The Trung Sisters (Trưng Trắc, Trưng Nhị): The 40 AD Uprising and Hát Môn Temple
The 40 AD uprising of Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, its causes and significance, plus Hát Môn Temple in Hanoi, the sacred site tied to their final days.
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What Does Hexagram 55, Lei Huo Feng (豐), Say About Times of Great Prosperity, and Why Does the Sun Decline Once It Reaches Its Peak?
Hexagram 55, Lei Huo Feng (豐), speaks of great prosperity and success, like the sun at noon, with a warning that once the sun peaks it will decline.
What Is Tam Nguyên Cửu Vận? Why 180 Years Divide Into Three Nguyên and Nine Vận, and How Vận 9 (2024 to 2043) Differs From Vận 8
Tam Nguyên Cửu Vận splits 180 years into three nguyên of 60, each holding three 20-year vận, with the vận turning at Lập Xuân.
The Second Black Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings
The Second Black Star (Ju Men) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs illness, disputes and misfortune, yet can turn to wealth under favorable configurations.
Decoding the Hexagram Heaven and Fire, Tong Ren (Union of Men) in the I Ching: Structure and Lessons
Tong Ren (Union of Men), Hexagram 13 of the I Ching, joins Heaven and Fire. Its structure speaks of harmony, openness and shared purpose in cooperation.
What Genres Does Vietnamese Folk Music Include? An Overview of Quan Họ, Ca Trù, Chèo, Xẩm, Hát Văn, Đờn Ca Tài Tử and Nhã Nhạc
Quan họ, ca trù, chèo, xẩm, hát văn, đờn ca tài tử and nhã nhạc, together with regional folk songs, form the mosaic of Vietnamese folk music.
What Is Bệnh Phù in Tử Vi and Does It Really Signal Illness?
Bệnh Phù governs illness and gossip in Tử Vi, but its palace and companion stars set the severity. This covers placement, meaning, and reading.
What Is Chèo? The Village-Đình Chèo Mat and Classic Tích Trò
Chèo is the folk musical theatre of the Red River Delta, played on a mat in the communal house yard, with old plays such as Quan Âm Thị Kính.
Trùng Cửu Festival (Trùng Dương) on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month: origins, the custom of climbing high, chrysanthemums, longevity wishes, and traces in Vietnam during the Tran dynasty
Trùng Cửu Festival on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month features chrysanthemums, the custom of climbing high, and longevity wishes.
What Is Hầu Đồng? The Central Ritual of Đạo Mẫu
Hầu đồng is the spirit mediumship ritual at the heart of Đạo Mẫu, believed to channel the Tứ Phủ deities through a medium.
Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyễn Huệ and the Victory of Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa
Emperor Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ) led the Tây Sơn movement and crushed 290,000 Qing troops at Ngọc Hồi - Đống Đa in 1789.
Mid-Autumn Festival for Children in Vietnam's Three Regions: How Lantern Parades, Lion Dances, and Moon-Viewing Feasts Unfold
How children celebrate Mid-Autumn in northern, central and southern Vietnam: lantern parades, lion dances and the moon-viewing feast.
What does Hexagram 61, Phong Trạch Trung Phu (中孚), say about inner sincerity, and why can even pigs and fish sense it?
Hexagram 61 Phong Trạch Trung Phu concerns inner sincerity. It covers the Judgment, Image, six line texts, the Sequence, and practical lessons.
Comparing Mid-Autumn Festival customs across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam
Mid-Autumn Festival customs differ across Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam, from northern rituals to lively Central festivals and Southern gift-giving.
What Are the Origins and Meanings of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam?
Vietnam's Mid-Autumn Festival, the 8th lunar month full moon, is Children's Festival with ancestor offerings, moon-viewing trays and paper toys.
Which ethnic groups in Vietnam celebrate their own New Year separately from Tết Nguyên Đán?
Which peoples in Vietnam keep their own New Year apart from Tết Nguyên Đán? The Mông, Hà Nhì, Khmer, Chăm and others, as reported in the press.
The First Three Lines of a Tử Vi Chart: What Yin Male or Yang Female, Thủy nhị cục or Hỏa lục cục, and Bản mệnh nạp âm Mean and How They Are Calculated
The first three lines of a Tử Vi chart give yin yang male female, ngũ hành cục, and bản mệnh nạp âm, and fix the Tử Vi star.
The Six Line Positions in an I Ching Hexagram: How Are De Wei, De Zhong, Ying, Bi, Cheng and Qi Understood?
The six I Ching line positions carry labels such as de wei, de zhong, ying, bi, cheng and qi, shown in a position table.
Hexagram 29 Kan, the Repeating Pit (Tập Khảm, 坎, ䷜): doubled danger and how to pass through it
Hexagram 29 Kan (Tập Khảm, 坎, ䷜) stacks Kan over Kan, danger upon danger. The Judgement, Image, and six line texts, plus how to pass through peril.
Bai Choi of Central Vietnam: A Tet Game and Folk Performance, How to Play, the Cards and the Ho Thai Calls
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.
The Ha Nhi People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
The Ha Nhi live along Vietnam's Chinese and Lao borders in Lai Châu and Lào Cai, speak a Tibeto-Burman language and worship ancestors by household.
How Is the Hà Nhì Rainy Season Festival Dế Khù Chà Celebrated?
Dế Khù Chà, the rainy-season Tết of the Hà Nhì: soul-calling rites, glutinous rice cakes, swings and prayers for rain; each village picks its own day.
New Rice Festival (Khụ Sự Chà): The Hà Nhì People's Thanksgiving to Ancestors
Khụ Sự Chà, the Hà Nhì New Rice Festival in Mường Nhé, Điện Biên, thanks ancestors with floating cakes, pig liver divination and glutinous rice pounding.
Building a Xuan Kong Flying Star chart step by step: placing the period star in the center, flying it along the Luo Shu, taking the mountain star and facing star, and deciding forward or reverse flight by the San Yuan Long
Build a Xuan Kong Flying Star chart: place the period star in the center, fly it along the Luo Shu, set the mountain and facing stars.
When Does Thu Phân Begin and What Customs Mark It? A View from Sui Shi Guang Ji and Calendrical Science
Thu Phân, the 16th of the 24 solar terms, begins on 22 to 24 September as the Sun enters the Thọ Tinh station. Its calendar roots and customs, explained.
What Zodiac Animal and Element Goes with Each Birth Year? Lookup Table 1924 to 2043
Birth years 1924 to 2043 by zodiac animal and nạp âm element, with the two year boundaries: Tết in folk usage and Lập Xuân in Bát Tự.
Hexagram Thủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63, 既濟, ䷾): When the Work Is Done and Why 'Good at First, Chaos at the End'?
Thủy 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.
What Festivals and Tet Occasions Are There in Vietnam Throughout the Year?
Vietnam's year of festivals and Tet occasions, from Lunar New Year and the first full moon to Mid-Autumn, plus ethnic Tet traditions.
The Li Trigram in the Eight Trigrams: Symbolism and Meaning
Explore the Li trigram (☲) in the Bagua: its symbolism of fire, clarity, mutual dependence, and its profound philosophical meaning in the I Ching.
International Children's Day June 1: Origin and Meaning
International Children's Day on June 1 began in 1949 to honor children killed by Nazi Germany in Lidice and Oradour, and Vietnam has marked it since 1950.
What Is the Twenty-Eight Mansions Day Ruling Star and Why Does Each Day Have One?
Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật assigns 28 stars to rule days in a cycle, tied to diễn cầm and date selection. This article analyses its origins and calculation.
What Is a Void Life Palace (Mệnh Vô Chính Diệu), How Many Charts Fall Into This Case, and How Do You Read an Empty Mệnh Palace?
Mệnh vô chính diệu means the Mệnh palace holds no major star. Readers borrow stars from Thiên Di, though only 70 to 80 percent carries over.
The Luo Pan Compass: Directional Tool in Feng Shui
The Luo Pan is a Feng Shui compass used to find house and main door directions. Readings work best away from metal and magnetic interference.
Decoding the Hexagram Ze Lei Sui (Following) in the I Ching: Structure and Lessons
Explore the structure of the hexagram Ze Lei Sui (Following, #17) in the I Ching, along with profound lessons on following, leadership, and adaptation.
Hexagram 28 Da Quo (Great Exceeding) - Meaning and Application in the I Ching
Hexagram 28 Da Quo in the I Ching: its structure, meaning, and guidance for handling extraordinary pressure when a heavy burden overwhelms a weak foundation.
Hexagram 38 Hỏa Trạch Khuê (睽): Meaning of Separation, Difference, and Line-by-Line Explanation
Hexagram 38 Hỏa Trạch Khuê in the I Ching concerns separation and difference. It explains the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts.
What Are Lục Nhâm Khóa Thể and How Is a Lục Nhâm Hexagram Named?
Lục Nhâm lesson types (khóa thể) name each chart, set by the four lessons, three transmissions and stem-branch ties; a chart is named by combining several.
Xíp Xí Festival - the Children's Tet of the White Thai People
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.
What is Lục Thập Hoa Giáp?
The Sixty Jiazi is a cycle of 60 sexagenary combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches used to number years, months, days and hours.
What is Tứ Hóa?
Tứ Hóa are the four stars Hóa Lộc, Hóa Quyền, Hóa Khoa and Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi astrology, standing for prosperity, power, reputation and adversity.
Toán số in Thái Ất: chủ toán, khách toán, hòa and not hòa, trường toán and đoản toán according to Thái Ất kim kính thức kinh
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.
Vượng Sơn Vượng Hướng in Huyền Không Phi Tinh: Why It Is the Best Configuration and Why No Primary Facing in Period 9 Achieves It
Vượng sơn vượng hướng in Huyền Không phi tinh: why it ranks as the best pattern, and why no main facing direction achieves it in Period 9.
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