Why is Nguyễn Minh Không regarded as the patron of bronze casting?
According to Lĩnh Nam chích quái, Nguyễn Minh Không cured King Lý Thần Tông and was granted the title of national preceptor. This story does not appear in the official histories, and his tale in that book does not mention bronze casting; honouring him as a craft patron belongs to folk tradition in certain places.
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.
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Thanh Minh is when descendants clean ancestral graves and offer rituals. This guide covers offerings, step-by-step procedures, prayers, and safety notes.
Bát Tự quang minh is not a separate cách cục but a state of clear qi with a strong Hỉ Dụng thần. This piece shows how to spot it and use it in fate reading.
Nguyễn Trãi, world cultural celebrity, was the soul of the resistance against the Ming and spent years at Côn Sơn writing and reflecting on benevolent rule.
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Chữ Nôm is the writing system Vietnamese people built from Chinese character material to record their own language, still seen on hoành phi and câu đối.
Nguyễn Công Trứ's death anniversary, 14th day of the Eleventh Lunar Month in Nghi Xuân, Hà Tĩnh: 22 Dec 2026, rites, his life and the founding of Tiền Hải.
Đại 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.
Tây Nguyên culture centres on the gong space, the rông house and the matrilineal system. The article analyses their origins and how they are changing today.
Vietnam's Thanh Minh custom often means tending graves first, then offering to ancestors at home; this examines origins, sequence and exceptions in old texts.
Vietnam Doctors' Day (February 27) traces back to Ho Chi Minh's 1955 letter to a health cadres conference. Learn its origin, three teachings, and meaning.
A major writer and journalist of modern Vietnamese literature, famous for his essays and short stories such as Vang bóng một thời, Người lái đò sông Đà, Chữ người tử tù
Poet and Vietnamese cultural figure of the modern era, known as Tam Nguyên Yên Đổ and the poet of Vietnamese village scenery with his autumn poem series
Vietnam's number one female cyclist, three time Asian champion in the road cycling women's mass start event and the first Vietnamese road cyclist to earn an Olympic berth