Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Vietnam's Decree 39/2024/NĐ-CP sets seven types of intangible cultural heritage for inventory, with traditional crafts fifth and folk knowledge seventh.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Folk belief is not science, but that does not make it worthless. The right way to read it is as cultural heritage, a symbolic language of community.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese folk belief includes ancestor worship, deity worship, Mother Goddess religion, agricultural beliefs, and rituals of many ethnic groups.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions What the 'Elegant Tràng An People' verse means: the eating and speaking customs it describes, and what survives in Hanoi today.
Updated 22 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Vietnamese folk taboos for opening a business include choosing auspicious dates, avoiding the ghost month and holding opening rituals.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Explore common Vietnamese folk taboos during pregnancy and postpartum, explaining their origins and modern scientific perspectives.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Moles on the eyebrow carry meaning in folk physiognomy, often read as signs of luck and leadership. Position along the arch shapes the reading.
Updated 14 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Moles on the earlobe in folk physiognomy: what a mole on the lobe, ear rim, or inside the ear canal is said to reveal about personality and fortune.
Updated 29 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Physiognomy A compilation of Vietnamese folk beliefs about facial moles in physiognomy, analyzing the meaning of each area and pointing out where folk variants disagree.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals In folk belief, people born in the Year of the Monkey are described as intelligent, flexible and skilled in communication, yet also cunning and unpredictable.
Updated 28 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Mo Mường, the Muong people's folk belief, and its epic 'Đẻ đất đẻ nước' form a cultural and historical treasure proposed for UNESCO recognition.
Updated 9 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Folk traditional practices Seven common palm-reading misconceptions, where Eastern and Western folk books contradict each other, and why science calls palm lines just skin folds.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Đông Hồ folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bắc Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals Explore the personality of Snake people: their wisdom, mystery, astonishing patience, and strategic thinking in Eastern folk beliefs.
Updated 24 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals In folk belief, people born in the Year of the Rat are described as intelligent, agile, and skillful in communication, yet also cunning and cautious.
Updated 9 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals People born in the Year of the Horse are seen as free, enthusiastic and dynamic. This folk portrait covers their intelligence, generosity and impulsiveness.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals Rooster people in folk belief are loyal, organized and disciplined, but also proud and frank, which can strain work and love.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals The Horse and Goat Six Harmony pair in Eastern belief: Fire generating Earth, Yin-Yang balance, and harmony in marriage and business cooperation.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The death anniversary of Lễ Thành Hau Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh honors the pioneer of Southern Vietnam, a ritual named a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2025.
Updated 25 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Fortune telling on social media often exploits existing anxieties rather than supernatural ability. Spot vague statements, cold reading and upselling.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Ancient leaf books of the May people, a Chut subgroup, held incantations and ritual texts, and the artisans who can read them have nearly vanished.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy Explore the origins of Eastern physiognomy, its facial and palm feature systems, and the place of face reading in Vietnamese culture through The Tale of Kieu.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals The 12 Vietnamese zodiac animals and their Earthly Branches, what each animal means, how to calculate age, and the folk relationships.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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 performing arts Đông Sơn bronze drums: their dating, casting techniques, star motifs, Lac birds and frog figures, and what these reveal about ancient Vietnamese beliefs.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Classical Tử Vi uses 12 palaces and 14 main stars to read destiny, while modern Tử Vi is a folk term for everyday chart lookup.
Updated 4 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Comparing the kut rite of Korean mudang with Vietnamese hau dong: practitioners, clients, music, dress, and how both adapted to the market economy.
Updated 28 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The Cau Mua ceremony of the Sán Chay people in Ba Chẽ, Quảng Ninh, prays for good weather and harvests and reflects animist belief and community ties.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Vietnam's ethnic minorities have their own marriage rites, house-building practices and worship, shaped by environment and indigenous beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Tây Nguyên culture centres on the gong space, the rông house and the matrilineal system. The article analyses their origins and how they are changing today.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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 › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Vietnam's traditional crafts include bronze casting, silk weaving, conical hats, incense, drums, pottery and folk paintings, tied to craft villages.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Swedish population register data from 1968 to 2001 show couples with 'compatible' zodiac signs neither marry more nor divorce less.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Dictionary › Folk taboos Kim Lâu is a Vietnamese folk taboo checked before building a house or marrying, found by dividing lunar age by nine, with remainders of 1, 3, 6 or 8.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Folk taboos Tam Tai is a three-year cycle in Vietnamese folk belief, determined by the trine of your birth-year animal, recurring once every twelve years.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Đại Hàn is the last of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 300 degrees and lasting about 15 days. Here its calculation, customs, and meaning are explained.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Dictionary › Choosing dates and hours Giờ hoàng đạo are six two-hour slots a day, based on the twelve Earthly Branches and seen in folk practice as favorable for starting important work.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief UNESCO inscribed Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Palaces in 2016, honoring the sky, forest and water Mothers, with Holy Mother Liễu Hạnh at its center.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional food An overview of Vietnamese traditional cuisine by region: Tet dishes, ancestral trays, festivals, vegetarian food and local specialties, with cultural context.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief The fire jumping ritual of the Red Dao people in Yên Bái is held during maturity or exorcism ceremonies, with dancing on embers and prayers for peace.
Updated 28 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Explore the deep cultural significance of traditional Vietnamese funerals, common burial forms, and trends of change in modern society.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs First-footing is an old Vietnamese Tet custom: the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to carry the year's fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Lồng Tồng, the Tay people's first plowing festival of spring, features rites to the Agriculture God and folk games wishing for a good year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Red River Delta culture centres on village life, communal houses, pagodas, village gates and worship. A close look at Đường Lâm, Phù Lưu and Phúc Xá.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Sinh Village wrestling festival in Lại Ân Village, Hue, falls on the 10th day of the first lunar month and follows the muddy back, white belly rule.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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