Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Four Symbols guard the huye: Thanh Long left, Bach Ho right, Huyen Vu behind, Chu Tuoc in front. This piece covers their shapes and the minh duong layers.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyBạch Hổ in Tử Vi sits ninth in the Thái Tuế circle, placed by the birth year branch. How to place it and what four Vietnamese Tử Vi books say.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyAnnual palaces carry the exact earthly branch of the year, while annual stars are placed by that year's stem and branch.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresMai Thúc Loan (722) and Phùng Hưng (791) were two major uprisings under Tang rule. An analysis of their background, course and historical significance.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyLong Đức is a star of the Thái Tuế ring in Vietnamese Tử Vi. See how it is placed from the birth-year Branch and what four Vietnamese books say.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTang Môn in Tử Vi belongs to the Thái Tuế ring, governing sorrow, loss, and mourning. Its placement, meaning when holding Mệnh.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiAm Trach is grave feng shui, judged by huyen, minh duong and thuy khau, unlike Duong Trach for the living. It covers Pham Dinh Ho's view and cai tang.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesTrùng tang, the hour of coffining and avoided burial days are folk beliefs from Bắc Kỳ; anthropology reads them as easing unease when someone dies.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore the Tang Do Moc (Mulberry Wood) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle: its origins, Five Elements characteristics, Feng Shui meaning, and applications.
Updated 29 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Táng Thư says qi scatters in wind and stops at water, hence phong thủy; water comes first, storing wind second. Read against the Chinese text.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe steps of bốc mộ cải táng as Phan Kế Bính records them: telling the ancestors, opening the grave, gathering the bones and reburial; current rules.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingĐằng Xà, Bạch Hổ and Huyền Vũ are three of the six beasts in Lục Hào, started by the day stem. Each spirit's nuance is analysed, and none decides fortune.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesHow long is mourning, and which mourning dress goes with each degree of kinship? The rules in three old Vietnamese ritual books, up to trừ phục.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingBạch Hổ, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem and what Tăng san bốc dịch says about reading it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesFuneral rites in northern Vietnam, from shrouding and encoffining to thành phục, the burial and the ngu rites that follow, as old ritual books record.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Thái Tuế circle has 12 stars placed clockwise from the birth year branch. Placement and readings from three Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stonesCapricorn healing crystals: meanings of Citrine, Tiger's Eye, Clear Quartz and Jade, plus how to choose stones by the Five Elements for focus and luck.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesSouthern Vietnamese funerals in press accounts: nhập quan, phát tang, cúng vong, ritual music, động quan and hạ huyệt, and where sources cover one locality.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesWhen to burn the mourning scarf in Vietnamese custom: the 49-day, 100-day and death anniversaries, plus the rites of removing mourning.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe rites after a Vietnamese funeral: the ngu rites, the 49th and 100th days, tiểu tường, đại tường and the end of mourning, as old ritual books record.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyStudies in Vancouver, Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong and Russia show buyers pay more or less for house and floor numbers.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiWhat is feng shui? A look at its foundational principles, including yin-yang, the five elements and the bagua, and how they are applied in homes and offices.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismHow the Pali suttas describe the four jhānas, from the first with applied and sustained thought, rapture and pleasure to the fourth with equanimity.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingChu 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.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ 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.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Táng thư names five kinds of mountain unfit for burial: đồng, đoạn, thạch, quá, độc. What the main text says and what its commentary adds.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the deep cultural significance of traditional Vietnamese funerals, common burial forms, and trends of change in modern society.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesWhat to do when a family member dies: the order of a traditional Vietnamese funeral, from shrouding and mourning dress to burial and the later rites.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExhumation for reburial usually follows the end of mourning, often after three to five years; current rules require at least 36 months. What to know.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyEarth sign couples like Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn build on stability and shared goals, but risk stagnation and stubbornness.
Updated 27 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingCâu 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.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesWhat is distinctive about funerals in Huế: the âm công bearers and their dress, the order of rites, and the city rule on how long a wake may last.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the main rites of a traditional Vietnamese funeral, from encoffining and mourning attire to burial and the 49-day rites, and their cultural meaning.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsFuneral customs across Northern, Central and Southern Vietnam differ in coffin size, burial timing and reburial, with Hue royal culture shaping Central rites.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyWhat is Vietnamese astrology (tu vi), how a chart is cast, and core concepts such as the 12 palaces, major stars, Four Transformations, nap am and Bat Tu.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of scienceShang oracle bone divination (c. 13th to 11th century BCE) burned turtle shells and ox bones, read the cracks, then carved the question onto the bone.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesMo Muong funeral verses guide the soul back to the ancestors in Muong Troi, with the Mo master as a bridge and ethical values for descendants.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThủy 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 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyPhi hóa: a palace's stem turns a star into Lộc, Quyền, Khoa or Kỵ and sends it to that star's palace. Tự hóa: it does so within itself.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesHue funerals are a meticulous ritual system expressing filial piety and sacred farewell, now facing renewal under Decision 2322/QD-UBND to fit urban life.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Táng thư defines force as a thousand feet and form as a hundred: where the mountain's force arrives and the form stops, qi is said to gather.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BuddhismSun Moon Lamp Light Buddha is the last of twenty thousand Buddhas sharing one title in the Lotus Sutra's opening chapter.
Updated 16 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Yen Tu Festival honours Emperor-Buddha Tran Nhan Tong, founder of the Truc Lam Zen sect, with its rituals and spiritual meaning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
CelebritiesA famous female poet with the poems Sóng, Thuyền và biển, Gió Lào cát trắng, Tự hát; posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize in literature and the arts.