Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Xoe Thai is the signature folk dance of the Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest, built on six ancient Xoe dances and inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Khơ Mú new rice celebration in Than Uyên, Lai Châu gives thanks to ancestors and the land spirit after harvest, with singing to welcome the new rice.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Mường Lò Cultural and Tourism Festival 2026 runs 1 to 7 October in Lào Cai, opening 20:00 on 2 October and marking five years of UNESCO-listed Thai Xoe.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Then Kin Pang Festival of the Thai people in Lai Châu honors Then masters and features solemn rituals plus folk games, held since 2000.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Traditional festivals Kin Pang Then is the early-spring rite of the White Thái, led by Then masters to thank the spirits and their disciples; it is held in Mường Lay, Điện Biên.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Thai Nguyên is derived from the month pillar, Thai Tuc from the day pillar, and Menh Cung from the month and hour branches.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Tam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Thái Nguyên International Tea Festival 2026 runs 30 October to 7 November at Võ Nguyên Giáp Square, themed 'Thái Nguyên, First Among Famous Teas'.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The wedding customs of the Black Thai in Sơn La include free courtship, a trial groom service, and the Tằng cẩu hair-bunning rite.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The Thai Sao in the Trường Sinh Cycle shows the ebb and flow of life. See its meaning across the 12 palaces of the Tử Vi chart, from Trường Sinh to Mộ.
Updated 16 Jul 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 › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities Vietnam's Thai ethnic group includes the Black and White branches, speaks the Tay-Thai language, lives in ban-muong villages, and worships ancestors.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou Shu Nhật Nguyệt pairs Thái Dương and Thái Âm in Tử Vi, two stars whose meaning shifts with palace position and birth hour. Position decides how they read.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thái Bạch is the most inauspicious star in Cửu Diệu, tied to loss and betrayal. A monthly ritual on the 15th lunar day, facing West with 8 lamps, may help.
Updated 17 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Explore the Lùng Tùng Festival of the Thai people in the Northwest: origins, the Nàng Han ritual, agricultural significance, and festive activities.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites The Xíp Xí Tet of the White Thai people in Vietnam's Northwest is a festival for children, with rituals to worship spirits and ward off disease.
Updated 13 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Phúc Đức is the tenth star of the Thái Tuế cycle in Vietnamese Tử Vi, nine palaces from the birth-year branch. Placement and what four books say.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Trực Phù is the twelfth star of the Thái Tuế cycle in Vietnamese Tử Vi, one palace behind the birth-year branch. Placement and what four books say.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the Sun Star (Thái Dương) in the Nine Luminaries: why it is considered auspicious, its impact on career and wealth, and the proper ritual to honor it.
Updated 6 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Quan Phù of the Thái Tuế ring and Quan Phủ of the Lộc Tồn ring: how each is placed and what four Vietnamese Tử Vi books say they mean.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Explore the rain praying festival of the Thai people in Northwest Vietnam: origins, rituals, spiritual meanings, and its role in agricultural community life.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Áp Hô Pang hair washing ritual of the White Thai in Quỳnh Nhai, Sơn La, tied to the Nàng Han legend, cleanses the old year and welcomes new fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou Shu Decode Thái Dương (Sun) star in Purple Star Astrology: origins, personality, dignity meanings, and readings for the Life, Career, and Marriage palaces.
Updated 7 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou Shu Thái Âm, the Moon Star in Purple Star Astrology: its lunar origin, gentle inward nature, and readings for Life, Wealth, and Marriage palaces.
Updated 27 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
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 › Historical figures Lê Lợi led the Lam Sơn uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Updated 24 Jul 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 › Vietnamese astrology Thai Phụ and Phong Cáo in Vietnamese Tử Vi: placement by birth hour or from Văn Khúc gives one result, with meanings as each book records them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Tam Thai and Bát Tọa are a pair of tap tinh governing rank and recognition. See how they are placed from Ta Phu and Hữu Bật by birth date.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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 › Vietnamese astrology Tử Phù in Tử Vi: the sixth star of the Thái Tuế circle, five palaces clockwise from the birth-year branch, and what Vietnamese books say of it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Quan Phù in Tử Vi: the fifth star of the Thái Tuế cycle, four palaces clockwise from the birth-year branch, and how Vietnamese books read it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Flying stars for Đinh Mùi 2027: Ngũ Hoàng in the North, Tam Sát in the West, Thái Tuế at Mùi in the Southwest, as read in Trạch vận tân án.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Scientific historiography treats Tử Vi, Bát Tự and Thái Ất as calculation techniques built on the can chi calendar and ancient astronomy.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The 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 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 Bai Choi of Central Vietnam is a Tet game mixing folk singing with card draws, with about 30 cards and witty ho thai calls, inscribed by UNESCO in 2017.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals 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.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Tết Nhảy of the Dao: the Pút tồng rite of the Red Dao in Lào Cai and the dance rite of the Dao Quần Chẹt, with their timing, dances and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
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