Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiAm Trach is grave feng shui, judged by huyen, minh duong and thuy khau, unlike Duong Trach for the living. It covers Pham Dinh Ho's view and cai tang.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesWhat is distinctive about funerals in Huế: the âm công bearers and their dress, the order of rites, and the city rule on how long a wake may last.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipTảo mộ, chạp mả cuối năm là tục sửa sang phần mộ tổ tiên trước Tết. Bài nêu ngày làm, lễ vật, tục chạp mả ở Huế, xứ Quảng và ý nghĩa thờ cúng tổ tiên.
Updated 11 Oct 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 › Life-cycle ritesThe Pơ Thi grave-leaving ceremony of the Gia Rai marks the end of the bond between the living and the dead, with tomb-house statues rich in culture.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHoa Cai in Zi Wei Dou Shu symbolizes solitude, nobility and wisdom, with roots in Eastern philosophy and a leaning toward spirituality and art.
Updated 29 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsSử Giề Pà, the buffalo thanksgiving of the Bố Y in Lào Cai, falls on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, with a shared offering tray for the village.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTang Môn in Tử Vi belongs to the Thái Tuế ring, governing sorrow, loss, and mourning. Its placement, meaning when holding Mệnh.
Updated 3 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Hoa Phong Dinh, No. 50 in the I Ching, is the three-legged ritual cauldron that cooks the new after the old is discarded.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore the Tang Do Moc (Mulberry Wood) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle: its origins, Five Elements characteristics, Feng Shui meaning, and applications.
Updated 29 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Táng Thư says qi scatters in wind and stops at water, hence phong thủy; water comes first, storing wind second. Read against the Chinese text.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesTrùng tang, the hour of coffining and avoided burial days are folk beliefs from Bắc Kỳ; anthropology reads them as easing unease when someone dies.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsFuneral customs across Northern, Central and Southern Vietnam differ in coffin size, burial timing and reburial, with Hue royal culture shaping Central rites.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing artsĐờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ rests on 20 root pieces and improvised playing around the đờn mat, with a direct line into cải lương.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiHoa Cái is the Mộ character of the tam hợp, always on Thìn Tuất Sửu Mùi. This analysis covers its placement and its links to art, religion and scholarship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesHow 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 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingWhen a Luc Hao 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 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › GlossaryPhong tục in English is custom, tập quán is usage, and truyền thống is tradition. See how the three differ, plus a vocabulary table of Vietnamese customs.
Updated 6 Oct 2026
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 › Life-cycle ritesWhen to burn the mourning scarf in Vietnamese custom: the 49-day, 100-day and death anniversaries, plus the rites of removing mourning.
Updated 23 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiHidden stems are the heavenly stems concealed inside each earthly branch, layered as main qi, middle qi and residual qi.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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 › Western › Western astrologyEach Western zodiac sign has a ruling planet believed to shape its personality. Here is a table of those planets and their meaning.
Updated 1 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingTuần không in Lục Hào: the two branches missing from a ten-day cycle, how to find them for the six Giáp cycles, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiRob Wealth (Jie Cai) in BaZi's Ten Gods: its nature, how it competes with Direct Wealth, and its role in reading personality and social ties.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsDai Bai village in Bac Ninh is the cradle of bronze casting in Northern Vietnam, with about 1000 years of history and refined engraving art.
Updated 28 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe Táng thư names five kinds of mountain unfit for burial: đồng, đoạn, thạch, quá, độc. What the main text says and what its commentary adds.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesWhat to do when a family member dies: the order of a traditional Vietnamese funeral, from shrouding and mourning dress to burial and the later rites.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsLearn about the Buddhist origins of Vu Lan on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the legend of Mục Kiền Liên, filial piety, and the rose-pinning ceremony.
Updated 30 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › EnneagramAn in-depth look at Enneagram Type 1 (The Reformer): core motivation, fear, strengths, weaknesses, and personal growth directions.
Updated 10 Jul 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Western › EnneagramType 1 in the Enneagram integrates toward Type 7 and disintegrates toward Type 4 under stress, with signs and meaning for personal growth.
Updated 19 Jun 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipGiỗ hết đại tường marks the end of two years of mourning. It covers the offering tray, how to arrange it, and the sequence for xả tang in Vietnamese custom.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsDo Son buffalo fighting festival in Hai Phong: its origins, rituals and the modern controversies over commercialization, betting and accidents.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboosFolk belief holds that a funeral brings cold air affecting the living, so the sick stay away. Eastern medicine links this to yin-yang imbalance.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 48, Thủy Phong Tỉnh, the Well, teaches that the village may change but the well does not, nourishing people without moving.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiWhat is feng shui? A look at its foundational principles, including yin-yang, the five elements and the bagua, and how they are applied in homes and offices.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore the dual meaning of the Peach Blossom star in Zi Wei Dou Shu: a symbol of charm and talent, yet a source of gossip and fickleness.
Updated 25 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyOnline Tu Vi today mixes real knowledge with misinformation. The line between adaptation and distortion lies in preserving the original framework.
Updated 2 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyWhat is Vietnamese astrology (tu vi), how a chart is cast, and core concepts such as the 12 palaces, major stars, Four Transformations, nap am and Bat Tu.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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