Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cao Đài Founding Day marks the 1926 Hoang khai Dai dao Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ, held around the tenth lunar month full moon at Tây Ninh Holy See.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Làm Chay Festival in Tầm Vu, Tây Ninh runs on the 15th and 16th of the first lunar month, with rituals welcoming Ong Tieu and more.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Feng shui Tây Tứ Trạch is one of two house groups in Bát Trạch feng shui, with four orientations, Can, Khon, Can and Doai, suited to the Tây Tứ Mệnh group.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Do Temple Festival in Bắc Ninh honors 8 Ly Dynasty kings each year on the 15th day of the third lunar month with palanquin processions.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Lý Thường Kiệt led the Ly Dynasty victory on the Như Nguyệt River line in 1077, and his temple in Tam Giang, Yên Phong, Bắc Ninh honors that legacy.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Quan họ Bắc Ninh is call-and-response folk singing between liền anh and liền chị of twinned villages, inscribed by UNESCO in 2009.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cổ Lễ Pagoda (Ong) Festival, Ninh Bình: 13th to 16th of the 9th lunar month, main day the 14th. In 2026 that is 22 to 25 October; in 2027, 12 to 15 October.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Yên Tử Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Trần Nhân Tông, founder of the Trúc Lâm Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals 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.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Quan Làng singing ritual in Tay weddings has three stages, Don, Nop and Dua, and is recognized as a national heritage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Tay weddings move through proposal, engagement, Tet visit and the wedding, with the matrilocal custom of a bride staying with her mother until pregnancy.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Tây Nguyên culture centres on the gong space, the rông house and the matrilineal system. The article analyses their origins and how they are changing today.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Cồng has a central boss, chiêng does not; both are brass gongs forming the Tây Nguyên cồng chiêng cultural space UNESCO inscribed in 2005.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Tay are Vietnam's largest ethnic minority. They live in northeastern valleys, speak a Tay-Thai language, worship ancestors, and hold long tong festivals.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Nàng Hai Festival of the Tay people in Cao Bằng is a national intangible cultural heritage honoring the Moon Mother and her 12 fairy daughters.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Keo Hành Thiện Pagoda Festival in Ninh Bình falls in mid-Ninth lunar month, honoring Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with boat racing and folk games.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lồng Tồng, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food Five-color sticky rice is essential to the Tay people's Lồng Tồng festival, its colors drawn from natural leaves, roots and fruits with five-element meaning.
Updated 4 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs New Year gift-giving among the Tày and Nùng of Cao Bằng and Hà Giang and lì xì in a Hoa family in Chợ Lớn: who gives to whom, with what, and when.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Tiên Công Festival on Hà Nam Island, Quảng Ninh runs to the 7th day of the first lunar month, with rites of carrying the elderly.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cờn Temple festival, Nghệ An, 19th to 21st of the first lunar month, honours the Four Holy Ladies of the Song: the legend, the procession and 2027 dates.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Tày and Nùng buffalo celebration on 6/6 lunar honors the buffalo after transplanting and prays for healthy herds and a bountiful harvest.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Lồng Tồng of the Tày, highland first-furrow festivals, and the Kinh tịch điền rite compared: who organizes each and how the core rite differs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Tay new rice festival on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month in Thái Nguyên includes family offerings and a village ceremony.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Physiognomy Explore the meanings of major palm lines such as life, head, heart, and fate lines in Eastern tradition along with a scientific perspective.
Updated 20 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Trương Thị Thúy Hà's 2016 study found Hanoi apartment buyers consult feng shui when choosing and arranging a home, seeking spiritual security.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief UNESCO recognized the Gong Culture Space of the Central Highlands in 2005. Gongs shape the spiritual life of the Ê Đê, Ba Na and Gia Rai.
Updated 27 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Four traditional Vietnamese house types compared: the northern three-bay house, Hue rường house, Central Highlands rông house and Northwest stilt house.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Folk traditional practices Palm reading is a folk divination practice that reads palm lines to infer personality and destiny, yet it has no scientific basis.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stones A guide to cleansing feng shui crystals using moonlight, saltwater, smoke, and other safe methods, plus notes on which techniques suit specific stone types.
Updated 27 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology The 12 zodiac signs began with Babylonian sky watching and Ptolemy's system. Precession means they no longer match the constellations.
Updated 11 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Explore the meaning and how to read the Life Line in palmistry: location, shape, length, breaks, and influencing factors.
Updated 9 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy How to read the Marriage Line on the palm: its position below the little finger, plus length, depth, clarity and intersecting lines.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Rong house is the cultural and spiritual heart of Central Highlands villages, hosting rituals, dispute resolution, and production planning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Feng shui for west-facing houses: the Yang Metal element, who it suits, and how colors, materials and plants ease harsh afternoon sun.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Explore the meaning of the heart line in palmistry: its position, length, shape, and variations and how they influence your emotional and romantic life.
Updated 21 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The 40 AD uprising of Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, its causes and significance, plus Hát Môn Temple in Hanoi, the sacred site tied to their final days.
Updated 9 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship Cúng giỗ vọng and gửi giỗ: per Toan Ánh, those far from home send offerings to the head of the family and also make an offering from afar.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship The Thánh sư altar honours a craft's patron. Learn the three names, altar placement, ritual objects, and offering days per custom books.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
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