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The Sán Chay People (Cao Lan, Sán Chỉ): Residence, Language, Worship Practices and Main Festivals
The Sán Chay people include the Cao Lan and Sán Chỉ groups of northeast Vietnam. Their languages, stilt houses, altars and festivals are covered here.
Cau Mua Ceremony - Agricultural Ritual of the Sán Chay People in Ba Chẽ
The Cau Mua ceremony of the Sán Chay people in Ba Chẽ, Quảng Ninh, prays for good weather and harvests and reflects animist belief and community ties.
Tắc Xình Dance: The Sán Chay People's Ritual for Bountiful Harvests
Tắc Xình is the Sán Chay (Cao Lan) people's dance for the Harvest Prayer Festival, mimicking the whole swidden farming cycle from clearing fields to harvest.
Vietnam's Community of 54 Ethnic Groups: Official List, Distribution and Shared Cultural Traits
Vietnam recognises 54 ethnic groups under the 1979 official list, with the Kinh majority and 53 minority groups spread across all regions.
The Sán Dìu Ethnic Group: Where They Live, Their Language, Customs of Worship and Main Festivals
The Sán Dìu are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, speaking a Guangdong Chinese dialect in the northern midlands, with distinctive worship customs.
Cap Sac Ceremony: The Sacred Coming-of-Age Rite of the Sán Dìu People
Explore the Cap Sac ceremony of the Sán Dìu people: its origins, significance, steps, and the role of the 'Hành Quang Dance' in this sacred rite of passage.
Hidden Spirit in Lục Hào: When the Useful Spirit Does Not Appear, What Tang San Buo Dich Says About Finding and Judging It
When a Lục Hào hexagram lacks the needed relative, Tang San Buo Dich chapter 28 shows how to find the hidden spirit and judge when it is useful.
Tuần không in Lục Hào: how to find the two void branches and what it means when a line falls into it, according to Tăng san bốc dịch
Tuần không in Lục Hào: the two branches missing from a ten-day cycle, how to find them for the six Giáp cycles, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says.
Tang San Buo Dich, Huo Zhu Lin, Buo Fei Zheng Zong and Huang Jin Ce: How Do They Differ?
Four classics of Lục Hào compared: Hỏa Châu Lâm, Hoàng Kim Sách, Tăng San Bốc Dịch and Bốc Phệ Chính Tông, who is named as author and what each one does.
What Is Chèo? The Village-Đình Chèo Mat and Classic Tích Trò
Chèo is the folk musical theatre of the Red River Delta, played on a mat in the communal house yard, with old plays such as Quan Âm Thị Kính.
What Are Advancing and Retreating Spirits in Liu Yao? How to Identify and Interpret Them According to Zeng Shan Buo Yi
Tiến thần and thoái thần in Lục Hào: how a moving line advances or retreats within one element, with the seven pairs and cases from Tăng san bốc dịch.
What Is Bắc Ninh Quan Ho Folk Singing? Liền anh, liền chị and the Custom of Kết Chạ
Quan họ Bắc Ninh is call-and-response folk singing between liền anh and liền chị of twinned villages, inscribed by UNESCO in 2009.
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Day (March 26)
March 26 marks the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, honoring Vietnamese youth traditions across historical periods.
What Is the Six Clashes of Earthly Branches? The Six Pairs and the 'Clash Opens the Storehouse' of Thìn Tuất Sửu Mùi
The six clashes of the twelve earthly branches, from Tý Ngọ to Tỵ Hợi, and how Tăng san bốc dịch reads clash as dispersal or as opening a storehouse.
Founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam on February 3, 1930, when Nguyễn Ái Quốc unified three communist organizations in Hong Kong.
Garden Feng Shui: Principles for Auspicious Layout
Garden feng shui covers location, the five elements, plants, pathways and energy balancing for a harmonious, tidy and airy space.
Chăm Bàu Trúc Pottery Art - UNESCO Cultural Heritage
Chăm Bàu Trúc pottery, a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, is known for open-air firing and mold-free shaping. Here are its origins and conservation.
Giong Festival (Hanoi): UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Giong Festival at Soc Temple and Phù Đổng Temple in Hanoi honors Saint Giong, with its rituals and UNESCO heritage status.
Hát Xoan Phú Thọ: worship singing to the Hung Kings at the communal house gate, the four original Xoan guilds, and the journey from urgent safeguarding to representative heritage
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.
What Types of Intangible Cultural Heritage Are There? Seven Types Under Vietnam's 2024 Cultural Heritage Law, and Where Traditional Crafts and Folk Knowledge Fit
Vietnam's Decree 39/2024/NĐ-CP sets seven types of intangible cultural heritage for inventory, with traditional crafts fifth and folk knowledge seventh.
Cổ Loa Festival: Honoring An Dương Vương and the Loa Thành Heritage
The Cổ Loa Festival opens on the 6th day of the first lunar month at the Upper Temple in Đông Anh, Hanoi, honoring An Dương Vương with rituals and folk games.
Vía Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam Festival - A Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Vía Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam Festival, the Mekong Delta's largest folk festival, honors the goddess protecting the border region.
Who Is the Tiền Chủ, and Why Do Many Houses Have a Shrine at the Cây Hương in the Yard?
Custom books explain the Tiền Chủ as the first owner's spirit, why many homes keep a cây hương altar in the yard, and how offerings are made.
Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Palaces: UNESCO Heritage and Harmful Distortions to Distinguish
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.
Ông Hoàng Mười Temple Festival (Nghệ An): main festival on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month, Mother Goddess worship and national intangible cultural heritage
Ông Hoàng Mười Temple Festival in Nghệ An holds its main ceremony on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month, tied to Mother Goddess worship.
Hung Kings Worship - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Hung Kings Worship, a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, reflects Vietnam's tradition of remembering the source when drinking water.
What is Chu Tước in Liu Yao and how is it interpreted according to the Zeng Shan Bu Yi?
Chu Tước, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: placed by the day stem, linked with speech, letters and disputes in Tăng san bốc dịch.
Do Investors Who Favor the Number 8 Earn More? Evidence from Stock Exchanges
Evidence from Taiwan's futures exchange and IPO data shows that choosing prices and tickers by lucky numbers comes with lower returns.
What is tuồng (hát bội)? Face-painting art, Bình Định hát bội and the Đào Tấn heritage
Tuồng, or hát bội, is Vietnam's classical theatre, known for coded face-painting and for the plays of Đào Tấn in Bình Định, its heartland.
Hidden Movement and Day Break in Zeng Shan Bu Yi: How Is a Static Line Struck by the Day Read?
Ám động is a strong static line clashed by the day; nhật phá is a weak one. How Tăng San Bốc Dịch tells the two apart when reading a hexagram.
Trạng Trình Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (1491-1585): Cultural Celebrity and the Heritage of Vĩnh Bảo Temple
Trạng Trình Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm was a 16th century cultural celebrity. His temple in Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng, is a special national relic.
Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, November 23: When Did It Begin and Why That Date?
Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day falls on November 23 under Decision 36/2005/QD-TTg, the date chosen because Ho Chi Minh signed Decree 65/SL in 1945.
Đông Hồ Folk Paintings: From Woodcut Blocks to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tet
Đông Hồ folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bắc Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
What is Cau Tran in Liu Yao? How to place it by day stem and judge according to Zeng Shan Bu Yi
Câu Trần, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem, the lookup table, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says of it.
Traditional Houses of Four Regions: Northern Delta Three-Bay House, Hue Rường House, Central Highlands Rông House, Northwest Stilt House
Four traditional Vietnamese house types compared: the northern three-bay house, Hue rường house, Central Highlands rông house and Northwest stilt house.
Saint Giong - Phù Đổng Thiên Vương: From the Legend of Defeating the An Invaders to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Saint Giong, or Phù Đổng Thiên Vương, is one of the Four Immortals in Vietnamese folk belief, and the Giong Festival was recognized by UNESCO in 2010.
Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc Festival: A Convergence and Spread of Heritage Values of Trần Hưng Đạo and Nguyễn Trãi
The Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc Festival honors Trần Hưng Đạo and Nguyễn Trãi, two figures tied to this land, at a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Bà Chúa Xứ of Sam Mountain: From Southern Folk Belief to Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Vía Bà Chúa Xứ festival at Sam Mountain joined UNESCO's heritage list in 2024, blending Kinh, Cham, Khmer and Hoa beliefs.
Do 'lucky' house numbers and floor numbers raise property prices? Evidence from real estate market research
Studies in Vancouver, Auckland, Singapore, Hồng Kông and Russia show buyers pay more or less for house and floor numbers.
The Death Anniversary of Lễ Thành Hau Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh: The Pioneer of Southern Vietnam and the Journey from Folk Ritual to National Heritage
The death anniversary of Lễ Thành Hau Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh honors the pioneer of Southern Vietnam, a ritual named a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2025.
Hexagram Thủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63, 既濟, ䷾): When the Work Is Done and Why 'Good at First, Chaos at the End'?
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.
Decoding Hexagram 16 Yu (Thunder over Earth) in the I Ching: Structure and Lessons
Hexagram 16 Yu (Thunder over Earth) in the I Ching: its structure, each line's meaning, and lessons on preparation and humility.
What is Tứ Hóa?
Tứ Hóa are the four stars Hóa Lộc, Hóa Quyền, Hóa Khoa and Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi astrology, standing for prosperity, power, reputation and adversity.
What Do Thấu Can and Thông Căn Mean in Bát Tự, and Why Do They Matter?
Thấu can is a stem exposed among the four pillars; thông căn is a stem rooted in a branch. Together they show whether that stem has real strength.
Vietnamese festivals mapped to solar dates, 2026 to 2030
The actual solar date of each festival across five years, with the weekday. Lunar festivals land on a different solar date every year, and this table works that out in advance.
Vietnamese offering procedures
407 rows of offering procedures: each row is how one rite is performed in one region within one tradition, with timing, place of offering, officiant, offerings with catalogue codes, order of steps, things to avoid and practical notes, plus the addresses of the source pages or the titles of source books. Where sources disagree is recorded in the ghi_chu column.