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Choosing Year-End Dates: Year-End Gathering, Altar Cleaning, Debt Repayment, and New Year Opening
Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Housewarming Ritual (Nhập Trạch) for a New Home: Offerings and Step-by-Step Procedure
A guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
Practical Guide: How to Choose Auspicious Dates and Times for Weddings and Groundbreaking in Vietnamese Folk Belief
How to choose auspicious dates and times for weddings and groundbreaking in Vietnamese folk belief, with lunar calendar tips and simple rituals.
How to perform a proper opening ceremony offering for shops and companies
A step-by-step guide to shop and company opening ceremony offerings, from preparing the tray to the ritual sequence, with safety notes.
Choosing a First-Foot Visitor by Age Compatibility: Folk Practice, Common Taboos, and the Limits of That Approach
Choosing a first-foot visitor by age compatibility: folk criteria, offerings, step-by-step practice, common taboos, and the limits to keep in mind.
Five Elements Application: Choosing an Auspicious House Number
Apply the Five Elements and your Gua number to pick an auspicious house number, interpreting each digit to support harmony for the homeowner.
Choosing an Auspicious Year to Build a House: Kim Lau, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and the Vietnamese Custom of Borrowing Age
Kim Lau, Hoang Ốc and Tam Tai restrictions shape the Vietnamese custom of borrowing age to pick a year for building a house.
Kitchen Feng Shui: principles for an auspicious layout
Discover kitchen feng shui principles: location, stove direction, colors, and remedies to attract wealth and health for your family.
Home Office Feng Shui: Principles for an Auspicious Layout
Explore home office feng shui principles: desk placement, sitting direction, colors, lighting, and remedies to boost focus, creativity, and work performance.
Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True
Studies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hồng Kông and Asian-American communities find Dragon-year children score slightly higher.
Choosing an opening day for the Đinh Mùi 2027 Lunar New Year: where the custom comes from and what people weigh up
Where the custom of a Lunar New Year opening day comes from, and what people weigh up when picking a date and preparing offerings.
What Is Bát Trạch (Eight Mansions)? East and West Life Groups and Choosing Auspicious Directions
Bát Trạch feng shui uses your Kua number, from birth year and gender, to sort people into East or West Life Groups and find auspicious directions.
Five Elements Application: Choosing a Wedding Date Compatible with Your Destiny
Apply the Five Elements to pick a wedding date, weighing the couple's destiny elements against the day's element for a harmonious start.
Choosing Auspicious Times and Directions for the First Outing of the Year: The Lucky Customs of Tet's First Day
The first outing and calligraphy of the new year are Vietnamese luck-bringing customs. See how times and directions are chosen by lunar calendar and deities.
What is Ẩn Chính?
The Major Arcana is a group of 22 trump cards in a Tarot deck, numbered 0 to 21, representing the soul's journey and major life lessons.
What is Ẩn Phụ?
The Minor Arcana is the 56 cards left after the 22 Major Arcana. Four suits, Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles, cover everyday events.
Is the three-day offering (tế ngu) counted from the date of death or the date of burial? An interpretation from Việt Nam phong tục
In Việt Nam phong tục, tế ngu counts from burial: sơ ngu on the burial day, tam ngu on the third. The 49th, 100th day and first anniversary count from death.
Choosing departure dates, blessing a new vehicle, hanging safety amulets: how do Vietnamese seek road safety through spirituality?
Vietnamese travellers use departure dates, vehicle blessings and safety amulets to manage risk on uncertain roads, an anthropologist finds.
How to Perform the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Building a House Properly
A guide to the Vietnamese groundbreaking ceremony: choosing an auspicious date, preparing offerings, and the ritual steps.
What Is Business Compatibility by Age and How to Choose an Age-Compatible Partner?
Business compatibility by age compares partners' birth years via Nạp Âm, Tứ Hóa and Tử Vi palace positions, covering principles, schools and practical use.
What 'Elegant Tràng An People' Means: Which Eating and Speaking Customs the Folk Verse Describes, and Which Parts Survive Today
What the 'Elegant Tràng An People' verse means: the eating and speaking customs it describes, and what survives in Hanoi today.
What to Prepare for a Vietnamese Wedding: Dạm Ngõ, Ăn Hỏi, Date Selection, Sính Lễ and Bride Procession Across the Three Regions, with a Monthly Task Schedule
A practical guide to Vietnamese wedding rites: the order of dạm ngõ, ăn hỏi, sính lễ and bride procession, plus a monthly task schedule.
How Are Ân Quang and Thiên Quý Placed, and Why Are They Called Noble Helper Stars?
Ân Quang counts from Văn Xương and Thiên Quý from Văn Khúc as day one, then counts to the birth day and steps back one palace.
How to Read Auspicious Hours (Giờ Hoàng Đạo) in a Day
A guide to the 12 two-hour blocks of a traditional Vietnamese day, how the 6 auspicious and 6 inauspicious hours are determined, and notes on timing.
Five Elements in Practice: Choosing Lucky Colors for Your Destiny
Discover how to apply the Five Elements theory to choose interior colors and clothing that match your destiny, balancing energy and supporting life.
Five Elements Application: Choosing a Car That Matches Your Destiny
Choose car color and direction by the Five Elements and your destiny, balancing energy through mutual generation and control to support luck while driving.
Five Elements Application: Choosing a Career That Matches Your Destiny
Discover how to apply the Five Elements theory (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth) to choose a career that aligns with your destiny.
Traditional Incense Making of the Nùng An People in Cao Bằng
The 100-year-old Phia Thắp incense craft of the Nùng An people in Cao Bằng uses natural materials and a fully handmade process.
Saint Giong - Phù Đổng Thiên Vương: From the Legend of Defeating the An Invaders to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Saint Giong, or Phù Đổng Thiên Vương, is one of the Four Immortals in Vietnamese folk belief, and the Giong Festival was recognized by UNESCO in 2010.
Reading Career and Money in Bát Tự Through the Ten Gods Combinations: Quan Sát, Tai Tinh, Thực Thương Generating Tai, Sát Ấn, and Quan Ấn Mutual Generation
Bát Tự reads career and money through Ten Gods combinations: Quan Sát, Tai Tinh, Thực Thương generating Tai, Sát Ấn, and Quan Ấn, plus a lookup table.
Applying Five Elements: Choosing the Right House Direction for Your Destiny
Applying the Five Elements to house direction, paint colors and interior layout can support harmony and balanced energy in your living space.
Cổ Loa Festival: Honoring An Dương Vương and the Loa Thành Heritage
The Cổ Loa Festival opens on the 6th day of the first lunar month at the Upper Temple in Đông Anh, Hanoi, honoring An Dương Vương with rituals and folk games.
The Betel and Areca Nut Custom - An Indispensable Offering in Vietnamese Weddings
Explore the cultural significance and role of betel and areca nut in Vietnamese wedding ceremonies, from legends to modern customs.
How do auspicious and inauspicious days differ from auspicious hours? How are the twelve deities Thanh Long, Minh Đường, Thiên Hình, and Chu Tước arranged by month?
Auspicious and inauspicious days classify a whole day by the twelve deities, while auspicious hours classify each two-hour block by that same set.
Tet Flower Villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn: What They Grow and How They Prepare
What the Tet flower villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn grow, when apricot leaves are stripped, and why Sa Đéc grows on racks.
The "An Than" Ritual: Year-End Thanksgiving to Spirits of the Giẻ Triêng People
The Cha Chaih (An Than) ritual of the Giẻ Triêng people sends 7 young men into the forest for chaih charcoal, with vows to spirits and tool forging.
Chu Văn An (born 1292): The Teacher of All Generations and the Temple on Phoenix Mountain
Chu Văn An (1292-1370), the most exemplary teacher in Vietnamese history, and the temple on Phoenix Mountain in Hải Dương that honours him.
Does Marrying on a 'Lucky' Day Make a Marriage Last: Dutch Marriage Data and Low-Transaction Days in Singapore
Dutch research links weddings on special dates to an 18 to 36 percent higher divorce risk, mostly from couples' traits, not the date.
Altar Feng Shui: Principles for Auspicious Arrangement
Altar feng shui covers placement, orientation, arrangement and upkeep, creating a solemn space that draws positive energy to the family.
Staircase Feng Shui: Principles for Auspicious Arrangement
Staircases guide chi between floors. Feng shui principles cover placement, direction, step count, materials and lighting for smooth chi flow.
Garden Feng Shui: Principles for Auspicious Layout
Garden feng shui covers location, the five elements, plants, pathways and energy balancing for a harmonious, tidy and airy space.