📍 Âm Linh Tự shrine and An Vĩnh communal house, Lý Sơn Special Zone, Quảng Ngãi Province (formerly Lý Sơn District) 📅 Days 15–16 of lunar month 3 🏛 Traditional festival 🕰 2027: no official dates yet; by custom it falls on 21 April 2027 to 22 April 2027 📚 4 sources Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Khao Le The Linh Hoang Sa ceremony on Lý Sơn, Quảng Ngãi honours Hoang Sa soldiers with orations and model boats set adrift before Tứ Linh boat races.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Vietnamese folk beliefs Hầu đồng, also called lên đồng or hầu bóng, is the central ritual of Mother Goddess worship in Vietnam, where a medium incarnates the Four Palaces spirits.
Updated 11 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The legend of Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu centers on Lý Thị Thiên Hương, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Bà Đen Mountain.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Thái of Vietnam's Northwest follow animist beliefs with guardian spirits and hold the Xên Bản Xên Mường rites and Hạn Khuống festival.
Updated 10 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Red Dao weddings in Tả Phìn, Sa Pa, have the bride walk to the groom's house alone, with days of rituals and a horn and drum team.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Roóng Poọc Festival of the Giáy people in Sa Pa is a spring plowing ritual with the Neu tree, nem con, tug of war and plowing contests.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Psychologists use the Paranormal Belief Scale by Tobacyk and Milford, revised in 2004, with 26 items across seven subscales.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnam's 'tam linh' shifted from 20th-century dictionary meanings, and researchers now define 'spiritual tourism' through the post-Doi Moi religious market.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs What the Tet flower villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn grow, when apricot leaves are stripped, and why Sa Đéc grows on racks.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vía Ngọc Hoàng falls on the 9th day of the first lunar month. How people worship at Chùa Ngọc Hoàng in Ho Chi Minh City, and the temple's history.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Sa Trung Thổ is the nayin for Bính Thìn and Đinh Tỵ years, tied to Earth yet carrying golden sand. It covers origin and feng shui colors.
Updated 2 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Sa Trung Kim is the Na Yin for Giáp Ngọ and Ất Mùi years, a Metal element sign. It covers Five Elements meaning and personality traits.
Updated 21 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Numerology Số Linh Hồn is a numerology index taken from the vowels in your full birth name, reflecting innermost desires, motivations and deepest longings.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Lê Lợi led the Lam Sơn uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Held each year at Hoa Lư Ancient Capital, Ninh Bình, this festival honors King Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, founder of Đại Cồ Việt state.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui In 968 Đinh Bộ Lĩnh made Hoa Lư the capital of Đại Cồ Việt: limestone peaks formed a natural wall and the Hoàng Long River a water route.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Sha are the land forms and hills that surround an acupuncture point and shield its qi. This analysis covers their definition and classification.
Updated 29 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Chính Thần is the ruling period direction, Linh Thần the opposite palace. How to tell Chính Thủy from Linh Thủy and locate Thành Môn in each period.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Tep Temple festival for Trung Túc Vương Lê Lai in Kiên Thọ commune, Thanh Hóa falls on the 21st of the 8th lunar month and the 8th of the 1st lunar month.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship The custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Lê Chân Female General Festival in Hải Phòng honors the founder of An Biên village with rituals each second lunar month.
Updated 11 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Ông Hoàng Mười Temple Festival in Nghệ An holds its main ceremony on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month, tied to Mother Goddess worship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Lễ tơ hồng honors Ông Tơ Bà Nguyệt after the bride arrives; lễ hợp cẩn has the couple share wine and betel in the bridal chamber. Rites and meaning.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Chợ Củi Temple Festival in Nghi Xuân, Hà Tĩnh honours Saint Hoàng Mười and the Three Holy Mothers, and differs from Nghệ An's Ông Hoàng Mười Temple.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Ông Hoàng Bảy, a Le Dynasty general, is worshipped at Bảo Hà Temple in Lào Cai, blending hero veneration with Mother Goddess beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Linh Tinh, one of the Six Malefic Stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu, brings suddenness, volatility and a hot temper. Here is its meaning across the palaces.
Updated 4 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos The Hoang Ốc count used before building a house in Vietnam: the six positions and why the digit-sum shortcut gives the same answer.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lễ hạ điền opens rice transplanting; lễ thượng điền marks formed ears or harvest end, both praying for good crops. Custom books differ on timing and names.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Choosing dates and hours Giờ hoàng đạo are six two-hour slots a day, based on the twelve Earthly Branches and seen in folk practice as favorable for starting important work.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Western astrology Cung Hoàng Đạo is one of twelve equal divisions of the ecliptic, each tied to a constellation and used in Western astrology for personality, love and career.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Thiệu Ung (Shao Yong, 1011 to 1077) and Hoàng Cực Kinh Thế: the image-and-number learning of the Song and the cycle of nguyên, hội, vận, thế.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Công Đồng Bắc Lệ Temple Festival in Tân Thành Commune, Lạng Sơn runs from the 18th to 20th of the 9th lunar month, with the palanquin bathing rite.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The 19th of the 2nd, 6th and 9th lunar months mark the three Quán Thế Âm festival days, symbolic Mahayana commemorations.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Folk taboos Hoang Ốc is a Vietnamese folk taboo checked before building a house, sorting lunar age into six positions, three of which are considered unfavourable.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Thành Hoàng is the guardian deity believed to protect each Vietnamese village, worshipped at the communal đình. Its origins, deity types and royal decrees.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Nguyễn Trung Trực Memorial Festival in Kiên Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Yên Tử Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Trần Nhân Tông, founder of the Trúc Lâm Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Grand Memorial for Buddha Emperor Trần Nhân Tông's Parinirvana is held at Cung Trúc Lâm, Yên Tử and Ngọa Vân Pagoda each year.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Glossary Nhật 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 › Historical figures Trần Hưng Đạo, the general who led Đại Việt against the Mongols three times, became Đức Thánh Trần, a worshipped saint honoured at temples such as Kiếp Bạc.
Updated 22 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
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