Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Trúc Lâm Yên Tử school founded by Trần Nhân Tông: its three patriarchs and the idea of cư trần lạc đạo, living in the world yet glad in the Way.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The three Chan lineages of the Lý era: Tì Ni Đa Lưu Chi, Vô Ngôn Thông and Thảo Đường. Their origins, transmission and how scholars read them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Huyền Quang (Lý Đạo Tái), third patriarch of the Trúc Lâm Zen school after Trần Nhân Tông and Pháp Loa, is profiled via his life, deeds and surviving poetry.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Cư trần lạc đạo phú by Trần Nhân Tông: ten sections in Nôm and a closing verse in Hán, on living in the world while delighting in the Way.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism The Grand Memorial for Buddha Emperor Trần Nhân Tông's Parinirvana is held at Cung Trúc Lâm, Yên Tử and Ngọa Vân Pagoda each year.
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 › Buddhism Buddhist meditation covers both meditative concentration and the Zen school, arriving in Vietnam from the early Common Era and thriving under the Lý and Trần.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Chăm Bàu Trúc pottery, a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, is known for open-air firing and mold-free shaping. Here are its origins and conservation.
Updated 30 Jun 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 › I Ching Hexagram 19 (Lin) in the I Ching: its lines, the Earth and Lake trigrams, and lessons on leadership, nurturing, and sustainable growth.
Updated 1 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Nguyễn Trung Trực Memorial Festival in Kiên Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Vietnam › Date selection The 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the Lâm Quan star in the Longevity Cycle: its origins, mechanisms, and detailed meanings across the Zi Wei Dou Shu chart.
Updated 2 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật pairs the 28 mansions with days across seven Giáp Tý cycles of 420 days. Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư records it and criticises it.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Thẩm Trúc Nhưng, a Qing geomancy master of the Huyền Không school, is named in Trạch vận tân án as the one who published the Hoán tinh formula.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Khâm Thiên Tứ Hóa is a Tử Vi school that reads charts through Lộc, Quyền, Khoa and Kỵ, flying transformations from each palace's stem.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Đại Lâm Mộc is the nạp âm for Mậu Thìn and Kỷ Tỵ years, tied to the Wood element. See its traits and Five Elements meaning in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp.
Updated 22 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
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
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Vạn Hạnh was a monk of the Lý era, linked to the story of Lý Công Uẩn. His verse Thị đệ tử speaks of impermanence, life and death, rise and decline.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism What is a koan, and why did the Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Record become the two key Chan collections? Origins, structure and how to read them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Solar terms set Yang Dun or Yin Dun, and the fu tou day sets the yuan. This guide covers ju numbers, super spirit and qi continuation, Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The 11th Đà Lạt Flower Festival 2026 runs December 19 to 31 under the theme "Đà Lạt, a Harmony of Flowers and Music", opening at Lâm Viên Square.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên honors Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the structure of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching: from trigrams, lines, judgments to basic interpretation methods.
Updated 14 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship Year-end altar cleaning in Vietnam is usually done after the Kitchen Gods rite and before New Year's Eve, by the householder, in three steps.
Updated 13 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Từ Đạo Hạnh, Nguyễn Minh Không and Dương Không Lộ in Lĩnh Nam chích quái are tales of wonder about three monks of the Lý era, told as tales.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Lễ tơ hồng honors Ông Tơ Bà Nguyệt after the bride arrives; lễ hợp cẩn has the couple share wine and betel in the bridal chamber. Rites and meaning.
Updated 20 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Qian hexagram in the I Ching has Earth below and Mountain above, and all six lines are auspicious. Its structure teaches humility.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram Shan Feng Gu (18) in the I Ching symbolizes decay and the need for repair, with lessons on staying calm and reforming with tact.
Updated 15 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Numerology Discover Life Path Number 11, a master number in numerology: powerful intuition, an inspiring presence, ideal careers, and the challenges to overcome.
Updated 3 Jul 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs The Ede longhouse reflects matriarchy in its structure and carvings, and stands as a cultural symbol of the Central Highlands.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Explore the structure of the hexagram Ze Lei Sui (Following, #17) in the I Ching, along with profound lessons on following, leadership, and adaptation.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 16 Yu (Thunder over Earth) in the I Ching: its structure, each line's meaning, and lessons on preparation and humility.
Updated 1 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Thiền uyển tập anh records lives and verses of Vietnamese Chan masters of the Lý and Trần eras; scholars now read it as a deliberate arrangement.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Duyên phận is a folk way of speaking about meetings as if preordained. Nhân duyên in Buddhism means conditions that give rise to phenomena, not fate.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Vietnamese Buddhism over nearly twenty centuries: the Luy Lâu centre, fusion with local beliefs, the Lý and Trần flourishing.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Feng shui split into two main schools over a thousand years: Jiangxi reads terrain forms, while Fujian li qi calculates with a compass.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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