Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Ca tru is an ancient Vietnamese chamber singing form with a dao nuong, a kep dan and a quan vien cam chau. This article explains its structure and revival.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Quan họ, ca trù, chèo, xẩm, hát văn, đờn ca tài tử and nhã nhạc, together with regional folk songs, form the mosaic of Vietnamese folk music.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Tuồng, or hát bội, is Vietnam's classical theatre, known for coded face-painting and for the plays of Đào Tấn in Bình Định, its heartland.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Explore the Tra Hat rain-praying festival of the Khmer Mu people in Điện Biên: origins, rituals, offerings, and profound agricultural cultural significance.
Updated 24 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Hát xẩm is a northern Vietnamese folk singing craft dated to about the 14th century, sung at markets, village yards and on Hanoi trams.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Explore the traditional conical hat villages of Hue, the meticulous craft of the poem hat, and the cultural value of the conical hat in Vietnamese life.
Updated 21 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The 40 AD uprising of Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, its causes and significance, plus Hát Môn Temple in Hanoi, the sacred site tied to their final days.
Updated 9 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Quan Làng singing ritual in Tay weddings has three stages, Don, Nop and Dua, and is recognized as a national heritage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional performing arts Hát Xoan Phú Thọ is ritual singing at the communal house gate to worship the Hung Kings, performed in three stages by four original Xoan guilds in Việt Trì.
Updated 23 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional crafts Làng Chuông village in Thanh Oai, Hanoi keeps its centuries-old conical hat craft alive through spinning techniques and hidden stitches.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Explore the journey from the Cham goddess Po Inư Nagar to Thien Y A Na in Vietnamese belief, through the lens of the Po Nagar Tower festival in Nha Trang.
Updated 15 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection 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.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority belief The Tày of Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn and Tuyên Quang keep Then singing, the tính lute, and the Lồng Tồng festival, a heritage UNESCO inscribed in 2019.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Buddhism Amitābha Buddha's Day, 17th of the 11th lunar month (25 Dec 2026): why this date was chosen, what the sutra says, and how Vietnamese pagodas observe it.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Việt Bắc and Northeast Vietnam are two names with different scopes. This article analyses Then singing, market fairs, village life and local variations.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Glossary Nhật Nguyệt is the Sino-Vietnamese pair for sun and moon, symbolizing yin and yang, time, and the cosmos in East Asian culture.
Updated 16 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Cap Sac ceremony of the Dao Dau Bang people in Lai Châu marks a man's coming of age, with strict trials and the conferring of a secret am name.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures The Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc Festival honors Trần Hưng Đạo and Nguyễn Trãi, two figures tied to this land, at a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Updated 25 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Dictionary › Vietnamese folk beliefs Đạo Mẫu is an indigenous Vietnamese folk belief. It worships Holy Mothers and female deities who govern the universe through the Four Palaces system.
Updated 11 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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
Dictionary › Western astrology Cung Hoàng Đạo is one of twelve equal divisions of the ecliptic, each tied to a constellation and used in Western astrology for personality, love and career.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Tết Nhảy of the Dao: the Pút tồng rite of the Red Dao in Lào Cai and the dance rite of the Dao Quần Chẹt, with their timing, dances and meaning.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Feng shui stones Gemstones tied to each Western zodiac sign and the symbolic meanings behind them, based on Western astrological tradition blended with gemstone customs.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites The New Rice Festival of the Cao Lan people in Tuyên Quang gives thanks to ancestors and nature after the harvest, with a neu tree and new rice.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Hầu đồng is the spirit mediumship ritual at the heart of Đạo Mẫu, believed to channel the Tứ Phủ deities through a medium.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Đào Hoa, or Hàm Trì, is found by the year or day branch triad and always falls on Tý Ngọ Mão Dậu. See inside and outside the wall.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites The Dao people in Tuyên Quang see wedding date selection as vital for marital happiness, matching ages by yin-yang and five elements.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional dress Explore the meaning of red, crafting techniques, differences in men's and women's attire, and the cultural value of traditional Red Dao costumes.
Updated 13 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 › Western › Astrology A Sun Sign comes from the Sun's position at your birth in the tropical zodiac, which differs from the actual constellation position.
Updated 3 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs Đào Nhật Tân is prized for its thick-petaled đào bích and đào phai. Learn the varieties, Nhật Tân growing craft, and Hanoi's Tet peach tradition.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Tarot is a self-reflection tool, not psychotherapy. This analysis covers the safe boundary, signs of misuse, and when to see a mental health professional.
Updated 22 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Tet customs of the Dao Quần Chẹt people in Phú Thọ include making chung and day cakes, ancestor worship, and community rituals that mark the new year.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customs Red Dao weddings in Tả Phìn, Sa Pa, have the bride walk to the groom's house alone, with days of rituals and a horn and drum team.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Folk 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 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communities The Dao are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. Where they live, their Hmong-Dao language, ancestor and Bàn Vương worship, and cap sac rites.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Astrology Discover the Moon Sign in astrology: its definition, how to calculate it, and how it differs from the Sun sign (the usual zodiac sign).
Updated 27 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology The first three lines of a Tử Vi chart give yin yang male female, ngũ hành cục, and bản mệnh nạp âm, and fix the Tử Vi star.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Mệnh vô chính diệu means the Mệnh palace holds no major star. Readers borrow stars from Thiên Di, though only 70 to 80 percent carries over.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Hàm Trì is one of the Four Peach Blossom Stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu, a dark peach blossom tied to romance, art and charm, read by position and stars.
Updated 27 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
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