What replacing an incense bowl involves, when it should be renewed, who in the family may do it, and why the customs vary across regions and households.
Year-end altar cleaning runs from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to before New Year's Eve. A guide to the cleaning order, the incense bowl, and folk taboos.
Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Explore the meaning of The Fool in Tarot and the concept of the Fool's Journey, how the 22 Major Arcana cards narrate the stages of human growth and life.
Explore the deep symbolism and meaning of The Chariot tarot card: upright and reversed meanings, hidden symbols, and practical applications in readings.
The Devil card in Tarot is often misread as pure bad luck, yet it speaks of bondage, addiction and inner shadow. Its symbolism points toward self-liberation.
Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of The Fool Tarot card: from number 0, the cliff, the white dog to messages of beginnings, faith, and freedom.
Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of The Sun Tarot card: from the child, the wall, and sunflowers to its message of success, joy, and enlightenment.
Hoành phi is a horizontal plaque above the family altar, câu đối parallel sentences on side columns or walls, honoring ancestors and praising their merits.
Explore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of The Tower card in Tarot: from the lightning-struck tower to the message of necessary collapse for rebuilding.
How did Hanoians celebrate Tết from the early 20th century to today? From Hàng Lược flower market and offering trays to ration coupons and the market now.
Lục Nhâm lesson types (khóa thể) name each chart, set by the four lessons, three transmissions and stem-branch ties; a chart is named by combining several.
Southern and northern Tết Eve worship differ in the outdoor Heaven altar, the indoor tray and offerings, with origins, meaning and how to prepare each.
Bà cô ông mãnh are kin who died young and unmarried, honoured at a small altar under the ancestral altar because the young do not sit level with elders.
The 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital describes Đại La as the center of heaven and earth, with the posture of a coiling dragon and crouching tiger.
Hầu đồng, also called lên đồng or hầu bóng, is the central ritual of Mother Goddess worship in Vietnam, where a medium incarnates the Four Palaces spirits.