Which deities are worshipped at Dinh Cậu Phú Quốc?
Dinh Cậu worships Chúa Ngọc Nương Nương in the most solemn position in the centre of the main hall, together with her two sons Cậu Tài and Cậu Quý, worshipped on either side under the title "Nhi hien vuong Thai tu". In the main hall there are also altars to Long Vương, Tả Ban, Hữu Ban, the Mountain God, the God of Wealth and the Earth God.
Dinh Cậu Phú Quốc Festival falls on the 15th and 16th of the 10th lunar month, with Nghinh Cậu, Yết Cậu and Chinh Te rituals honouring Chúa Ngọc Nương Nương.
Origins, rituals and cultural values of the Hung Kings Temple Festival in Phú Thọ, held on the 10th day of the third lunar month to honor the Hung Kings.
Hiền Quan Phet Festival in Phú Thọ runs on the 12th and 13th of the first lunar month with palanquin procession, worship, troop march, and phet grabbing.
Hát Xoan Phú Thọ is ritual singing at the communal house gate to worship the Hung Kings, performed in three stages by four original Xoan guilds in Việt Trì.
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.
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.
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.
Mai Thúc Loan (722) and Phùng Hưng (791) were two major uprisings under Tang rule. An analysis of their background, course and historical significance.
Lady Trieu, born Triệu Thị Trinh in 226, led the 248 uprising against Wu rule. Her temple on Gai Mountain, Thanh Hóa, keeps national heritage festivals.
The Khmer (Khơ Me) numbered 1,319,652 in the 2019 survey, live mainly in the Mekong Delta, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and worship Buddha and ancestors.
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Learn about the origin of International Women's Day on March 8 from the 1908 New York garment workers' movement and its meaning in honoring women worldwide.
Saint Mother Liễu Hạnh, the only female saint among the Four Immortals, is tied to the three descents to earth and to the Three Realms Mother Goddess worship.
Vietnamese Women's Day on October 20 marks the 1930 founding of the Vietnam Anti-Imperialist Women's Union, a date that honors Vietnamese women each year.
UNESCO inscribed Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Palaces in 2016, honoring the sky, forest and water Mothers, with Holy Mother Liễu Hạnh at its center.
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.
Anthropology finds modernisation does not erase spirit belief in Vietnam. Temples and festivals grew busier after Đổi Mới for several overlapping reasons.
Southern Vietnam worship spans Thành hoàng, Bà Chúa Xứ, Mẫu, whale and ancestor veneration. Its origins, cultural fusion and modern shifts are examined.
Tết in northern Vietnam: the feast tray, Nhật Tân peach blossom, the Hàng Lược flower market and three days of family reunion, with origins and meaning.
Vietnam's 'tam linh' shifted from 20th-century dictionary meanings, and researchers now define 'spiritual tourism' through the post-Doi Moi religious market.
International Children's Day on June 1 began in 1949 to honor children killed by Nazi Germany in Lidice and Oradour, and Vietnam has marked it since 1950.
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The International Day of Older Persons on October 1 was established in 1990 by UN Resolution 45/106. Learn its origin, meaning, and how Vietnam observes it.
Lập Xuân, the first solar term of the year, falls on 3 or 4 February (4 February in 2026). How it is calculated, why it changes the year, and its customs.
Known as one of the divas of Vietnamese light music, closely associated with the songs of Trịnh Công Sơn, Dương Thụ, Trần Tiến, Phú Quang, Quốc Trung, Thanh Tùng.
155 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients, a short description, classification axes (cycle, social setting, beings worshipped, tradition, ethnic group, cultural region), a structured date and sourced passages on its customs. It is the key table for Nhật Nguyệt's datasets on offering prayers and rite customs.