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Tran Nhan Tong, founder of the Truc Lam Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThiền uyển tập anh records lives and verses of Vietnamese Chan masters of the Lý and Trần eras; scholars now read it as a deliberate arrangement.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
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