Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDinh Thầy Thím Festival runs from the 14th to the 16th of the Ninth Lunar Month with spirit welcoming, cộ bánh offerings, Thỉnh sanh, and Tiền hiền rites.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsHue culture blends Nguyen dynasty court ritual with folk belief, Mother Goddess worship, and festivals like the Am Hon ceremony and Hue Nam Temple festival.
Updated 19 Sept 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 › Traditional festivalsOng Hoang Muoi Temple Festival in Nghe An holds its main ceremony on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month, tied to Mother Goddess worship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTet Nguyen Tieu, the first full moon of the lunar year, is greatly valued in Vietnamese culture. See why it matters and what to prepare for the offering tray.
Updated 23 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ đầu (tiểu tường) is the first death anniversary, with a tray of cơm úp, boiled egg, chicken, xôi and vàng mã, more solemn than an ordinary giỗ.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsVan Trai Thuong incense village in Hung Yen makes handmade incense from natural herbs, creating fragrant, low-smoke sticks.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsRằm Tháng Giêng, the lunar year's first full moon, brings temple visits and star-releasing rites, with the saying "a year of offerings cannot match this one.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTiểu Hao, a Hao phá auxiliary star, governs dissipation, movement and money volatility. This analyses its positions, combinations and correct reading.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTieu han is placed by the trine group of the birth year branch, nguyet han by birth month and hour, with notes on where Tu Vi schools differ.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHeavenly Fire (Thien Thuong Hoa) is the nay am for Mau Ngo and Ky Mui years, tied to the Fire element and linked with Wood and Earth in Five Elements.
Updated 17 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ thường (cát kỵ) yearly rites need no full feast like giỗ đầu or giỗ hết. Core offerings: hương đèn, trầu cau, rượu trà, a bowl of upside-down rice.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Tay Thien Festival runs from the 15th to the 17th of the second lunar month in Dai Dinh Commune, Phu Tho Province, honoring National Mother Lang Thi Tieu.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyOc Thuong Tho is the Na Am of Binh Tuat and Dinh Hoi, an Earth element. It covers Five Elements meaning, traits, and feng shui directions.
Updated 28 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLy Thuong Kiet led the Ly Dynasty victory on the Nhu Nguyet River line in 1077, and his temple in Tam Giang, Yen Phong, Bac Ninh honors that legacy.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyBích Thượng Thổ (Earth on Wall) is the nay am for Canh Ty and Tan Suu years, in the Earth element. It means protection and shelter.
Updated 18 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipThe custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsBronze casting for worship in Long Thuong, Y Yen and Dai Bai: how three villages keep a centuries-old craft alive against industrial pressure.
Updated 27 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThượng sơn hạ thủy is a Huyền Không phi tinh configuration where mountain and water stars swap palaces, which classical texts treat as inauspicious.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiBat Tu reads career and money through Ten Gods combinations: Quan Sat, Tai Tinh, Thuc Thuong generating Tai, Sat An, and Quan An, plus a lookup table.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe Lantern Festival in Cho Lon, a national intangible cultural heritage, centers on the belief in Thien Hau Thanh Mau at ancient assembly halls.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcBat Mon in Ky Mon Don Giap 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 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsTết in Huế runs from the twelfth lunar month to the seventh of the first: the Thướng tiêu rite, đạp đất, vegetarian offerings and many cakes and preserves.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsVietnamese customs and traditions are habits and rituals passed down through generations. Here is their definition, origins, and key Tet practices.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnamese commemorative daysVietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 began in 1947 in Thai Nguyen as National War Invalids Day and was renamed in 1955.
Updated 15 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsEveryday meals in Vietnam's North, Central and South reflect climate and culture: mild and balanced in the North, bold and salty in the Central.
Updated 8 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Wind Heaven Xiao Xu hexagram (Hexagram 9) in the I Ching: its origins, structure, meaning, and lessons on patience and gradual accumulation.
Updated 15 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 62, Lei Shan Xiao Guo: small matters succeed, great matters do not. The Judgment, the Image and the six lines on a time to yield.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsVan Phuc silk weaving village in Ha Dong, Hanoi, holds over 1,000 years of history and National Intangible Cultural Heritage status.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyExplore the meaning of Life Path Number 6: a caring, responsible personality, ideal careers, and how to build a happy family life as a Number 6.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyExplore the location, features, and physiognomic significance of the Upper Palace (temporal region) in the Six Palaces system of Eastern physiognomy.
Updated 14 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyThe Shang voice belongs to the Metal element in the Five Tones, clear and decisive like a bell. It marks an elevated temperament and a natural leader.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyThe Rising Sign is the zodiac sign ascending on the eastern horizon at your birth. Here is how it differs from the Sun sign.
Updated 21 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesTuần thất is seven weekly offerings over 49 days; the 49th day is chung thất; the 100th day is tốt khốc, the end of weeping. Origins and how each is done.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiHurting Officer in BaZi represents creativity, talent and self-expression, with its meaning and use in destiny analysis explained.
Updated 29 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyDiscover the Moon Sign in astrology: its definition, how to calculate it, and how it differs from the Sun sign (the usual zodiac sign).
Updated 27 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyDiscover Life Path Number 33, the rarest master number in numerology: profound compassion, a healing calling, ideal careers, and the challenges it brings.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefBeyond the 23rd-of-Chạp send-off, Táo Quân watches over the hearth and household year-round. Explore the Kitchen God's everyday role and altar practice.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingA Kinh Dịch hexagram stacks several layers of text: name, hexagram text, six line texts, then the Thoán, Great Image, Small Image, and Văn Ngôn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Philosophy of scienceNo single test identifies pseudoscience. Philosophy of science uses a cluster of criteria, applied here to 'energy', 'vibration' and 'quantum'.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Folk divinationSeven common palm-reading misconceptions, where Eastern and Western folk books contradict each other, and why science calls palm lines just skin folds.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyTarot is a self-reflection tool, not psychotherapy. This analysis covers the safe boundary, signs of misuse, and when to see a mental health professional.
Updated 22 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyControlled tests have not shown psychic ability. Anomalistic psychology links "sixth sense" experiences to misattribution and subjective validation.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefFolk belief, harmful superstition and pseudoscience differ in nature. Definitions and examples show how to tell cultural faith from fraud.
Updated 13 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
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe Grand Memorial for Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong's Parinirvana is held at Cung Truc Lam, Yen Tu and Ngoa Van Pagoda each year.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTet Ha Nguyen on the 15th day of the tenth lunar month is one of Vietnam's four major traditional festivals, a time to thank heaven and earth.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsFirst-footing is an old Vietnamese Tet custom: the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to carry the year's fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTrung Cuu Festival on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month features chrysanthemums, the custom of climbing high, and longevity wishes.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefTống ôn, tống gió is a Mekong Delta ritual that sends epidemics and misfortune away by river. It explores how Covid-19 changed these ceremonies.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe first outing and calligraphy of the new year are Vietnamese luck-bringing customs. See how times and directions are chosen by lunar calendar and deities.
Updated 15 Jul 2026Culture and belief