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 › Vietnamese astrologySixteen classic Tử Vi chart patterns shown through diagrams, including Tử Phủ đồng cung, Thất Sát triều đẩu and Cơ Nguyệt Đồng Lương, and how each forms.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Dai La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Ba Trieu Temple Festival in Thanh Hoa honors heroine Trieu Thi Trinh, who led a 3rd century uprising, through rituals and community events.
Updated 18 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of scienceFu Xi, King Wen, the Duke of Zhou and Confucius are all credited with the I Ching, but excavated manuscripts point to a late Western Zhou compilation.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresHow Vietnamese histories judge Triệu Đà and Nam Việt: Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư counts the Triệu as a dynasty; Phan Khôi in 1936 argued for removing it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresOld histories tell how Triệu Quang Phục withdrew to the Dạ Trạch marsh, raided the Liang army by night and later took the title Triệu Việt Vương.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Do Temple Festival in Bac Ninh honors 8 Ly Dynasty kings each year on the 15th day of the third lunar month with palanquin processions.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsHue royal court Nha Nhac is the ceremonial music of the Nguyen dynasty, tied to the Nam Giao sacrifice and court rituals.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
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 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 › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Hue Imperial City sits on the north bank of the Perfume River, using Ngu Binh Mountain as its front screen and Hen and Da Vien islets as its flanks.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingCanonized in 135 BCE, the I Ching was reread by Song scholars along image-number and meaning-principle lines, then spread to Vietnam and the West.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Le Chan Female General Festival in Hai Phong honors the founder of An Bien village with rituals each second lunar month.
Updated 11 Aug 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 › Eastern › Feng shuiThe eight du nien in Bat Trach, four good and four bad, plus how Duong Trach Tam Yeu places the door, master room, and kitchen.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Tử Vi Đẩu Số Toàn Thư circulated in the Ming era, its preface crediting La Hồng Tiên with compiling it from works attributed to Hi Di Trần Đoàn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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 › Historical figuresMai Thúc Loan (722) and Phùng Hưng (791) were two major uprisings under Tang rule. An analysis of their background, course and historical significance.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLý Bí (Lý Bôn) rose against the Liang, drove out the governor and took the throne in 544, founding Vạn Xuân and opening the Early Lý period.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
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 › Vietnam › Historical figuresWhat Shiji, the Book of the Later Han and the Shuijing zhu record about Giao Chỉ, Cửu Chân and the Lạc Việt, set beside Vietnamese histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesFuneral rites in northern Vietnam, from shrouding and encoffining to thành phục, the burial and the ngu rites that follow, as old ritual books record.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyDaily horoscope forecasts by con giáp or lá số Tử Vi: this piece analyses origins, reading methods, limits and sensible use.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Traditional systems
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 › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTử Vi Đẩu Số has many branches, including Tam Hợp, Tứ Hóa, Trung Châu and Tân Biên. Each reads one chart differently through star sets and Tứ Hóa placement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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