Early 20th-century custom books record the lễ mát nhà rite and bùa trấn trạch talisman: who performed them, where it was posted, and Phan Kế Bính's critique.
Giỗ hết đại tường marks the end of two years of mourning. It covers the offering tray, how to arrange it, and the sequence for xả tang in Vietnamese custom.
In Việt Nam phong tục, tế ngu counts from burial: sơ ngu on the burial day, tam ngu on the third. The 49th, 100th day and first anniversary count from death.
Combining death anniversaries into one day is a practical choice for families whose children work far away. Here is what is reasonable and what to watch for.
Giỗ thường (cát kỵ) yearly rites need no full feast like giỗ đầu or giỗ hết. Core offerings: hương đèn, trầu cau, rượu trà, a bowl of upside-down rice.
Phong tục in English is custom, tập quán is usage, and truyền thống is tradition. See how the three differ, plus a vocabulary table of Vietnamese customs.
Giai mong truyen is a Vietnamese story type built on a dream and its reading. This covers its origins, mechanisms, dream categories and how dreams were read.
Xuân Phân, the fourth of the 24 solar terms, starts on 20 or 21 March in Vietnam time. Exact dates to 2030, its three pentads and the customs around it.
Thu Phân, the 16th of the 24 solar terms, begins on 22 to 24 September as the Sun enters the Thọ Tinh station. Its calendar roots and customs, explained.
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.
La Hầu and Kế Đô in Cửu Diệu are the Moon's orbital nodes, the North and South Nodes, which Indian, Vietnamese and Western traditions read differently.
Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of The Fool Tarot card: from number 0, the cliff, the white dog to messages of beginnings, faith, and freedom.
Practitioners describe căn đồng as a spirit root that forces the trình đồng rite, while anthropologists read it as rebuilding self and social position.
In Liu Yao, a moving line and the changed line it turns into are read as a pair, producing hoi dau sinh, hoi dau khac, hoa tien than, hoa thoai than and more.
Thủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63) is the only hexagram with all six lines in correct position and paired. It teaches small success and a good start but chaotic end.
Contagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.