📍 Khmer Theravada temples and phum sóc villages in the Mekong Delta, Khmer communities in Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, An Giang and Cà Mau 📅 Dates announced by the organisers each year 🏛 Holiday 📚 6 sources Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Sene Dolta (Sen Đôn Ta, Pchum Ben) in 2026 runs three days, 10 to 12 October. Temple and home rituals and meaning of the Southern Khmer ancestor festival.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief Theravada Buddhism sits at the center of Khmer Krom spiritual life, with the village pagoda and major festivals such as Chôl Chnăm Thmây and Ok Om Bok.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Đờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ rests on 20 root pieces and improvised playing around the đờn mat, with a direct line into cải lương.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Cải lương grew in southern Vietnam from đờn ca tài tử and ca ra bộ; Cao Văn Lầu's 1919 song Dạ cổ hoài lang later became vọng cổ.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức In Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp, Tam Kỳ are Ất, Bính, Đinh, while Lục Nghi are Mậu, Kỷ, Canh, Tân, Nhâm, Quý. Each of the six Giáp hides under one Lục Nghi stem.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Cửu Tinh in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp are nine stars from Thiên Bồng to Thiên Anh, each tied to a palace and element, while Bát Thần are eight spirits.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Tam Thức is Thái Ất, Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp and Lục Nhâm: three old divination arts for affairs of state, of action and of single matters, compared.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Quan họ, ca trù, chèo, xẩm, hát văn, đờn ca tài tử and nhã nhạc, together with regional folk songs, form the mosaic of Vietnamese folk music.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Solar terms set Yang Dun or Yin Dun, and the fu tou day sets the yuan. This guide covers ju numbers, super spirit and qi continuation, Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp casts a chart for a moment to assess fortune and misfortune. A full chart stacks four plates on the nine palaces of the Lạc Thư grid.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 33, Thiên Sơn Độn, covers timely retreat: the Qian and Gen trigrams, the Judgment, the six line texts, and lessons on preserving oneself.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Bát Môn in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp covers the eight gates Huu, Sinh, Thuong, Do, Canh, Tu, Kinh and Khai, their trigram and element origins, and which favor a matter.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Xun trigram (☴) symbolizes Wind, penetration and flexibility in the I Ching, and it also stands for the eldest daughter and the Southeast.
Updated 1 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the Kan trigram (☵) in Bagua: its symbolism of water, danger, hidden wisdom and deep layers of meaning in the I Ching.
Updated 31 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Dui trigram (☱) in Bagua symbolizes the lake, the youngest daughter and the Metal element, carrying joy and communication.
Updated 17 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Kun trigram (☷) in Bagua symbolizes Mother Earth: three broken lines, pure yin, receptivity and nurturing, with lessons on humility for the noble person.
Updated 12 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Zhen trigram (☳) is one of the eight Bagua, symbolizing thunder, spring, awakening and action, with one yang line below two yin lines.
Updated 3 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Gen trigram (☶) is one of the eight trigrams of the I Ching, symbolizing the mountain, stillness and the point of rest, and teaching when to stop.
Updated 17 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the Li trigram (☲) in the Bagua: its symbolism of fire, clarity, mutual dependence, and its profound philosophical meaning in the I Ching.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Qian trigram (☰) in the I Ching has three yang lines, symbolizing Heaven, creativity and the ultimate yang principle.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Tet customs in Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam share roots but differ in dishes and rituals, from banh chung to bitter melon soup.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Chôl Chnăm Thmây is the Khmer New Year, held in mid-April over three days with rituals like the Maha Sangkran procession and bathing the Buddha.
Updated 5 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tet customs of the Dao Quần Chẹt people in Phú Thọ include making chung and day cakes, ancestor worship, and community rituals that mark the new year.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date and hour selection Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship Year-end altar cleaning runs from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to before New Year's Eve. A guide to the cleaning order, the incense bowl, and folk taboos.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Unrequited love persists because the brain rewards fragile hope. Here is the psychology, what tarot and numerology can help you ask, and when to stop.
Updated 23 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The worship of Ông Tà, a land-protecting deity in Southern Vietnam, comes from the Khmer Neak Ta and reflects Viet-Khmer cultural exchange.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Tà Ôi live in western Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên Huế, speak a Mon-Khmer language, and worship spirits with festivals tied to the swidden farming cycle.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Red Dao weddings in Tả Phìn, Sa Pa, have the bride walk to the groom's house alone, with days of rituals and a horn and drum team.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 Hexagram Zhen (number 51) in the I Ching stacks thunder upon thunder, covering sudden shock and six ways to respond to upheaval with a calm mind.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Year-end tạ đất rites are usually held outdoors in the yard, indoors only in cramped homes; offerings vary by region, with no fixed number of chè bowls.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Tả Phù and Hữu Bật in Tử Vi: placed by lunar birth month from Thìn and Tuất, sharing Mùi (month 4) or Sửu (month 10), as read in Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lạng Sơn's Kỳ Cùng and Tả Phủ Temple Festivals run from the 22nd to the 27th of the first lunar month, when the Quan Lon Tuần Tranh palanquin returns.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Ta Fu is one of the Six Auspicious Stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu, standing for help from others. See its traits, palace meanings and star combinations.
Updated 24 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities Comparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chôl Chnăm Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Gầu Tào Festival of the Hmong in Lào Cai gives thanks once prayers for children are fulfilled, with the Neu pole ritual and khen dancing.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Tam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Physiognomy Nguyễn Du used Eastern physiognomy to portray personality, inner life and fate in The Tale of Kieu, revealing how traditional culture shaped his craft.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Counts in Thái Ất: the host count and guest count, long and short counts, and what Thái Ất kim kính thức kinh calls harmonious and not.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Per Lục Nhâm đại toàn: Nguyên Thủ has one khóa with upper overcoming lower, Trùng Thẩm one with lower overcoming upper; Tri Nhất and Thiệp Hại have several.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Vạn Hạnh was a monk of the Lý era, linked to the story of Lý Công Uẩn. His verse Thị đệ tử speaks of impermanence, life and death, rise and decline.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching 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.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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