Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Thăng Long Tứ Tran is four temples guarding the old capital: Bạch Mã in the east, Voi Phục in the west, Kim Liên in the south, Quán Thánh in the north.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites A guide to the Thăng Long Tu Tran spring pilgrimage: the order of the four temples, what to pray at each, and mistakes first-timers often make.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Bạch Mã Temple in Hanoi guards the East of Thăng Long's Four Guardian Temples and worships Long Đỗ, the city's tutelary god.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Vạn Phúc silk weaving village in Hà Đông, Hanoi, holds over 1,000 years of history and National Intangible Cultural Heritage status.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Phúc Đức is the tenth star of the Thái Tuế cycle in Vietnamese Tử Vi, nine palaces from the birth-year branch. Placement and what four books say.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Old 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Phục Binh is a yin minor star ruling ambush, scheming, and hidden rivalry. This piece explains its cát hung meanings and how to interpret it.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thiên Quan and Thiên Phúc are Earth auxiliary stars placed by the birth year's heavenly stem, not the branch or hour, with tables and points of disagreement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui The eight du nien in Bát Trạch, four good and four bad, plus how Dương Trạch Tam Yếu places the door, master room, and kitchen.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Discover the origins, history, and deep cultural significance of Ao Ba Ba, the traditional garment symbolizing Southern Vietnam.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 24 (Fu/Return) in the I Ching marks the return of yang energy and recovery after decline, with guidance on patience and steady action.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Khan Dong and Ao The were formal wear for Vietnamese men, reflecting elegance and propriety, now revived for Tet, weddings and ceremonies.
Updated 3 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore the meaning of red, crafting techniques, differences in men's and women's attire, and the cultural value of traditional Red Dao costumes.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress The traditional costumes of the Lô Lô people in Hà Giang are a brocade masterpiece, with hand embroidery and vivid colors on pants, shirts, scarves and hats.
Updated 26 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching In Liu Yao, a moving line and the changed line it turns into are read as a pair, producing hoi dau sinh, hoi dau khac, hoa tien than, hoa thoai than and more.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites How long is mourning, and which mourning dress goes with each degree of kinship? The rules in three old Vietnamese ritual books, up to trừ phục.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The Palace of Fortune and Virtue in Zi Wei Dou Shu reflects ancestral blessings, inner nature, and the capacity to enjoy fortune.
Updated 29 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore the origins, four-panel construction, variations, and cultural significance of Ao Tu Than, the iconic traditional dress of Northern Vietnamese women.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Philosophy of science What is pseudoscience? A look at the definition, Popper's demarcation criterion, critiques from Duhem, Quine and Kuhn, and the practical stakes involved.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Cá Ông worship reveres whales as guardian spirits in Vietnamese fishing communities, with roots in the Cham sea god Po Riyak.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Wear dark, modest clothing, avoid bright colors, make offerings of money, incense, or wreaths by closeness, and keep condolences short and sincere.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Zi Wei Dou Shu charts can miss real life for three reasons: faulty birth data, the reader's skill and sources, and the method's limits.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology The 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Mouth reading in Eastern physiognomy: the Xuất Nạp Quan position, mouth shapes, lips and corners, and what this gateway reveals.
Updated 7 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Discover 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship The Lô Lô people in Hà Giang hold an ancestor worship ceremony, a national intangible heritage, with the Ma Co dance in grass costumes as its highlight.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology A Sun Sign comes from the Sun's position at your birth in the tropical zodiac, which differs from the actual constellation position.
Updated 3 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Ede bridal attire is handwoven brocade on a dark indigo base with red and yellow patterns, also a dowry in matrilineal weddings.
Updated 24 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Fu 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 › Life-cycle rites Mo Mường funeral verses guide the soul back to the ancestors in Mường Trời, with the Mo master as a bridge and ethical values for descendants.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Playing-card reading Cartomancy uses an ordinary 52-card deck, rooted in European folk and Romani tradition, and largely predates Tarot's use for fortune-telling.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore in detail the traditional wedding attire of Vietnamese brides and grooms of old: from ao tac, khan dong, to ao mo ba mo bay.
Updated 12 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching When a Lục Hào hexagram lacks the needed relative, Tang San Buo Dich chapter 28 shows how to find the hidden spirit and judge when it is useful.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 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 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Kinh Phòng (Jing Fang) of the Han: his life in the Book of Han, and the nạp giáp and eight-palace systems set out in Kinh thị Dịch truyện.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Surveys once linked fire signs to extroversion, but later research ties that link to whether people already knew astrology's traits for their sign.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Chính Quan in Bát Tự controls the Day Master with opposite yin-yang polarity, governing reputation, discipline, and the husband in female charts.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Minor fortune in Bát Tự covers one year and supplements the ten-year major fortune. How it starts, per Tam Mệnh Thông Hội, and how it differs.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese people rarely follow one religion; they layer ancestor worship, Thành hoàng, Mother Goddess, Hùng Vương and farming rites in daily life.
Updated 3 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The Tử Tôn line is the line generated by the palace element, symbolizing children, students, subordinates, and livestock.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Chúa Thác Bờ in Hòa Bình honours two female generals from the Lê Lợi era who ferried provisions across the Da River for his army.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practices Drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Cờn Temple festival, Nghệ An, 19th to 21st of the first lunar month, honours the Four Holy Ladies of the Song: the legend, the procession and 2027 dates.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
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Open data 155 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients, a short description, classification axes (cycle, social setting, beings worshipped, tradition, ethnic group, cultural region), a structured date and sourced passages on its customs. It is the key table for Nhật Nguyệt's datasets on offering prayers and rite customs.
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