Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesComparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chol Chnam Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divinationDrawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesNew Year's Day in Vietnam comes from the Gregorian calendar, adopted in the French colonial period, and later became an official public holiday.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarLunar 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.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Si La people live in Muong Te, Lai Chau, speak a Tibeto-Burman language, worship ancestors, and hold the altar rite, New Year and new rice festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsNào Pê Chầu, the Mông New Year, falls a month before Tết Nguyên Đán: sweeping the soot, the Xử Ka offering, the year-end meal and fetching new water.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe 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.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotNew Year Tarot spreads include 12-month layouts and themed spreads, with meanings for each position and a reflective, non-superstitious approach.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe tale of Mỵ Châu and Trọng Thủy as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Việt Nam sử lược, with the comments of the old historians on it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Then Kin Pang Festival of the Thai people in Lai Chau honors Then masters and features solemn rituals plus folk games, held since 2000.
Updated 13 Sept 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 › Historical figuresThe story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, the sack of one hundred eggs, as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca, and what is myth.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsVietnamese Lunar New Year customs: the Kitchen Gods send-off, New Year's Eve rites, first-footing, and lucky money, with the meaning behind each.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsTet customs in Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam share roots but differ in dishes and rituals, from banh chung to bitter melon soup.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesChol 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.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodThe Hue Tet feast blends royal essence with folk culture, shaped by a philosophy of frugality, elegance, harmony and transformation.
Updated 28 Jun 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 › Tet and seasonal ritesFirst-day Tet travel for 2027: how to choose the hour and direction, prepare offerings, and follow the route, plus why sources disagree on the calculations.
Updated 21 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodDuck, squid, banana, shrimp, snail and fertilized duck eggs are avoided at new year in Vietnamese folk belief, which links them to bad luck.
Updated 13 Aug 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 › Tet customsFirst-footing is an old Vietnamese Tet custom: the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to carry the year's fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsSpring festivals after Tết: ném còn, đẩy gậy and swings among the peoples of Lai Châu, and the pháo đất game of Hải Dương, with rules and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divinationKieu 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.
Updated 10 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesA guide to preparing New Year's Eve offerings, arranging the outdoor and indoor trays by Vietnamese custom, with safety notes and regional differences.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsCa tru is an ancient Vietnamese chamber singing form with a dao nuong, a kep dan and a quan vien cam chau. This article explains its structure and revival.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesAsking 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsLồng Tồng of the Tày, highland first-furrow festivals, and the Kinh tịch điền rite compared: who organizes each and how the core rite differs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesWhere the custom of a Lunar New Year opening day comes from, and what people weigh up when picking a date and preparing offerings.
Updated 17 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnamese travellers use departure dates, vehicle blessings and safety amulets to manage risk on uncertain roads, an anthropologist finds.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyContagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsRed River Delta culture centres on village life, communal houses, pagodas, village gates and worship. A close look at Duong Lam, Phu Luu and Phuc Xa.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe New Rice Festival of the M'Nong in the Central Highlands thanks the heavens and the rice spirit, with a buffalo sacrifice at its heart.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe New Rice Festival of the Cao Lan people in Tuyen Quang gives thanks to ancestors and nature after the harvest, with a neu tree and new rice.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe New Rice Festival is when the Xo Dang people of the Central Highlands thank the gods and spirits for a bountiful harvest.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
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