Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipNorthern and Southern Vietnamese family altars differ in structure, arrangement, generations honored and five-fruit tray choices.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Dictionary › NumerologySố Sứ Mệnh is a numerology figure calculated from a person's full birth name, reflecting innate potential, talents, and mode of expression.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau centers on Ly Thi Thien Huong, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Ba Den Mountain.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyStudies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Asian-American communities find Dragon-year children score slightly higher.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesKhu Su Cha, the Ha Nhi New Rice Festival in Muong Nhe, Dien Bien, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThành Hoàng is the guardian deity believed to protect each Vietnamese village, worshipped at the communal đình. Its origins, deity types and royal decrees.
Updated 3 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsSử Giề Pà, the buffalo thanksgiving of the Bố Y in Lào Cai, falls on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, with a shared offering tray for the village.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThiên Thương sits in the Nô Bộc palace and Thiên Sứ in Tật Ách. Placement, elements and how four Vietnamese Tử Vi books read them in fortune periods.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dressThe Vietnamese ao dai evolved from the 17th century xiem canh sen garment through reforms under Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat and King Minh Mang.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresTran Hung Dao, the general who led Dai Viet against the Mongols three times, became Duc Thanh Tran, a worshipped saint honoured at temples such as Kiep Bac.
Updated 22 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThanh Minh is when descendants clean ancestral graves and offer rituals. This guide covers offerings, step-by-step procedures, prayers, and safety notes.
Updated 4 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThanh Minh in Vietnam is mainly an occasion to remember ancestors by visiting graves, unlike China where spring outings also occur.
Updated 23 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Co Loa Festival opens on the 6th day of the first lunar month at the Upper Temple in Dong Anh, Hanoi, honoring An Duong Vuong with rituals and folk games.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư opens with the Hồng Bàng era: Kinh Dương Vương, named Lộc Tục, and the realm of Xích Quỷ. The Hán text set beside later histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismCáo tật thị chúng by Chan master Mãn Giác is a famous Lý-era verse: fading spring and a plum branch in the courtyard speak of impermanence.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresAn Dương Vương, the state of Âu Lạc and Cổ Loa citadel in the old histories and the legend of the magic crossbow: the Thục house, dates and site.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresTan Vien Son Thanh, or Son Tinh, leads the Four Immortals and symbolizes the conquest of nature and floods, with over 100 relics around Ba Vi mountain.
Updated 31 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 58, Dui (The Joyous), teaches the way of harmonious joy: joy that is sincere brings success, while joy that only pleases others soon turns crooked.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnam's Thanh Minh custom often means tending graves first, then offering to ancestors at home; this examines origins, sequence and exceptions in old texts.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThanh Dau Tho covers the Mau Dan and Ky Mao years. See its Earth element traits, feng shui colors, and generation and control notes.
Updated 17 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionThe twelve trực, from Kiến and Trừ to Khai and Bế, form a twelve-day cycle for judging each day, rooted in old calendars and the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThanh Long, third star of the Bác Sĩ cycle from Lộc Tồn, is a Water-element auspicious star. This covers its placement, meaning, and classical readings.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLady Trieu, born Trieu Thi Trinh in 226, led the 248 uprising against Wu rule. Her temple on Gai Mountain, Thanh Hoa, keeps national heritage festivals.
Updated 8 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiChinh Than is the ruling period direction, Linh Than the opposite palace. How to tell Chinh Thuy from Linh Thuy and locate Thanh Mon in each period.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Western astrologyDiscover Leo (July 23 - August 22): a confident, generous yet prideful personality, passionate love style, ideal careers, and compatible signs.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresSaint Giong, or Phu Dong Thien Vuong, is one of the Four Immortals in Vietnamese folk belief, and the Giong Festival was recognized by UNESCO in 2010.
Updated 14 Jul 2026Culture and belief
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 › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe death anniversary of Le Thanh Hau Nguyen Huu Canh honors the pioneer of Southern Vietnam, a ritual named a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2025.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyDiscover the meaning of Life Path Number 9: a compassionate, idealistic personality, ideal careers, and how Number 9s find emotional balance in love.
Updated 24 Jun 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionAuspicious and inauspicious days classify a whole day by the twelve deities, while auspicious hours classify each two-hour block by that same set.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe Buddha altar usually sits higher than the ancestor altar, but the exact layout depends on each home's space and regional or family tradition.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesIn Dak Lak, the Ede coming-of-age ceremony removes a boy's kông bracelets at 17, marking his adulthood and right to join community affairs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative daysThe founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam on February 3, 1930, when Nguyen Ai Quoc unified three communist organizations in Hong Kong.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe number of altars and incense bowls in a home is not fixed. This analysis draws on Gia lễ giản yếu and ethnographic records, with layouts for each case.
Updated 16 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date and hour selectionYear-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Updated 16 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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