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Regions

Viet Bac and Northeast Vietnam Culture: Then Singing, Market Fairs and Village Life

Viet Bac and Northeast Vietnam are two names with different scopes. This article analyses Then singing, market fairs, village life and local variations.

Traditional festivals

Khau Vai Love Market: A Unique Love Market on the Rocky Plateau of Ha Giang

Khau Vai Love Market in Ha Giang meets once a year, rooted in the legend of Ba and Ut and honored as national intangible heritage.

Regions

Northwest Vietnam Culture: Communities, Beliefs, Festivals and Traditional Crafts

Northwest Vietnam culture covers ethnic communities, harvest rituals, seasonal festivals and crafts like weaving, embroidery, forging and silver carving.

Physiognomy

Face Mole Map in Vietnamese Folk Belief and Where Variants Disagree

A compilation of Vietnamese folk beliefs about facial moles in physiognomy, analyzing the meaning of each area and pointing out where folk variants disagree.

Ethnic minority customs

Unique marriage customs of the Ba Na people

Ba Na weddings in Gia Lai feature alternating residence between both families and a wedding night spent awake keeping the flame alive.

Traditional festivals

National Mong Ethnic Culture Festival: Highland Colors Converge

The National Mong Ethnic Culture Festival rotates among provinces with large Mong populations. Its 4th edition is in Dien Bien in October 2026.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

The Mong ethnic group (also called Meo, H'Mong): residence, language, worship customs, and main festivals

The Mong ethnic group (Meo, H'Mong) had 1,393,547 people in the 2019 census, including White, Flowered, Red, Black, and Green Mong subgroups.

Life-cycle rites

Death Anniversary Rituals in Vietnamese Culture: Meaning and How to Organize Properly

Death anniversary rituals in Vietnamese culture remember ancestors and bring families together. Organization should suit each family, staying simple and warm.

Astrology

The 8th House , Transformation & Regeneration in the Astrological Chart , Meaning

The 8th house rules transformation, shared resources, crisis, and rebirth in the astrological chart, showing how loss and change shape spiritual growth.

Physiognomy

Reading Cheekbones in Chinese Physiognomy

Explore the physiognomic meanings of high, low, full, or bony cheekbones in Eastern face reading, along with a critical perspective from modern science.

Glossary

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.

Vietnamese astrology

Hoa Ky Star in the Four Transformations - Its Role in Zi Wei Dou Shu Chart Interpretation

Hoa Ky in the Four Transformations of Zi Wei Dou Shu: its meaning, position, and how it reads with auspicious or inauspicious stars in the chart.

Physiognomy

Physiognomy of the Mouth in Chinese Face Reading

Explore the meaning of mouth physiognomy in Eastern face reading: shape, lip thickness, mouth corners... reflecting personality, communication, and destiny.

Physiognomy

Ear Reading in Chinese Physiognomy

Explore the meaning of ear features in Eastern physiognomy: shape, position, helix, ear canal... what do they reveal about personality, destiny, and health?

Vietnam's ethnic communities

The Hre People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals

The Hre live in western Quang Ngai and An Lao in Binh Dinh, speak a Mon-Khmer language and hold the buffalo sacrifice as their largest rite.

Tarot

The Hermit Tarot Card: Deep Symbolism and Meaning

Explore the deep symbolism and meaning of The Hermit Tarot card: the lantern, the staff, solitude, and the inner quest for truth.

Western cartomancy

Cartomancy – 52-Card Playing Card Divination: Origins, Principles, and How It Differs from Tarot

Cartomancy uses an ordinary 52-card deck, rooted in European folk and Romani tradition, and largely predates Tarot's use for fortune-telling.

Historical figures

Le Chan Female General Traditional Festival in Hai Phong: From An Bien Village to the Guardian Deity of the Port City

The Le Chan Female General Festival in Hai Phong honors the founder of An Bien village with rituals each second lunar month.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

The Nung People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals

The Nung live mainly in Vietnam's northeastern provinces and speak a Tay-Thai language. Their customs center on ancestor worship and festivals.

Vietnamese astrology

The House of Servants (Friendship) in Zi Wei Dou Shu , Meaning and Interpretation

The House of Servants in Zi Wei Dou Shu mirrors your social integration and leadership, and helps analyze annual fortune when major stars shift.

Physiognomy

Physiognomy , reading faces to understand personality

Eastern physiognomy reads facial features for personality: the Three Sections, Five Peaks, eyes, nose, lips and ears, with a scientific view and its limits.

Vietnamese astrology

The Palace of Fortune and Virtue in Zi Wei Dou Shu , Meaning and Interpretation

The Palace of Fortune and Virtue in Zi Wei Dou Shu reflects ancestral blessings, inner nature, and the capacity to enjoy fortune.

Traditional crafts

Dong Ho Folk Paintings: From Woodcut Blocks to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tet

Dong Ho folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bac Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

Vietnamese commemorative days

Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, May 19

Ho Chi Minh's birthday, May 19, 1890, and memorable celebrations over the years, from the first public announcement in 1946 to his Testament in 1965.

Folk belief

Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Palaces: UNESCO Heritage and Harmful Distortions to Distinguish

UNESCO inscribed Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Palaces in 2016, honoring the sky, forest and water Mothers, with Holy Mother Lieu Hanh at its center.

Traditional crafts

Tra Dong Ancient Bronze Casting Village - A Thousand-Year Vietnamese Soul

Tra Dong bronze casting village in Thanh Hoa, over 1,000 years old, keeps hereditary secrets of clay mold making and alloy blending.

Tet and seasonal rites

New Rice Festival - A Unique Cultural Trait of the Cao Lan People

The New Rice Festival of the Cao Lan people in Tuyen Quang gives thanks to ancestors and nature after the harvest, with a neu tree and new rice.

Glossary

What is Ngũ Quan?

Ngũ Quan (五官) means the five facial features: eyes, nose, mouth, ears and eyebrows. Eastern physiognomy uses them to read character and destiny.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

The Bo Y Ethnic Group: Residence, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals

The Bo Y ethnic group includes the Bo Y and Tu Di subgroups in Ha Giang and Lao Cai, with two language families and distinct worship and festival customs.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

Bru - Van Kieu People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals

The Bru - Van Kieu people number 94,598 and live along the Truong Son range in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien Hue.

BaZi

Heavenly Seal (Indirect Resource) in the Ten Gods of BaZi - Meaning and Application in Destiny Analysis

Heavenly Seal in BaZi: its meaning as a Ten God, traits, positive and negative sides, and how it is applied in destiny analysis.

Tet and seasonal rites

The 15th Day of the 4th Lunar Month - Vesak: Origins and Significance in Vietnamese Spiritual Life

Vesak falls on the full moon of the 4th lunar month in Vietnam, marking Buddha Shakyamuni's birth and a time to cultivate goodness and compassion.

Numerology

Sun Star (Thai Duong) in the Nine Luminaries: Folk Belief Significance

Explore the Sun Star (Thai Duong) in the Nine Luminaries: why it is considered auspicious, its impact on career and wealth, and the proper ritual to honor it.

Festival customs

Vu Lan Festival: The Season of Filial Piety and the Rose-Pinning Ceremony

Learn 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.

Numerology

Moc Duc Star in Nine Luminaries: Meaning in Folk Belief

Discover Moc Duc star, one of the three lucky stars in Nine Luminaries: its influence, worship ritual, best time, and notes for men and women.

Regions

Comparing the Kitchen Gods worship customs across regions

Kitchen Gods worship on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month differs across Vietnam's North, Central and South in timing and offerings.

Numerology

Ke Do Star in the Nine Luminaries - meaning in folk belief

Learn about Ke Do star, one of the three malefic stars in the Nine Luminaries, its influence, remedies and folk beliefs.