Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcCounts in Thái Ất: the host count and guest count, long and short counts, and what Thái Ất kim kính thức kinh calls harmonious and not.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
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 › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Thủy Trạch Tiết (No. 60) in Kinh Dịch pairs Khảm above with Đoài below. Its Quái từ favors moderate restraint, since harsh restraint cannot last.
Updated 26 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 › Vietnam › BuddhismThe Platform Sutra records teachings traditionally attributed to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, but the text went through many layers of editing.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiHám Long Kinh and Nghi Long Kinh, traditionally attributed to Dương Quân Tùng: how they read dragon veins, the nine stars, and true versus branch dragons.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyLong Đức is a benefic star governing kindness, protection, and the mitigation of misfortune. This article analyzes its meaning in Tử Vi and how to apply it.
Updated 6 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiExplore the concept of Long and Long Mach in Loan Dau Feng Shui and Ngũ Quyết: origins, classifications, identification, and practical applications.
Updated 30 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcIn Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp, Tam Kỳ are Ất, Bính, Đinh, while Lục Nghi are Mậu, Kỷ, Canh, Tân, Nhâm, Quý. Each of the six Giáp hides under one Lục Nghi stem.
Updated 25 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 › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyLong Tri and Phuong Cac stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu: their origins, meanings, palace placement, and how they combine with other stars.
Updated 1 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsLong Tong, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
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 › Ethnic minority beliefThe Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
Updated 19 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodFive-color sticky rice is essential to the Tay people's Long Tong festival, its colors drawn from natural leaves, roots and fruits with five-element meaning.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThang Long Tu Tran is four temples guarding the old capital: Bach Ma in the east, Voi Phuc in the west, Kim Lien in the south, Quan Thanh in the north.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsBronze casting for worship in Long Thuong, Y Yen and Dai Bai: how three villages keep a centuries-old craft alive against industrial pressure.
Updated 27 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsMekong Delta culture grew from reclaiming southern lands and life along its rivers and canals, with floating markets and over 1,230 festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyA look at eyebrow shapes in Vietnamese face reading: Quan Cong, La Han, tiger brow, sword brow, willow leaf, sparse brows, brow bone and key cautions.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefHoan Kiem Lake is not one of Thang Long's four guardian temples, yet the returned sword legend sits at the old capital's spiritual center.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Phong Thuy Hoan, number 59 in the I Ching, covers the Judgment, the Image and all six line texts, plus gathering people's hearts when things scatter.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Four Symbols guard the huye: Thanh Long left, Bach Ho right, Huyen Vu behind, Chu Tuoc in front. This piece covers their shapes and the minh duong layers.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThanh Long governs joy, Chu Tuoc speech and documents, Cau Tran land and stagnation. The six beasts only color a line already assessed for prosperity.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyExplore the meaning of eyebrows in Eastern physiognomy: shape, length, color, and position reflect personality, destiny, and health.
Updated 5 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnamese cultural history appears through village spirit worship, Thành hoàng veneration, the Mother Goddess religion and the Hán Nôm archive.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesVietnamese life-cycle rituals mark birth, coming of age, marriage, death and remembrance, with ceremonies shared by many ethnic groups.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesHow long is mourning, and which mourning dress goes with each degree of kinship? The rules in three old Vietnamese ritual books, up to trừ phục.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesA guide to the Thang Long Tu Tran spring pilgrimage: the order of the four temples, what to pray at each, and mistakes first-timers often make.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsNgũ Xã bronze casting village in Hanoi has over 400 years of history, known for sophisticated techniques and artworks of Thăng Long spirit.
Updated 24 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyMoles on the eyebrow carry meaning in folk physiognomy, often read as signs of luck and leadership. Position along the arch shapes the reading.
Updated 14 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › I Ching & Five ElementsThe I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divination system built on 64 hexagrams formed from the eight trigrams, or Bagua.
Updated 11 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Cho Cui Temple Festival in Nghi Xuan, Ha Tinh honours Saint Hoang Muoi and the Three Holy Mothers, and differs from Nghe An's Ong Hoang Muoi Temple.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiBuild a Xuan Kong Flying Star chart: place the period star in the center, fly it along the Luo Shu, set the mountain and facing stars.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyDiscover the physiognomic meaning of moles on the right and left palm. This article analyzes folk beliefs about wealth, career, and destiny.
Updated 12 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyMoles on the soles of the feet carry meaning in Eastern folk physiognomy, seen as signs of a restless spirit and a fate of travel.
Updated 1 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingKinh Dịch hội is an umbrella term for the independent groups, clubs, classes and online communities that study the Kinh Dịch together in Vietnam.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority beliefThe Ê Đê of Đắk Lắk follow a matrilineal system and worship the Yang spirits. Their grave-abandonment rite sends the dead to the ancestors.
Updated 1 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesA guide to the Vietnamese groundbreaking ceremony: choosing an auspicious date, preparing offerings, and the ritual steps.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 58, Dui (The Joyous), teaches the way of harmonious joy: joy that is sincere brings success, while joy that only pleases others soon turns crooked.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative daysVietnam Culture Day falls on November 24 each year, approved by the 16th National Assembly on April 24, 2026, with fully paid leave for workers.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 32, Lei Feng Heng (恆, ䷟), concerns the way of sustaining what lasts. Its texts show endurance is not standing still but moving forward.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 62, Lei Shan Xiao Guo: small matters succeed, great matters do not. The Judgment, the Image and the six lines on a time to yield.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismHow the Pali suttas describe the four jhānas, from the first with applied and sustained thought, rapture and pleasure to the fourth with equanimity.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe six I Ching line positions carry labels such as de wei, de zhong, ying, bi, cheng and qi, shown in a position table.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 55, Lei Huo Feng (豐), speaks of great prosperity and success, like the sun at noon, with a warning that once the sun peaks it will decline.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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