Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Day divination traces back to rishu day books excavated from Warring States, Qin and Han tombs, already systematized by the 3rd century BCE.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures An Dương Vương, the state of Âu Lạc and Cổ Loa citadel in the old histories and the legend of the magic crossbow: the Thục house, dates and site.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Tieu han is placed by the trine group of the birth year branch, nguyet han by birth month and hour, with notes on where Tử Vi schools differ.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Dunhuang manuscripts from the 9th and 10th centuries cover day-selection, dream interpretation, physiognomy, and home feng shui.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Thiệu Ung (Shao Yong, 1011 to 1077) and Hoàng Cực Kinh Thế: the image-and-number learning of the Song and the cycle of nguyên, hội, vận, thế.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Nàng Han, the White Thai heroine who disguised herself as a man to lead 16 Thai regions against invaders, is honored in a festival each lunar year.
Updated 14 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Thái of Vietnam's Northwest follow animist beliefs with guardian spirits and hold the Xên Bản Xên Mường rites and Hạn Khuống festival.
Updated 10 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Đại Hàn is the last of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 300 degrees and lasting about 15 days. Here its calculation, customs, and meaning are explained.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Glossary Minh 明 is written with Sun and Moon and means brightness. What the Shuowen Jiezi records about it, and how the I Ching links sun, moon and light.
Updated 1 Oct 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Hoa (Han) are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups: where they live, their language, ancestor worship customs, and festivals like Tết Nguyên tieu.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The eight hạn of folk belief: Huỳnh Tuyền, Tam Kheo, Ngũ Mộ, Thiên Tinh, Toán Tận, Thiên La, Địa Võng, Diêm Vương. Which books record them, how they differ.
Updated 15 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Hàn Lộ is the 17th of the 24 solar terms, beginning around October 8 when the Sun reaches 195 degrees. Learn its meaning and customs.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Tiểu Hàn is the 23rd of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 285 degrees. It starts on January 5 or 6, opens the Sửu month and lasts about 14.7 days.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy A look at eyebrow shapes in Vietnamese face reading: Quan Công, La Hán, tiger brow, sword brow, willow leaf, sparse brows, brow bone and key cautions.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Psychology A 2024 study of Vietnamese firms links lower fixed asset investment to directors aged 49 to 53, the tuoi han years. The effect is larger in small firms.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Learn what relief stars and fate-mitigating stars are in Vietnamese astrology, their origins, and their real limits from Buddhist and cultural perspectives.
Updated 1 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Yin Male, Yang Male, Yin Female, Yang Female: the Yin Yang of the birth year sets whether Đại Hạn runs forward or backward in a Tử Vi chart.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Hanoi field research shows sao giai han attendees span many ages and jobs, drawn by belief in inauspicious stars and peace of mind.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts 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.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Glossary Nhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Updated 16 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Saju Saju is Korea's Four Pillars astrology, rooted in Chinese Bazi but with its own interpretive tradition, still used for marriage and career choices.
Updated 7 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief Under Vietnam's 2019 UNESCO dossier, Then is a Tày, Nùng and Thái ritual led by Then masters, with cầu an and giải hạn rites, songs and the đàn tính lute.
Updated 30 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Han Yijing studies by Meng Xi, Jiao Yanshou and Jing Fang used image-number; how does this differ from Wang Bi's meaning-principle reading.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology How Vietnamese Tử Vi books order a chart reading: Mệnh and Thân first, then Cục, the major stars, the palaces in aspect, auxiliary stars and the periods.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Comparing the kut rite of Korean mudang with Vietnamese hau dong: practitioners, clients, music, dress, and how both adapted to the market economy.
Updated 28 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thiên Thương sits in the Nô Bộc palace and Thiên Sứ in Tật Ách. Placement, elements and how four Vietnamese Tử Vi books read them in fortune periods.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Tang Môn in Tử Vi belongs to the Thái Tuế ring, governing sorrow, loss, and mourning. Its placement, meaning when holding Mệnh.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Dhammapada has two main recensions: the Pali text of 26 chapters and 423 verses, and the Chinese Faju jing of 39 chapters. Where they differ.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese star worship and misfortune resolution (dâng sao giải hạn) at lunar new year: its Taoist origins, cultural meaning, and a Buddhist view.
Updated 22 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Banh Troi and Banh Chay mark Vietnam's Cold Foods Festival on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month, a localized day of honoring ancestors with these cakes.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The Thái Âm star is one of the three auspicious stars in the Nine Luminaries, tied to career and love. A monthly ritual on the 26th lunar day may help.
Updated 2 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Quái khí maps the 60 hexagrams onto 365 days by the method of Mạnh Hỷ and Kinh Phòng, each ruling six days and seven parts.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Year-start star offerings follow Cửu Diệu annual stars, not Buddhist doctrine; a 2019 Sangha directive limits pagodas to cầu an.
Updated 3 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology A Buddhist and psychological analysis of bad luck in Vietnamese astrology, helping you understand without fear and take proactive control of your life.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Sao chiếu mệnh 2027 uses the Cửu Diệu system by lunar age. It covers the nine stars, how to look them up, their effects.
Updated 4 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Online Bát Tự charts build fast, but accuracy hinges on birth hour data, time zone, and solar terms. Know when to trust them and when a reader must verify.
Updated 4 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection Xem ngày tốt xấu hôm nay theo lịch âm dựa trên can chi, trực, sao và giờ hoàng đạo. Bài giải thích nguyên lý, cách tra và giới hạn của việc chọn ngày.
Updated 2 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Heaven and Earth Pi (No. 12) puts Qian above Kun, so the two qi never meet and stagnation follows, the exact opposite of Tai.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Annual fortune in Tử Vi is a short-term layer read by superimposing a time cycle onto the natal chart. See its calculation basis and where schools disagree.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Xinh Mun speak a Mon-Khmer language and live mainly in Sơn La and Lai Châu, with bridegroom service and two-generation ancestor worship.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Nguyễn Trung Trực Memorial Festival in Kiên Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
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