Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Nghinh Ông Lại Sơn Festival falls on the 15th and 16th days of the 10th lunar month at Lăng Ông Nam Hải, Hòn Sơn Island, Kiên Hải, An Giang.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Cá Ông worship reveres whales as guardian spirits in Vietnamese fishing communities, with roots in the Cham sea god Po Riyak.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Whale worship and the Cầu Ngư festival form the spiritual core of South Central Coast fishing villages, tied to the sea and fishermen's beliefs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cau Ngu festival at Cửa Đại lets fishermen honor the Nam Hải whale god and pray for good weather and a bountiful season, with rituals and folk performances.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Nghinh Ông Sông Đốc Festival is the largest sea festival in Cà Mau, held each second lunar month with a sacred whale procession and fishermen's whale worship.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Southern Vietnamese culture blends village communal houses, worship of the Lady goddesses and a vivid dialect shaped by frontier settlement.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures How 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 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Vietnamese folk beliefs Ông Công Ông Táo is the folk term for the three Kitchen Gods, Táo Quân, who watch over household affairs and report to the Jade Emperor.
Updated 11 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The worship of Ông Tà, a land-protecting deity in Southern Vietnam, comes from the Khmer Neak Ta and reflects Viet-Khmer cultural exchange.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Tử Vi (Zi Wei Dou Shu) Sát Phá Lang names the triad of Thất Sát, Phá Quân and Tham Lang in Tử Vi astrology, symbolizing strong character and a pioneering spirit.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The ông Công ông Táo ceremony on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month sends the three Kitchen Gods to heaven to report on the family's deeds to the Jade Emperor.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Com Làng Vòng is a Hanoi autumn specialty made from young sticky rice, tied to the traditional craft of Vong village in Cầu Giấy district.
Updated 28 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Tây Thiên Festival runs from the 15th to the 17th of the second lunar month in Đại Đình Commune, Phú Thọ Province, honoring National Mother Lăng Thị Tiêu.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Mường New Rice Festival in Hương Cần Commune, Phú Thọ falls on the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, when the Lang makes the offering at Khoang Đình.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Quan Làng singing ritual in Tay weddings has three stages, Don, Nop and Dua, and is recognized as a national heritage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Yin Male, Yang Male, Yin Female, Yang Female: the Yin Yang of the birth year sets whether Đại Hạn runs forward or backward in a Tử Vi chart.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The post-Tet ancestor farewell rite varies by region: hóa vàng in the North, tiễn ông bà in the Center, cúng tất in the South.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Đọi Tam drum village in Hà Nam has made drums for over 1,000 years, using buffalo skin and jackfruit wood and an artisan's ear for sound.
Updated 1 Jul 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 › Zi Wei Dou Shu Explore Tham Lang in Purple Star Astrology: its desire-and-charm origin, versatile talents, dignity meanings, and readings for the Life and Marriage palaces.
Updated 18 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Nho Dong rain praying ceremony of the Cơ Ho Cil people near Lang Biang Mountain asks Yang for favorable weather and abundant harvests.
Updated 7 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Tet rites in southern Vietnam: welcoming the ancestors on the 30th, giao thừa offerings outdoors and indoors, Tết nhà on the third, farewell on the fourth.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The worship of Thần Tài and Ông Địa in Vietnamese culture blends Chinese influence with ancient Thổ Địa beliefs, tracing a shift from farming to trade.
Updated 5 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Từ Đạo Hạnh, Nguyễn Minh Không and Dương Không Lộ in Lĩnh Nam chích quái are tales of wonder about three monks of the Lý era, told as tales.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Làng Chuông village in Thanh Oai, Hanoi keeps its centuries-old conical hat craft alive through spinning techniques and hidden stitches.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship Bà cô ông mãnh are kin who died young and unmarried, honoured at a small altar under the ancestral altar because the young do not sit level with elders.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Cải lương grew in southern Vietnam from đờn ca tài tử and ca ra bộ; Cao Văn Lầu's 1919 song Dạ cổ hoài lang later became vọng cổ.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cổ Lễ Pagoda (Ong) Festival, Ninh Bình: 13th to 16th of the 9th lunar month, main day the 14th. In 2026 that is 22 to 25 October; in 2027, 12 to 15 October.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Sinh Village wrestling festival in Lại Ân Village, Hue, falls on the 10th day of the first lunar month and follows the muddy back, white belly rule.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Ông Địa and Thần Tài are the household deities most often worshipped together in Vietnam. Their origins, meaning, and altar placement.
Updated 17 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Phường Đúc bronze casting village in Hue has a 400-year history, known for worship items and bells made through mold making and bronze pouring.
Updated 28 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Trà Đông bronze casting village in Thanh Hóa, over 1,000 years old, keeps hereditary secrets of clay mold making and alloy blending.
Updated 23 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The legend of bánh chưng and bánh giầy: Lang Liêu, son of a Hùng king, offers cakes of glutinous rice. Where the tale is recorded and what it explains.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Asking for calligraphy at the Temple of Literature is a beautiful Vietnamese Tet custom, showing respect for knowledge and sending new year wishes.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection 2027 Kitchen Gods offering: weekdays, can chi and auspicious hours for the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of the twelfth lunar month of Bính Ngọ.
Updated 6 Nov 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou Shu Liêm Trinh and Tham Lang in the same palace at Tỵ or Hợi is a configuration old Tử Vi texts read as perilous, though their explanations differ.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Ông Tơ bà Nguyệt comes from the Tang tale Định Hôn Điếm, reprinted in Thái Bình Quảng Ký: an old man reading by moonlight and red cords that bind couples.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs The rite on the afternoon of the 30th of Tet invites ancestors home for the New Year. North, Central and South differ mainly in the feast and the fruit tray.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Chùa Ông festival on Cù Lao Phố (Thất phủ cổ miếu, Đồng Nai), 9th to 13th of the first lunar month: Quan Công worship, rites, national heritage in 2023.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou Shu Tử Vi and Tham Lang in the same palace at Mão or Dậu form đào hoa phạm chủ. This analysis covers its origin, mechanism, and classical interpretations.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Phủ Dầy Festival in Nam Định, held in the third lunar month, honors Saint Mother Liễu Hạnh with Chau Van singing and Hau Dong mediumship.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
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